Bethlehem: The Israeli army uprooted about 200 long-standing grapevines Monday in the Bethlehem governorate and raided several towns and villages across the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces used bulldozers to level agricultural land in the town of a…
Rawalpindi: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday began his maiden two-day state visit to Pakistan. He was received by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar at the Noor Khan Air…
Istanbul: When Turkish singer Arif Altunkaya first heard Umm Kulthum’s voice at the age of 19, it stopped him cold. “I remember thinking, if what we’re making is music, then what is this?” Altunkaya said, recalling his first encounter with her 1964 cl…