Europe

AFP/APP New York: The Dow rocketed to a fresh record Tuesday while gold prices also hit an all-time peak, as rising expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in 2024 lift Wall Street to new heights. After a down session in…

AFP/APP Moscow: Russian forces reportedly destroyed 38 Ukrainian drones overnight in regions near the border, according to Moscow's defense ministry on Tuesday. "Air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted three UAVs over…

AFP/APP Kyiv, Ukraine: Russia launched dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Monday in an attack that killed at least 20 people and smashed into a children's hospital in Kyiv, officials said. The rare day-time Russian barrage…

AFP/APP Nepal:Hanging from a rope-and-bamboo ladder off a Himalayan mountain cliff, skilled Nepali climbers gather highly prized hallucinogenic honey -- an ancient tradition stung by environmental degradation and rapid climate change.…

AFP United Nations: Refugees and migrants face extreme violence, abuse, and exploitation while traversing Africa to reach the Mediterranean, with more deaths occurring on land routes than at sea, according to a recent UN-backed report.…

AFP/APP Nouakchott: Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe perished when their boat capsized earlier this week off the coast of Mauritania, according to the state news agency and a local official on Thursday. Dozens more remain missing.…

AFP/APP Paris: The world is unprepared for the increasing ferocity of wildfires turbocharged by climate change, scientists say, as blazes from North America to Europe greet the northern hemisphere summer in the hottest year on record.…

News Desk Islamabad: There's a region near the North Pole where the sun shines for six months straight during summer. In Europe, this includes parts of Sweden and Norway. In Troms, Norway's largest city, the sun doesn't set from May…

AFP/APP London: Stock markets mostly retreated on Thursday as traders reacted to political uncertainty in Europe and the US Federal Reserve's plan to only cut interest rates once this year. European stocks closed firmly in the red,…

Muhmmad Murtaza Noor  Islamabad: The landscape of higher education in Pakistan is undergoing a significant shift. The federal government's recent decision to cease providing recurring funds to provincial universities and to slash…