Turkey introduces jail terms for spreading ‘fake news’

Turkey's parliament has adopted a media law introducing jail terms for spreading "disinformation." It also requires social networks and internet sites to hand over the personal details of users.

Poverty, climate, space: China’s progress in 10 years under Xi

China’s high growth based on investment, low-cost manufacturing and exports has largely reached its limits and has led to economic, social, and environmental imbalances.

War-torn Yemen battered by mental health crisis

Yemen, with around 30 million people, had just 59 psychiatrists in 2020 -- or one for every half a million people -- according to health ministry figures.

North Korea fires missiles, flies fighter jets near South’s border

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a...

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar heckled at airport in USA

The video has gone viral on social media and has gained massive views. Ishaq Dar is trending atop social media.

Twitter users mock Indian singer on rap for Pak-India match

Sandhu in his rap took a dig at Pakistani players Shaheen Shah Afridi and Babar Azam. While commenting on the quality of the rap, many netizens hilariously thanked Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for creating Pakistan.

Shahid Afridi defends Muhammad Rizwan

The opening duo is coming under intense criticism as Pakistan struggled with a strong middle order. Pakistan T20 team was exposed with a weak middle order in the plenty of matches played since the Asia Cup 2022 last month

EU, US to ‘team up’ for value-based int’l investment to counter China

EU to watch closely for foreign policy course changes by China after country's 20th party congress says EU Commission chief.

G20 to meet under Ukraine war, inflation cloud

A divided G20 meets on Thursday while dealing with a number of challenges, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a worldwide economic slowdown, skyrocketing prices, and climate change.

UN Condemns annexation of Ukrainian territory

Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv on Thursday, officials said, after the United Nations General Assembly condemned Moscow's...

Crisis-hit Iraq makes latest bid to elect president

The fourth effort this year by Iraqi lawmakers to pick a state president and end the year-long political impasse plagued by fatal violence that has worsened the country's economic troubles.

US Capitol riot panel to get inside Trump’s head

Before the key midterm elections, lawmakers looking into the attack on the US Capitol in 2021 intend to take the public on a tour inside Donald Trump's head on Thursday.