Maulana Tahir Ashrafi, the special representative of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on religious harmony, on Sunday criticised the appearance of women in advertisements, saying that "despite having so many good looking men in the country, advertisers still hire women to represent their brands", Geo News reported. ....

At least 108 people were killed and 92 others injured in a fuel tanker explosion here, Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) has confirmed. ....

Russia reported a record daily Covid-19 cases of 41,335 over the past 24 hours, taking the national tally to 8,755,930, the official monitoring and response center has said. ....

Lawmakers in Portugal voted to legalise euthanasia by approving a revised bill that fixed objections raised earlier by the Constitutional Court. ....

Diwali wishes poured from across the world and from the White House. US President Joe Biden on Thursday (November 4) extended greetings to people celebrating the festivals of Diwali all around the world. ....

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 298 km South-west of Bluff, New Zealand, at 16:36:53 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. ....

In a major boost to the bilateral ties between Nepal and India, New Delhi for the first time permitted Kathmandu to sell its electricity in India's power exchange market. ....

US President Joe Biden has criticised the leaders of China and Russia for not turning up to the UN COP26 climate summit currently underway in Glasgow, the BBC reported. ....

Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, said a statement from Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ....

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 rocked Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku on Tuesday and no tsunami warning was issued, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said. ....