Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Idaho school bans backpacks on finding a gun on campus

Idaho school bans backpacks on finding a gun on campus

Following the discovery of a gun in school, the Idaho district has prohibited bags for students at Rigby Middle School in Jefferson County. As a result, pupils devised innovative and unconventional methods of transporting their stuff to school. And, of course, it was all captured in a TikTok video that has now gone viral on … Read more

Aryan Khan accuses of being involved with drugs, cries inconsolably during interrogations

Aryan Khan

There are major findings in Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan’s drug case. Since Sunday, he has been trending across all social media platforms. Following a raid on a cruise party in Mumbai on Sunday, Aryan Khan was apprehended. Officials from the NCB presented him in court, and he was subsequently placed on one-day police … Read more

Viral video: Boy’s egg experiment with his father comes to a funny conclusion

Viral video: Boy's egg experiment with his father comes to a conclusion

The boy can be seen placing a glass of water, a toilet paper roll, and lastly a hardboiled egg on his father’s forehead for an egg experiment. After a video of a child attempting to recreate a science experiment by dropping an egg on his father went popular on social media, netizens were amused. Zeke, … Read more

Squirrel hides 42 gallons of walnuts under the hood of car

Squirrels allegedly hid 42 gallons of walnuts under the hood of a car

Squirrels are famous for storing food when the weather turns cold. However, one tiny red squirrel in the United States seemed to have gone crazy, storing almost 40 gallons of walnuts in a man’s vehicle. Bill Fischer, a native of Fargo, North Dakota, was surprised when he returned home from a four-day trip and checked … Read more

UN chief highlights ‘enormous’ benefits of greener cities

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UNITED NATIONS: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has said that the benefits of making cities more environmentally friendly are ‘enormous’, and include reduced climate risk, more jobs, and better health and well-being. “[The] city leadership in using green materials and constructing energy-efficient, resilient buildings powered by renewable energy, is essential to achieve net-zero emissions by … Read more

T20 World Cup: 70% spectators allowed during the ICC event

T20 Wolrd Cup: 70% spectators allowed during the ICC event

During the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 70% of spectators will be allowed, the organizers said. However, following a storm, circumstances in Oman, where the preliminary rounds are scheduled to be held, are still being examined. Tropical Cyclone Shaheen hit coastal areas of Oman, including the capital city Muscat, just a week before the preliminary … Read more

Hermes hosts Paris Fashion Week show at airport hangar

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The fashion press was shuttled to an airport on the outskirts of Paris for Hermes International’s spring ready-to-wear catwalk show, which sent fitted leather crop tops, silky dresses, and relaxed trousers down a circular catwalk set up in a hangar. Robot cameras flew around the runway and dropped from the ceiling, filming the models as … Read more

PM summons high-level meeting to discuss Pandora Papers leak

Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a high-level meeting at 5pm today (Monday) to discuss the Pandora Papers saga. Well-informed sources told Bol News that during the meeting, officials will brief the PM on the situation following the Pandora papers leak. The meeting will be held at the Prime Minister’s House, and it will be … Read more

Muhammad Hafeez recovers from dengue, will resume practice from today

Muhammad Hafeez recovers from dengue, will resume practice from today

Muhammad Hafeez will resume his practice from today after being fully recovered from dengue fever. Hafeez was diagnosed with dengue fever last week and had to step down from matches of the first leg of the National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi. He will be seen in action in the second leg scheduled to start on … Read more

Govt focusing on agriculture sector: minister

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ISLAMABAD: For the first time in the history of the country, the PTI-led government will materialise the dream of agricultural development with modernising the farming techniques, a government official said on Monday. Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam said that Kamyab Pakistan is a positive initiative of the government through … Read more

The Queen’s estate launches probe into Azerbaijan ruler link after Pandora leaks

The Queen’s estate has opted to conduct its own internal investigation into any apparent ties they may have with an Azerbaijani ruler accused of wrongdoing. The recent purchase of a £67 million London house ties both the purported ruler and the Queen together. According to the Pandora papers, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has exchanged over … Read more

Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan appears before court in drugs case

Aryan Khan drugs case

Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has on Monday appeared before the court after being arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a drugs controversy.

According to media reports, Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri leaves for court to attend the hearing of Aryan Khan today.

Aryan Khan is being represented by senior advocate Satish Manshinde and he had argued in court that his client was invited to the event being held on the cruise by the organisers.

Protecting Aryan, he had said, “No incriminating material has been recovered from him (Aryan Khan). There is no possession or evidence of consumption. Although the sections under which Aryan Khan has been booked are all bailable offences, I am willing to settle for one day’s NCB custody so that we can file for bail before the regular court.”

According to reports, nothing was found on Aryan when he was taken into custody and hence he has booked only on consumption charges.

However, amidst the drugs controversy, fans of King Khan have taken to the Twitter platform to extend support to SRK.

