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26/07/2025

Pakistan to nominate five culturally and historically significant sites for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List — state media

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will nominate five culturally and historically significant sites for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported on Friday, in a bid to preserve the country’s rich archaeological legacy and promote global recognition of its heritage la...

26/07/2025

Lionel Messi suspended for one game after sitting out the MLS All-Star Game without prior approval, the league says https://arab.news/2pxhz

26/07/2025

Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment.

NEW DELHI: Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment. Harsh Vardhan Jain, 47, was operating an “illegal West Arctic embassy by renting a house” in Ghaziabad, Ut...

26/07/2025

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has arrested five suspects involved in human smuggling and defrauding citizens, it said on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested five suspects involved in human smuggling and defrauding citizens, it said on Saturday. The development comes amid a crackdown against agents involved in sending impoverished Pakistanis abroad through dangerous routes, luring th...

26/07/2025

: Islamabad working toward granting greater market access to US products in the large Pakistani markets, says Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar https://arab.news/gasyz

26/07/2025

Two flight attendants on a flight departing California were injured on Friday after pilots took evasive action to dodge another aircraft on takeoff, the airline said.

WASHINGTON: Two flight attendants on a Southwest Airlines flight departing Burbank, California, were injured on Friday after pilots took evasive action to dodge another aircraft on takeoff, the airline said. Southwest Flight 1496 sharply descended nearly 500 feet, according to flight tracking websit...

26/07/2025

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi back in Pakistan squad for white-ball series against West Indies in US https://arab.news/26wtt

26/07/2025

Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly poisoning a local TikTok star to death in Pakistan’s southern Ghotki district, officials said on Saturday.

KARACHI: Police have arrested two suspects for allegedly poisoning a local TikTok star to death in Pakistan’s southern Ghotki district, officials said on Saturday. Sumeera Rajput, who had over 58,000 followers and one million likes on TikTok, was found dead at her residence in the Bago Wah area on...

26/07/2025

: “I didn’t set out to become an influencer, I just needed to breathe.”

Filmmaker Athar Abbas left a toxic job to tell raw, emotional stories of ordinary Pakistanis, highlighting mental health, resilience, and working-class lives across the country https://arab.news/mjvuc

26/07/2025

Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli military operations killed at least 23 people on Friday across the Palestinian territory, with another five killed in an overnight air strike.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s civil defense agency said Israeli military operations killed at least 23 people on Friday across the Palestinian territory, with another five killed in an overnight air strike. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed in...

26/07/2025

Islamabad hopeful of finalizing a trade deal with Washington “in days,” Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar says

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, said on Friday that his country was hopeful of finalizing a trade deal with the United States “in days.” Pakistan and the United States (US) have been engaged in talks after Washington announced a 29 percent “reciprocal...

26/07/2025

Air Karachi, Pakistan’s new private airline in the making, in talks with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China for the supply of airliners to start its flight operations, the group chairman Hanif Gohar tells Arab News

KARACHI: Air Karachi, Pakistan’s new private airline in the making, has engaged the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) for the supply of airliners to start its flight operations, the group chairman Hanif Gohar told Arab News on Friday. Spearheaded by a group of leading businessmen fr...