The Trump administration announced last week that it would open 90% of our coastal waters to oil and gas drilling. It declared last month that it would shrink or eliminate several national monuments - both terrestrial and marine.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has laid importance on literary pursuit to promote human values and sharpen rationalism in the society saying there is no alternative to engage oneself in cultivating literature for self-enlightenment and fight evil forces.

The State of Qatar has sent two messages to the UN Secretary-General and to the President of the Security Council on a UAE military airliner flying from the airspace of the United Arab Emirates to the Kingdom of Bahrain, violating Qatar’s airspace at 10:10am on Wednesday, January 3, 2018.

QNB Stars League leaders Al Duhail will kick of their second half of the campaign against Qatar SC today, and coach Djamel Belmadi feels that it won’t be easy to resume after a break.

Pakistan’s army chief told a top US general the nation “felt betrayed” at criticism that it was not doing enough to fight terrorism, the military said yesterday, after US President Donald Trump accused Pakistan of “lies and deceit”.

The 4th Alumni Meet of DPS-Modern Indian School was held recently, providing a platform for old students and teachers to reunite and share their experiences.

Thomas Lemar scored as Monaco beat Cote d’Azur rivals Nice 2-1 at the Allianz Riviera on Tuesday night to reach the French League Cup semi-finals. Lemar, who has been heavily linked with a move to England, nodded Monaco into an early lead, before Alassane Plea equalised after a video review.

Police fired tear gas on Saturday at groups of students protesting in a central Sudanese town against soaring bread prices, witnesses said, as opposition parties called for anti-government demonstrations.

Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese Internet titan Alibaba, has been forced to abandon a $1.2bn deal to buy US remittances firm MoneyGram after failing to get approval from regulators in Washington.

Malala Yousafzai, the activist for girls’ education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate from Pakistan, has topped the list of most searched Pakistanis on Wikipedia during 2017 – for the second year in a row.

Pakistan’s government plans to seize control of charities and financial assets linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, who Washington has designated a terrorist, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.

Fifty One East welcomed its clientele last week for a three-day exclusive Zuhair Murad Bridal Fall 18 collection preview.