ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Saturday said the PML-N leaders were reaping what they had sown, adding that if they were innocent, then they should not worry and give answers to the NAB questions.In tweets, he said lengthy press conferences by...

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international media.The...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Saturday said the PML-N leaders were reaping what they had sown adding that if they were innocent, then they should not worry and give answers to the NAB questions.In tweets, he said lengthy press conferences by the...

SHEIKHUPURA: Eight people were killed while four others sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups in the jurisdiction of Bheki police station on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred near Kharianwala area where Ghulam Rasool Group and Khadim Group exchanged fire over...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR: The countrywide protests by workers of the Jang/Geo Group against the illegal detention of Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman continued for 58th day on Friday.Political workers and others joined different protest camps of journalists and media organisations,...

Ag AgenciesLAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has claimed that the Chaudhry brothers are our own and it does not seem that anything will happen to them.He was responding to questions by the media about National Accountability Bureau inquiries against the Chaudhry brothers at Railways...

GAINESVILLE, Florida: The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation's top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained, reported international media. The...

HERAT, Afghanistan: Two policemen and four other people were killed in Afghanistan on Saturday after a deadly clash at a public food donation in central Ghor province, officials said.Hundreds of people had gathered outside the governor´s office in the provincial capital Firozkoh, where a...

BEIJING: The coronavirus outbreak exposed “shortcomings” in China’s public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country’s disease prevention and control mechanisms.China has faced criticism both at home...

Israel's foreign embassy in India shared a picture Saturday of a street in Tel Aviv named after famed and revered Indian polymath, poet, musician, artist and ayurveda-researcher Rabindranath Tagore.

However, relations between the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community and the rest of Israeli society appear to have been damaged.

The project is estimated at about NIS 30 million.

On Sunday morning, the Health Ministry showed only 4,826 active cases of coronavirus in Israel, among them, 65 who were intubated. So far, 248 people have died.

Acting US director of national intelligence Richard Grenell says he spoke "with an influential Lebanese Shi'ite leader" who is "close" to coming out publicly in favor of decriminalizing homosexuality

A Chinese social media group set up to provide personal protective equipment to hospitals in Wuhan has switched focus in line with the spread of the deadly coronavirus and is now reaching out to those in need around the world.FightforWuhan was the idea of 17-year-old high school student Yihe Chang and 19 other young people. It was launched on January 23, the same day the central China city at the epicentre of the health crisis was plunged into total lockdown.“That day was also my birthday and I…

Universal and free healthcare will help us all in combating the virus, but this policy will also have benefits in the longer term

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Contrary to past emergency situations, the COVID-19 crisis seems to have helped improve the relationship between the Jewish and Arab communities.

“This is something we started in our CSR wing some years ago and we will continue doing so," he said.

Beijing says reforms are underway to improve disease prevention and control mechanisms.

Amisom KDF forces have recorded remarkable success, especially in restoring peace in areas under its control.

Money from the sale of properties will be used to is to settle debts and run the party.

There are plans to bring the bishop's body back to Kenya.

From the top 20 students, only four had access to smartphones.

I well understand why so many murder stories are set on cruise ships.

Confined to their 100 sq ft space in a subdivided flat in Hong Kong amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Wendy Cheung and her husband quarrelled numerous times over hygiene, money and caring for their son.Finally, she decided it was time to get a divorce after eight years of marriage.The distress caused by the fear of coronavirus infection, confinement measures and social isolation has taken a toll on couples. Cooped-up Hongkongers have been flooding hotlines with calls seeking help with conflicts at…

All across Asia , and around the world, people have been urged to keep a safe distance and maintain good personal hygiene amid the coronavirus pandemic. But if your “home” is a prison dormitory that holds five times the 100 inmates it was designed to, doing either is almost impossible.Overcrowding is the norm in the prison systems of many developing nations, but the Philippines has long held the dubious distinction of having one of the most jam-packed in the world.In Manila City Jail, one of an…

With her neighbourhood south of Manila locked down due to the coronavirus, Dolly Pelle had been planning to close her sari-sari convenience store – until customers convinced her they couldn’t do without her. Pelle’s store is one of a handful of similar shops all on the same street, but her’s has a crucial difference: it is the only one able to process local remittances. Lock down, start up: the digital firms cashing in on coronavirus in the Philippines In the past four years in the…

There was little sign of cheer in Malaysia last week even as the government began easing the gruelling nationwide lockdown it had put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, with all eyes now on the bleak economic road ahead.Government data released on Friday showed the unemployment rate in Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy rose to 3.9 per cent in March – the highest rate since 2010, and a 17.1 per cent jump from a year ago. Expectations are that the figure will continue to surge.While…

EMS said the man died at the scene.

For decades, not-for-profits have supported the medical system, but a new approach may cut off funding and health care

A look at the people challenging body type prejudice

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1. Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan  News18
2. Let`s work together by converting orange zones to green zones: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tells NE...  Zee News
3. 'We have prepared India for the worst'  Mumbai Mirror
4. Lav Agarwal: We have to learn to live with the virus  Pune Mirror
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1. Covid-19: Navy ship carrying 698 stranded in Maldives arrives in Kochi  Hindustan Times
2. "Safe Now": Indians On Navy Warship That Reached Kochi From Maldives  NDTV
3. Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives  Times of India
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5. Operation Samudra Setu: Two Indian Navy ships head to the UAE; INS Jalashwa sails back  The Financial Express
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Demi Lovato says she is very happy in her love life, alongside beau Max Ehrich

Athar Shah Khan began his career at Radio Pakistan as a writer and had 700 plays under his belt

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ISLAMABAD: China has spoken for the first time in harsh military terms to counter US threatening postures in the wake of allegations regarding coronavirus pandemic since two major Chinese national...

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Islamabad: A meeting of Shopping Mall Association was held here under the chairmanship of Commodore Irfanul Haq to discuss problems being faced by owners due to closure of mega facilities across the...

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The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the food secretary to appoint the district food controllers within a month in accordance with the law.The direction came on a petition of Ali Ashgar who impugned the appointments of assistant food controllers to look after the work of district food...

Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar called on Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday to discuss the issue of increased allowances of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s employees.According to a statement issued by the corporation, the mayor said that his meeting with the CM helped...

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Karachi president and MPA Khurrum Sher Zaman on Saturday said that one of his Friday statements had been misrepresented and therefore he tendered his apologies if it had hurt anyone’s sentiments.Zaman came under severe criticism by a section of activists on...

Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an "absolute chaotic disaster" during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News.

PARIS: Researchers in Hong Kong have found that patients suffering milder illness caused by the new coronavirus recover more quickly if they are treated with a three-drug antiviral cocktail soon after symptoms appear.Authors of the study, published in the Lancet on Friday, described the findings...

ISTANBUL: In full protective gear, two doctors climb the stairs four at a time. Their first task of the day: to test a woman who has had contact with a coronavirus patient in Istanbul.Visibly perturbed by the appearance of men in white bodysuits on her landing, the resident in the populous Fatih...