The US Geological Survey reported that at around 4:30am on Wednesday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 occurred close to Mentone, Texas. According to the USGS, the earthquake's epicentre was located 22 miles west-southwest of Mentone and had a depth of approximately 4.9 miles. The ...

The Pakistani Rupee (PKR) has recently taken the global currency stage by storm, establishing itself as the top-performing currency against the US Dollar in the last month, demonstrating a remarkable appreciation of 9.67%. This surge in the PKR's value has been a striking deviation from the ...

During takeoff and landing, two planes collided, resulting in the deaths of 5 individuals, including 1 child, on a runway at an airport in Mexico's Durango region. The incident occurred when one plane was taking off while the other was landing on the same runway at a small airport constructed on ...

ISLAMABAD – A global security organisation has ranked Pakistan above India, North Korea and Iran in terms of handling of weapons-usable nuclear materials. The Nuclear Threat Initiative, a US-based organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity, has issued ...

AUSTIN – The SpaceX Starship rocket exploded minutes after it lifted off during a test flight from the launch site at Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. The Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built and is designed to send astronauts to the moon, Mars or beyond, successfully lifted off from ...

KARACHI – Controversial Pakistani movie Joyland has reached new heights as it has been selected in the Oscar's International Feature Film category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences lately shared its shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Academy Awards with a ...

US President Joe Biden has condemned the killing of four Muslims two of them Pakistanis, in Albuquerque, a city in the southern state of New Mexico. In a tweet, he said these hateful attacks have no place in America. The four, murdered within a span of a week, are: Naeem Hussain and ...

NEW YORK – The UN General Assembly has voted to suspend membership of Russia from the Human Rights Council amid allegations of attacking civilians in ongoing military operation in Ukraine. The resolution titled ‘Suspension of the rights of membership of the Russian Federation in the Human ...

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow (Monday) on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. According to diplomatic sources, the meeting has been proposed by Mexico and France, who are pushing a draft that calls for an end to hostilities in Ukraine, unhindered flow of ...

PARIS – India has been ranked among top five most dangerous countries for journalists in 2021 in a ranking issued by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Mexico and Afghanistan are again the two deadliest countries, with seven journalists killed in Mexico and six in Afghanistan. “Yemen and ...