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Kamyab Pakistan Programme to revolutionise low-income segment: Tarin

Kamyab Pakistan Programme to revolutionize low income segment: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: The Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) would bring about revolution in the low-income segment of population by helping the poor earn respectable livelihood and stand on their own feet, a senior government official said on Monday. Addressing the launching ceremony of Kamyab Pakistan Programme, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin said that Rs1.4 … Read more

Dubai crypto platform teams up with police to combat fraud

UAE-based business advisers now accepting crypto payments---Photo: File

DUBAI: Dubai Police has teamed up with a cryptocurrency trading platform to educate investors and traders about crypto fraud, Arab News reported. “We have been working with key policymakers to help them build regulation that will make crypto safe for investors,” Ola Doudin, chief executive officer of BitOasis, said. She said there is a “string … Read more

Strong vitality of Belt and Road Initiative wins wide praise

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BEIJING: As the world faces the combined impacts of changes unseen in a century and the Covid-19 pandemic, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has demonstrated strong vitality and creativity and will continue to provide impetus for the global economic recovery and contribute to the global sustainable development, observers said. Xie Fuzhan, president of the … Read more

Saudi property giant partners with Shariah-compliant fund

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RIYADH: Al Ramz, one of the largest residential development companies in the Kingdom, has partnered with Watheeq Proptech VC Fund as an investor to help develop sustainable housing in Saudi Arabia. The fund invests in property technology startups, which use 3D printing, prefabricated buildings, and construction robots. The partnership will lead to a faster development … Read more

PM Imran Khan launches ‘Kamyab Pakistan Programme’ to uplift 3.7m households

With an aim to improve 3.7 million poor households in the country, Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) in Islamabad on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, the premier termed the Rs1400 billion programme a landmark initiative and hoped that it would bring improvements in the living standards of the Pakistani people. PM … Read more

‘Oil at $100 not sustainable’

DUBAI: Iraq’s Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar has said that oil prices reaching $100/barrel will not be sustainable and that Opec wants stable markets, Arab Newsreported. He said in a TV interview with Skynews Arabia that he is working on a programme to raise the country’s oil production capacity to 8 million barrels, calling it … Read more

Egypt’s gold, gemstones exports down 66%

CAIRO: Egyptian exports of gold, jewellery and gemstones declined 66 per cent to $750 million during the first eight months of 2021, compared with $2.212 billion during the same period in 2020, Arab News reported. According to the monthly statistics issued by the Egyptian authorities, the exports of gold, jewellery and precious stones decreased during June, … Read more

Qatar’s economy grows 4% in Q2; China at risk

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DOHA: Qatar’s economy grew 4 per cent on a year-on-year basis in the second-quarter, Arab News quoted official preliminary estimates, fuelled mainly by the non-hydrocarbon sector. On a quarterly basis; however, the gross domestic product (GDP) based on constant prices decreased 0.3 per cent, the Gulf state’s statistics authority said. Mining and quarrying GDP expanded … Read more

‘Pandora Papers’ expose leaders’ offshore millions

NEW YORK: More than a dozen heads of state and government, from Jordan to Azerbaijan, Kenya and the Czech Republic, have used offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a far-reaching new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium. The so-called “Pandora Papers” investigation — involving some 600 journalists … Read more

Saudi Arabia pushes for more jobs

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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia pushes for more jobs implemented additional measures to oblige restaurants, cafes, and grocery shop owners to employ more Saudi nationals. Under the new measures, which came into effect on October 2, restaurants inside malls and commercial centers must see Saudis making 40 per cent of their employees, while those outside of malls will … Read more

Britney Spears, fiancé all set to tie the knot soon in Hawaii

Britney Spears Sam Asghari wedding

Popstar Britney Spears and her fiancé Sam Asghari are all set to walk down the aisle in Hawaii.

According to media reports, Britney Spears wants to marry her fiancé in Hawaii either before or on her 40th birthday (December 2, 2021).

The lovebirds are planning a big party. It will be the first time in years Britney’s been allowed to let her hair down with friends.

It comes after a judge in the US suspended Britney’s father Jamie from her conservatorship after 13 years last month.

Earlier, the couple announced their engagement and Asghari penned a special message for Spears. However, the diamond ring gifted by Sam also has amazing details.

The ring features a 4-carat round brilliant stone in a platinum cathedral setting and is enhanced with a floating solitaire design.

 

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“Every designer I spoke with about the ring was amazing with great ideas, but I just clicked with Roman — we really connected on the design and he was as excited as I was to make it special — that’s why I chose him,” Asghari said in a statement.

Roman Malayev, Forever Diamonds NY‘s founder revealed that he and his company “couldn’t feel more honoured to create this ring for such a special couple.”

Both Spears and Asghari met on the set of a music video in 2016.

Britney Spears has been married twice before. In 2004, she tied the knot with her childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas but the marriage was soon ended.

Later the same year, she married dancer Kevin Federline, with whom she shares two children. The couple called it quits in 2007.

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Sepoy martyred in North Waziristan check-post attack: ISPR

North Waziristan: 4 Terrorists Killed In Security Forces Operation

Sepoy Muhammad Amir Iqbal, 30, was martyred after terrorists targeted a security forces check-post in the Ghariuom area of North Waziristan. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan army, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. According to the ISPR, Pakistani troops responded promptly after the attack. However, during the … Read more

At least 9 dead as tropical cyclone Shaheen lashes Oman, Iran

At least 9 dead as tropical cyclone Shaheen lashes Oman, Iran

At least nine people were killed in Oman and Iran on Sunday as Tropical Cyclone Shaheen pummelled parts of their coastlines, authorities said. In Oman, two people died in a landslide and a child in flash flooding, officials said. Rescue teams pulled the bodies of two Asian workers from their home hit by a landslide … Read more