Members of law enforcement stand guard as people protest against federal immigration sweeps, in downtown Los Angeles, California, US. — Reuters/File  Gunfire after a graduation ceremony at a northern California high school killed a teenager and wounded three other people on Wednesday in a parking lot at the campus, police said. In addition to the…

Pakistani and Unicef officials pictured at the launch event of Pur Azm. — Unicef ISLAMABAD: The government, through the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme (PMYP), in partnership with Unicef and Generation Unlimited (GenU), has launched Pur Azm Pakistan, a national platform designed to expand access to skills, employment, entrepreneurship and economic opportunities for young people. “Pakistan’s…

A Border Security Force (BSF) official walks into a Border Outpost (BOP), a self-contained defence outpost situated near the India-Bangladesh international border in Petrapole, India, October 16, 2024. — Reuters Border management norms violation would be “strictly resisted”. India-Bangladesh border is one of longest land frontiers in world. Issue has complicated efforts by both countries…

Elon Musk, founder, CEO and lead designer at SpaceX and co-founder of Tesla, speaks at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition II in Hawthorne, California, US. — Reuter/File Elon Musk praised Pakistan’s judicial system after the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the death sentences of two men convicted in the motorway gang-rape case and rejected their…

US President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for an executive order on mail ballots, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2026. — Reuters/File Vote comes in middle of final talks with Iran: Trump. Four Republicans cast votes in support of Democrats. US president says everyone knows…

A collage showing slain Noor Mukaddam (left) and her killer Zahir Jaffer. — X@hadiahabib27/AFP/File Advocate Khawaja Haris represents Zahir as his counsel. Three-member bench led by Justice Hashim Kakar hears case. Noor was tortured, killed in July 2021, sparking nationwide outrage. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition filed by Zahir Jaffer and…

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, at St George Hospital in Sydney, Australia.— Reuters/File A Sydney man credited with saving dozens of lives during last year’s deadly mass shooting on Bondi Beach…

A maritime policeman on a tag-boat guards oil tanker Aris-13, which was released by pirates, as it sails to dock on the shores of the Gulf of Aden in the city of Bosasso, northern Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland, March 19, 2017. — Reuters No action risking hostages’ lives can be taken, says FO. Pirates…

Students coming out of Women Girls College Korangi after appearing in their Intermediate examinations in Karachi, May 7, 2025. — APP KARACHI: The Sindh government will issue Matric results by July 10 and Intermediate results by July 31, the Education Department spokesperson said on Thursday. The decision was taken during a meeting of all education…

This screen grab made on June 3, 2026, from a handout video released by US Central Command on June 2, 2026, shows what the US military says is a missile strike by US forces on the Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie, an unladen oil tanker attempting to sail to an Iranian port in violation of an American…