Islamabad: The historic Qaqlasht festival in Chitral is one of the best places to experience the vibrant culture, music and traditional sporting prowess of the mountain communities of Pakistan’s Hindukush and Karakorum region. This 2,000 years old festival is celebrated by the people of Chitral every April. The four-day Qaqlasht festival (April 12-15), taking place […]

  Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who participated in a web-based lifestyle modification intervention achieved similar levels of weight loss and more rapid normalization of their liver enzymes than patients who participated in an intensive, group-based programme. The results of this Italian study, which were presented today at The International Liver Congress 2018 […]

Going from the gloomy winter weather to sunny spring days usually comes with switching up your beauty routine, and Marc Jacobs Beauty has just released a handful of must-have products to get you feeling fresh for the season. The brand has dropped two brand-new shades in its popular Enamored nail polish, a bright red “Fanta-stick” and a baby […]

The German federal government would politically support a possible attack on Syria, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD) made clear in recent days. At a press conference Thursday with visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in Berlin, Merkel said: “It is right to show a common line here without Germany […]

What really separates two million Muslims on the Hajj to Mecca every year from a spiritual cleanse by a sorcerer in Mexico, or a moment of clarity inspired by being caught in the rain, alone, on a beach in Indonesia? Humans have chased higher understanding around the globe since before recorded history, and though we may not […]

The two-part HBO documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher doesn’t have many new thing to say about its subject, but 40-plus years and countless books, magazine articles, documentaries, and feature films after his death, I’m not sure what, factually, could have been added. The best that cultural critics and storytellers can do now is find a mildly fresh angle […]

Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes three lenses for one iPhone, three iPhones for one launch, the new Product(Red) iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, Apple locking you into iOS 11.3, the new Foundation TV series for Apple TV, and Mark Zuckerberg’s planned sideswipe at Apple […]

The stories of our distant ancestors — when and how they evolved into the Homo sapiens we are now, and how they migrated and eventually populated the world, often center on an exodus of modern early humans from Africa about 60,000 years ago. What’s new: A growing number of researchers believe while there may have been a main […]

NEW YORK – Financial stocks led a drop on Wall Street on Friday as results from big banks failed to enthuse and fear of broader conflict in Syria further unnerved investors. The S&P banks index fell 2.6 percent and the broader S&P financial index lost 1.6 percent, the most among the 11 major S&P sectors. […]

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) will be profitable in the third and fourth quarters of this year and will not have to raise any money from investors, billionaire Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday, driving shares in the electric carmaker higher. Tesla has already sought this month to play down widespread Wall Street speculation that it […]