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DOHA: Iran and the United States concluded a round of indirect talks on Wednesday with no sign they had made headway toward a lasting peace, focusing instead on ‌issues that they said had been resolved when an interim agreement was…

JERUSALEM: The United States and Israel have signed an agreement allocating land for the construction of a permanent US embassy in Jerusalem. The signing ceremony was attended by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, US Ambassador Mike…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired a review meeting on the establishment of Daanish Schools and Daanish University across the country. The prime minister described the institutions as valuable national assets and directed…

MUZAFFARABAD: In a political development ahead of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, assembly candidates from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced their decision to join the…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India exchanged lists of prisoners held in each other's jails on Tuesday under the 2008 bilateral Agreement on Consular Access. According to Pakistan's Foreign Office, Islamabad provided India with a list of 250…

ISLAMABAD: Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas has resigned from the primary membership of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). According to sources, Ilyas submitted his resignation to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto…

NASA is preparing a robotic mission to extend the life of the ageing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which is gradually losing altitude and faces eventual re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. A robotic spacecraft developed by US startup…

The biographical film Michael, based on the life of music icon Michael Jackson, has become the highest-grossing biographical film of all time after surpassing the global box office earnings of Oppenheimer. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the…

ISLAMABAD: A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court challenging the National Highway Authority's (NHA) decision to impose a 50 per cent additional toll on vehicles without an M-Tag and those with insufficient M-Tag balance.…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to accelerate ongoing welfare initiatives and development plans for overseas Pakistanis, describing them as a valuable national asset. The directive came during a meeting…