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By Hanniah Tariq When the two rival tech giants, Apple and Google, join forces to allow application interoperability across their very different operating systems, it must genuinely be a matter of life and death. And it is. As the battle against Covid-19 continues, detecting and isolating cases is a crucial …

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be among the hundreds of people on Friday who will participate in the first prayers at Hagia Sophia since the country’s top court revoked the Istanbul landmark’s museum status. Here are five things to know about the Hagia Sophia: What is the Hagia …

KARACHI: According to a research report, the number of coronavirus patients in the country may reach four million in the next two months. The rapid increase in the number of coronavirus patients has put a question mark over official data owing to lack of facilities to test all virus suspects, …

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced it would hold a “very limited” Hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic with only pilgrims of different nationalities already in the Kingdom allowed to take part. However, this is not the first time a shadow has been cast over the annual pilgrimage which …

TEHRAN: Today is the National Commemoration Day of the renowned Persian poet Saadi Shirazi, born in Shiraz around 1200 and died around 1292. Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, known by his pen-name Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. Saadi is known as a mystic and …

By Chloe Berge 16 April 2020 As a travel journalist and someone who cares deeply about the future of our planet, the moral dilemma of air travel is something I constantly grapple with. I’ve reduced the number of trips I take, buy carbon offsets when I travel and focus my …

The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) are set to begin consultations with ulema from Thursday to decide whether prayers can be offered at home as opposed to congregations in mosques as the country goes into lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. …

A Chinese government campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a row with the United States, with a Beijing official promoting conspiracy theories and Washington calling it the “Wuhan virus”. The spat comes as China tries to deflect blame for the contagion and reframe …

The threat of coronavirus is growing globally and the cases in Pakistan increased to 28 on March 14. Here’s what you need to know: A patient suspecting they are manifesting symptoms of coronavirus should visit a government designated public or private hospital. According to National Institute of Health (NIH) official …

Sabhagi Dablo rushes me to the courtyard of her mud brick home. There, she proudly points towards a large blue and white panel that sticks out rather awkwardly from its surrounding. “I sold my goat and bought a solar panel,” the mother of six explains enthusiastically, “Now, I can light …