Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has hosted the Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence chiefs in the West Bank to brief them on plans to hold the first Palestinian elections in 14 years

Mustafa Kamal addressed a Pak Sarzameen Party Sunday,demanding that the federal government hold a re-count of Karachi’s population.He claimed that almost half the city remains uncounted.The 2017 census shows Karachi’s population at...

A rebound in Jordan's economic growth to a forecast 2.5% in 2021 depends on continued economic activity during the coronavirus pandemic, the country's finance minister said on Sunday.

The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under US sanctions for ties to President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report by a Lebanese journalist and Lond...

https://www.samaa.tv/wp-content/uploads//usr/nfs/sestore3/samaa/vodstore/digital-library/2020/01/MOHAMMAD-AMIR-MONTAGE-17-01.mp4Left-arm pacer Mohammad Amir has announced that he is ready to make himself available for the national team se...

Three people, including a former PTI nazim, were gunned down in Swabi, police said Sunday.According to police, the vehicle of local PTI leader Qamar Khan came under attack near a private hospital on Mardan Road in Swabi.The area SHO tol...

Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an ambush in the country’s capital Sunday, officials said, an attack the top US envoy in Kabul blamed on the Taliban.Violence has surged across Afghanistan in rece...

Britain’s government said on Sunday it is looking at requiring all incoming travellers to isolate in hotels, expanding on new coronavirus restrictions entering into force in the coming hours.All arrivals to the UK will have to quaran...

A couple was arrested for torturing a 10-year-old girl working as a maid at their house in Rawalpindi’s Satellite Town Block B, the police said on Sunday. According to the security guard of the house, for over a week he had been hear...

The top U.N. official for Libya said Saturday an advisory committee for representatives of Libya’s different regions has proposed a way forward for choosing a transitional government that would lead the war-torn country to elections late th...

Middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel has expressed his desire to represent the Pakistan cricket team across all formats. The left-hander was selected for the first time in thenational team’s 20-member provisional squad for the upcoming...

A 15-year-old boy killed his siblings and critically injured their mother after a fight in Rawalpindi’s Mandra on Sunday. The victims have been identified as 24-year-old Ahsan and 17-year-old Asma. According to initial informatio...

All 50 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday.National Guard troops have been sent en masse to Washington DC, to de...

A pair of unlikely third-day batting heroes gave India a fighting chance of securing the draw they need in the fourth Test against Australia to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur, put on 123 runs f...

Families of half the respondents of a survey in Pakistan consider it bad or have concerns about women using the internet, a report by a Pakistani digital rights NGO has said.“Women Disconnected: Feminist Case Studies on the Gender Di...

China on Sunday recorded 109 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, including 96 local cases, according to the country's National Health Commission (NHC).In a daily COVID-19 statement, the commission said that it had received reports of...

A rickshaw driver was killed while he resisted a robbery in Jhang Saturday night. Police say the incident occurred in Jhang’s Shortkot. The victim has been identified as Mazhar.He resisted and the suspects shot him. They then sto...

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admitted that it felt ‘good’ to get a positive result against 10-man Fulham in their Premier League fixture on Saturday. Lampard and the Blues were under pressure after just one winand four defeats in t...

Australian Open chief Craig Tiley insisted Sunday the Grand Slam would begin as scheduled next month, while admitting it was “not a great situation” for the 47 players who have been confined to their hotel rooms.The tournament was th...

South Africa head coach Mark Boucher has revealed that he is expecting a great series against a tough opposition like Pakistan. The Proteas landed in Karachi on Saturday for the two-Testand three-T20I series against the Men in Green...

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has requested students not to take admissions in unauthorised two-year BA/BSc or MA/MSc programmes. One or two universities have announced admissions for these programmes. While this will e...

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, whose Parasite movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture last year, was named Friday as jury president of the 2021 Venice Film Festival.“I’m ready to admire and applaud all the great films selec...

All South Africa players and staff members have reportedly tested negative for coronavirus.The Proteassquad landed in Karachi on Saturday for the two-match Tests and three-matchT20I series against Pakistan. All the players were...

Three sisters were killed and a woman and two children injured when a truck crashed into a rickshaw near the Peshawar Bypass road on Saturday. According to rescue officials, the passengers in the rickshaw were traveling to a nearby v...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island has jumped to 56, authorities said Sunday, with thousands left homeless as rescuers raced to find anyone still alive under mountains of rubble.Hospitals were ov...

The number of rapes reported in Karachi have been increasing and 2020 saw a seven-year high of reported sexual abuse and rape cases against women and children. According to a police surgeon report, there was a 36% increase in reporte...