04-01-2026 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE: A court in Pakistan has sentenced several journalists and social media commentators to life imprisonment after convicting them of inciting violence during riots in 2023 linked to the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. An anti-terrorism court judge, Tahir …

04-01-2026 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on 37 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. In a statement on Friday, Guterres called the work of the groups “indispensable to life-saving humanitarian work”, according …

04-01-2026 BERN: A fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort appears to have been caused by sparklers placed on bottles of champagne that came “too close to the ceiling”, authorities said. Forty people died after the blaze in the early hours of New Year’s Day in Crans-Montana, while …

4-01-2026 SANA’A: Yemen’s southern separatist movement said on Friday it aimed to hold a referendum on independence from the north in two years, as Saudi-backed forces fought to recapture areas the separatists seized last month in a move that triggered a major feud between Gulf powers. The statement by the …

04-01-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India is asking refiners for weekly disclosures of Russian and US oil purchases, people familiar with the matter told media, adding that they expect Russian crude imports to dip below 1 million barrels per day as New Delhi seeks to clinch a trade deal with …

04-01-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s United Nations ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani has written to the UN secretary-general and the president of the UN Security Council (UNSC), urging them to condemn “unlawful threats” towards Tehran from United States President Donald Trump amid ongoing protests in the country. The letter sent on Friday came …

Cyberabad, Jan 2nd’2026 (PMI) The Cyberabad Police Commissioner, Dr. M. Ramesh, IPS, visited Home Guard MD Nayeemuddin today at Medicover Hospital, Hitec City, who was injured while on traffic duty at Madapur Traffic Police Station. The Commissioner assured the family that all medical expenses will be borne by the Police Department. …

03-01-2026 PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter, Ju Ae, who is widely speculated to be his potential successor, made her first public visit to the Kumsusan Mausoleum in Pyongyang alongside her parents, state media images show. Photographs released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Friday captured …

03-01-2026 BEIJING: China’s BYD is set to overtake Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival for annual sales. On Thursday, BYD said that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to …

03-01-2026 BANJUL: Seven bodies were recovered and 96 people rescued after a boat potentially carrying more than 200 migrants capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, the country’s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding search and recovery operations were continuing. It was the latest deadly incident along one of the world’s most …