ForeignTrump seeks to win over Muslim leaders with Islam speech
RIYADH:US President Donald Trump tells 50 Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia Sunday of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" a day after Washington took issue with Iran.Trump’s major spee
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentRare Apple-1 fetches less than expected at German auction
BERLIN: A rare working Apple-1, the first computer produced by Steve Jobs’ world-beater-to-be company four decades ago, sold for less than expected at auction in Germany on Saturday.One of only
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentBeijing’s new weapon in economic war: Chinese tourists
Slapping import bans on products like mangoes, coal and salmon has long been China’s way of punishing countries that refuse to toe its political line. But Beijing has shown that it can<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/21/beijings-new-weapon-in-economic-war-chinese-tourists/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 21, 2017
ForeignBahrain Shia cleric gets suspended jail term
DUBAI: A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced revered Shiite cleric Isa Qassim to a suspended one-year jail term for illegal fundraising and money laundering, a judicial source said.The criminal co
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentNorway to boost climate change defences of ‘doomsday’ seed vault
Norway on Saturday said it would boost protection of a seed storage vault designed to protect the world's crops from disaster, after soaring temperatures caused water to leak into its entrance.Sit
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentWillem Dafoe to play painter Van Gogh in new biopic
CANNES: Hollywood star Willem Dafoe is to play the painter Vincent Van Gogh in a new film about the tortured genius said artist Julian Schnabel, its producers said Sunday. “At Eternity’s Gate” takes<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/21/willem-dafoe-to-play-painter-van-gogh-in-new-biopic/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentAfghan women break ground with TV station launch
A new TV channel dedicated to women is set to begin broadcasting in Afghanistan, the first of its kind in a country whose media industry, like many areas of society, remains dominated by men.Zan T
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentNetflix row stirs tough questions for cinema’s future
The storm over whether Netflix films should be shown at the Cannes film festival has been billed as a generational clash that calls into question the future of cinema. That the US<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/21/netflix-row-stirs-tough-questions-for-cinemas-future/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 21, 2017
ForeignMotorist who ran amok in Times Square says he tried ‘to get help’
NEW YORK: The U.S. Navy veteran charged with killing a young women and injuring 20 others by speeding down a crowded Times Square sidewalk in his car said in published remarks on Saturday that he had
May 21, 2017
ForeignAt least 20 cops killed in Afghanistan Taliban checkpost attacks
KANDAHAR: Taliban fighters stormed multiple security outposts in southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, killing at least 20 policemen, officials said.“This morning, a group of Taliban fighters a
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentIndian woman tops Everest twice in week, breaks record
KATHMANDU: An Indian climber Sunday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the second time in less than a week, her expedition team said, setting a women’s record for a double ascent<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/21/indian-woman-tops-everest-twice-in-week-breaks-record/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 21, 2017
Arts / EntertainmentAmerican climber dies on Everest, Indian missing
An American climber died Sunday on his way to the summit of Mount Everest, expedition organisers said, the latest death to mar the ongoing climbing season.The 50-year-old mountaineer died close to
May 21, 2017