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AFP/APP Egypt: Sudanese directors and actors were in Egypt this week hoping to use the power of cinema to shine a light on the war devastating their country and on world indifference. Fighting broke out in mid-April last year between…

News Desk Islamabad: In the heart of Dallas, Texas, a remarkable story unfolded over the span of 72 years. Paul Alexander, an American citizen, battled the effects of polio since the age of six. This formidable disease left him…

News Desk Islamabad: At least five people, including the pilot, were killed in a plane crash in the US state of Tennessee. The incident took place at John Tune Airport, where the control tower received distress signals from the pilot…

News Desk Islamabad: A foreign woman tourist was gang-raped and her husband brutally beaten and tortured in the Indian state of Jharkhand, Indian media reported on Sunday. According to the details, seven people allegedly raped a…

APP Bahawalpur: The Met Office has forecast dense fog and very cold weather for Bahawalpur for the next 24 hours. The highest maximum temperature (17 centigrade) and the lowest minimum temperature (7 centigrade) were recorded during the…

APP Islamabad: Three passengers were killed and 17 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus plunged into the river Nowshera Jadeed in Bahawalpur on Tuesday morning. According to rescue officials, an over speeding passenger bus…

Xinhua/APP Los Angeles: A small plane crash in the U.S. state of Utah Sunday night killed four people, informed authorities on Monday. According to the Grand County Sheriff’s Office, the small plane crashed into the ground in a remote…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Rishi Sunak of the Indian ancestry is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Humza Yousaf of Pakistani descent has become the First Minister of Scotland and the leader of Scottish National Party,…

Ishtiaq Ahmed The supporters of the Punjab separate movement pulled down the Indian flag last week at the Indian High Commission in London. Following this humiliating international incident, Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra demanded…

News Desk Islamabad: Shehroze Kashif, a 20-year-old mountaineer from Pakistan who set a new world record by climbing K2, the second-highest mountain in the world, has now departed for Nepal with the goal of climbing all 14 peaks above…