Death anniversary of renowned folk singer Pathanay Khan today

The 24th death anniversary of famous folk singer Pathanay Khan is being observed on Saturday (today). Pathanay Khan earned world-wide fame through singing Sufi poetry, Ghazals and folk songs. He was born in 1926 at Basti Tambu Wali in Kot Addu, district Muzaffargarh. Pathanay Khan has mostly sung Kafiis based upon the poetry of Baba […]

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Guardiola is best manager of my lifetime, says Liverpool’s Klopp

 Jurgen Klopp on Friday hailed Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola as the best manager of his lifetime as he prepares his Liverpool team for what could be the final chapter in their captivating rivalry. City have won five out of the past six Premier League titles but Liverpool have been their main rivals over the […]

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Security forces screen a million athletes and staff ahead of Paris Olympics

French security forces are vetting up to a million people before the Paris Olympics, including athletes and people living close to key infrastructure, the Interior Ministry has said. Ahead of the Games on 26 July, all 10,500 athletes selected for the Paris Olympics and 4,400 for the Paralympics are being subjected to background checks, as […]

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A 93-year-old Greek grandmother’s scarves travel to children in need

 In her tiny Athens apartment, 93-year-old Ioanna Matsouka has knit thousands of brightly coloured scarves for children in need from Greece to Ukraine – and she has no plans to quit just yet. “Until I die, I will be knitting,” Matsouka said. Her knitting needles clicked through her expert fingers, her nails painted red. “It […]

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Australia’s southeast sweats in heatwave, lifting bushfire risk

Large swaths of Australia on Saturday sweated through severe heatwave conditions that lifted bushfire risk in the country’s southeast. The nation’s weather forecaster on Saturday had heatwave alerts in place for South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria, warning temperatures in some regions could go above 40 degrees Celsius (104 […]

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UNRWA report says Israel coerced some agency employees to falsely admit Hamas links

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said some employees released into Gaza from Israeli detention reported having been pressured by Israeli authorities into falsely stating that the agency has Hamas links and that staff took part in the Oct. 7 attacks. The assertions are contained in a report by the UN Relief and Works Agency […]

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South Sudan elections not on path for credible process, US official warns

Elections set to be held in South Sudan in December are not on a path for a credible process without urgent action, a senior US State Department official warned, as the government lags in its preparations. The official, asked in an interview with Reuters whether the election was on the path to be a sham […]

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Hungary’s PM Orban supports Trump after Florida meeting

Hungary’s right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban lent his support to his long-time ally Donald Trump’s bid to return to White House after meeting the former US president in Florida late on Friday. The two discussed “a wide range of issues affecting Hungary and the United States, including the paramount importance of strong and secure […]

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PTI votes for president with a tinge of bitterness: Ali Zafar

Senator Ali Zafar, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), claims that the presidential election is being held in the country despite a stay order by court on reserved seats.  He emphasised that this election is controversial, lacking the attributes of being free and fair. Zafar declared that his party was participating in the election […]

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