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BEIRUT: Shiite Muslims are observing the solemn holy day of Ashoura that they typically mark with large, mournful gatherings, in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.Ashoura commemorates the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq with the ...

SEOUL: South Korea’s coronavirus cases could surge to as much as 2,000 per day in a week, health authorities warned on Saturday, as new infections continue to pile up. The warning came ahead of tighter restrictions on coffee shops, restaurants and other businesses in the Seoul metropolitan area for ...

Author: Parvaiz BUKHARI | AFPID: 1598670926870563400Sat, 2020-08-29 06:44 SRINAGAR, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is changing Indian Kashmir’s residency laws for the first time since 1947, in a bid to snuff out any challenge to the disputed territory belonging to India. Drawing comparisons with Israel’s “settler” tactics in the Palestinian Territories, ...

KABUL: Long-awaited negotiations with the Taliban to settle the protracted conflict in Afghanistan may begin next week, officials told Arab News on Friday. It came a day after the Taliban chief negotiator said that no peace talks were planned with Kabul for early September.At a time when the two ...

SRINAGAR, India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is changing Indian Kashmir’s residency laws for the first time since 1947, in a bid to snuff out any challenge to the disputed territory belonging to India.Drawing comparisons with Israel’s “settler” tactics in the Palestinian Territories, Modi’s Hindu nationalist government aims to change ...

Author: Associated Pressarticle author: APID: 1598641795186689900Fri, 2020-08-28 18:40 MULTAN: A Pakistani court on Wednesday convicted on terror financing charges three associates of a radical cleric wanted by Washington for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Two of the militants, Malik Zafar Iqbal and Abdul Salam Bhattvi, were sentenced to five years ...

ISLAMABAD: It was a music video meant to depict a young bride’s joy: Actress Saba Qamar, in a flowing white wedding gown with a golden hem, was twirled by the singer playing her groom in front of the mosaics of a 17th-century mosque in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore.As ...

Author: article author: Khurshid AhmedFri, 2020-08-28 03:50 KARACHI: A lifesaving Pakistani-Saudi online telehealth platform is to launch a vital new maternity and childcare service in war-torn Yemen. Following the success of its e-Doctor program in Pakistan, the Educast-run digital training and education initiative is to be expanded out into other countries, ...

#Pakistan News Turkish dramas have been enjoying popularity overseas thanks to their universal themes, strong writing and solid acting. Ali al Suleiman contributes to their popularity in the Middle East by translating them into Arabic. An energetic twenty-four year old Syrian man is making Turkish dramas accessible to Arabic ...

KARACHI: Another spell of heavy rain is expected to lash the port city of Karachi on Saturday, Pakistan's meteorological department warned, as it called on the city's authorities to drain water from flooded neighborhoods to avoid further damage and casualties. Rain-related incidents in the past few days killed dozens ...