BISP Partners with UN World Food Programme to Extend Benazir Nashonuma Programme for Two More Years
Islamabad: Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have extended their partnership for another two years under the Benazir Nashonuma Programme. In a ceremony held…
Morocco mobile desalination units quench remote areas’ thirst
BEDDOUZA: In the small fishing village of Beddouza in western Morocco, locals have turned to the Atlantic to quench their thirst, using mobile desalination stations to combat the kingdom's ongoing…
Singapore ex-minister sentenced to 12 months in prison in rare graft trial
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean former minister was sentenced Thursday to 12 months in prison for obstruction of justice and accepting illegal gifts in the city-state's first political graft trial for nearly…
Carpe diem: the Costa Rican women turning fish into fashion
COSTA DE PÁJAROS: On a beach in Costa Rica, as fishermen land the day's catch, two women are hard at work on a slimy sea bass skin, rubbing, scraping, washing…
Mexico’s new president offers apology for 1968 student massacre
MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum offered an official apology Wednesday for the massacre of students by the army in 1968, in one of her first acts after taking office.…
Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to overturn 2020 election: special counsel
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump launched a "private criminal effort" to subvert the 2020 US election and should not be shielded by presidential immunity, Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a court…
Tunisia readies for vote as incumbent Saied eyes victory
TUNIS: Tunisians head to the polls Sunday for a presidential election in which analysts say incumbent Kais Saied is poised for victory with his most prominent critics behind bars. The…
Huge protests in Argentina over public university cuts
BUENOS AIRES: Several thousand Argentines joined major student-led protests in Buenos Aires on Wednesday over President Javier Milei's cuts to free university education. The second large-scale demonstration in six months…
Biden, Harris tour storm areas as deaths surpass 160
ASHEVILLE: US President Joe Biden witnessed firsthand the catastrophic destruction of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday and Vice President Kamala Harris distributed aid to families in need as thousands of federal…
Ensuring smooth flow of traffic on roads top priority; SSP Traffic
According to details, SSP Traffic Islamabad Muhammad Sarfraz Virk held a meeting at Traffic Police Headquarters, which was attended by SP Traffic, zonal DSPs, muharrars, branch in-charges and other concerned…
