Pakistan condemns Israel’s contentious move to approve land registration in West Bank

  • Israel’s cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of beginning land registration process that makes it easier for settlers to buy lands in West Bank 
  • Pakistan’s foreign office says such measures in violation of international law, UN General Assembly and Security Council resolution
By Shahjahan Khurram ·

Pakistan softens solar policy after backlash, exempts existing consumers from new billing rules

  • The development comes days after Pakistan sharply reduced rates at which solar users were being paid for excess electricity
  • The changes, widely criticized in Pakistan, replaced the net-metering regime with a framework separating buying, selling prices
By Waseem Abbasi ·

Pakistan opposition to continue protest over ex-PM Khan’s health amid conflicting reports

  • Pakistan’s government insists that the ex-premier’s eye condition has improved
  • Khan’s personal doctor says briefed on his condition but cannot confirm veracity
By NAIMAT KHAN ·

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Pakistan invites Austrian firms to partner in citrus value-addition, mining, renewable energy

  • PM Shehbaz Sharif attends joint business forum in Vienna, invites Austrian companies to the EU-Pakistan business summit in Islamabad in April
  • The premier addresses the issue of illegal immigration, saying his government working to offer Europe workers with international certifications
By Kashaf Rehman ·

Saudi inventor wins two gold medals at Mideast International Invention Fair

  • Khudry was recognized for inventing a device designed to filter materials and recycle used liquids
  • The innovation aims to improve efficiency in liquid purification and reuse
By Arab News ·

Prosecutors plan to charge Israeli settler with killing Palestinian activist in West Bank

  • Activists and crew members on the film “No Other Land” have said settler attacks have intensified on the village portrayed since the movie won the Oscar
By AP ·

Russian poisonings aim to kill — and send a message

  • Neurotoxin epibatidine, found in Ecuadoran frogs, was identified in laboratory analyzes of samples from Navalny’s body
  • Even if a poisoning can fail — some targets survived, such as Yushchenko and Skripal — it also serves to send a message
By AFP ·

Airports in GCC are turning stopovers into tourism growth

  • Governments and airport operators are turning aviation as a central pillar of tourism and economic strategy
By Donia Diaaeddine ·

Del Toro wins shortened UAE Tour first stage

  • Mexican youngster Isaac Del Toro powered to victory in a sprint finish in a shortened opening stage of the UAE Tour on Monday
By AFP ·

Robert Duvall: understated actor’s actor, dead at 95

  • One of his most memeorable characters was the maniacal, surfing-mad Lt. Gen. William Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War epic ‘Apocalypse Now’
  • One regret was turning down the lead part in ‘Jaws’ (which went to Roy Scheider) because he instead wanted to play the salty fisherman, a role that went to Robert Shaw
By AFP ·