Dubai: Dubai Police is building a new forensic medicine facility that will speed up detection of crimes, with tests taking hours instead of days and results reaching 95% accuracy. The building, inspired by the shape of the human body, is under construction on Tunisia Street and expected to be ready by the end of 2026. The project is part of seven initiatives being implemented by Dubai Police with the aim of enhancing innovation across various sectors. Virtual autopsy technologies will be available, reducing the examination time from 10 days to just two hours, while also reducing the required personnel by

Comedian, writer and former late-night host Conan O’Brien will be the host of the 97th Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Friday. It will be the Emmy-winner’s first time hosting the ceremony, which will air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on ABC on Sunday, March 2, 2025. “He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humour, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang said in a statement. “His remarkable ability to connect with audiences

Reports of Aamir Khan’s retirement are greatly exaggerated — actually they’re quite out of date. News of Indian cinema’s Mr Perfectionist “retiring” have been swirling both on and offline, but it seems many outlets haven’t realised that the actor silently retired a few years earlier and then made an equally silent comeback. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India, Khan and his ex-wife Kiran Rao revealed that he had announced his “retirement” to his family a few years prior. However, Khan’s family convinced him not to oscillate between extremes, and so he silently came out of retirement and returned to

Netflix is facing severe backlash after releasing the trailer for its biblical drama Mary, which stars several Israeli actors, including Noa Cohen playing the titular role. Slated for a December 6 release, Netflix said the movie offered a fresh perspective on the representation of Jesus’ birth, “through the eyes of Mary”. According to Middle East Eye, the film chronicles Jesus’ birth, Mary’s journey as an unwed mother facing societal rejection and King Herod’s — played by Anthony Hopkins — murderous hunt to track them down, fearing a threat to his rule. The cast includes several other Israeli actors, such as Ido Tako, who depicts

In what can only be described as the crossover nobody expected — but everybody watched — Jake Paul beat Mike Tyson by unanimous decision Friday night in what is being described as a historic fight. Held at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas in front of 70,000 fans and live-streamed on Netflix, the fight proved that all you need to break the internet is an ageing legend, a YouTuber, and a marketing team willing to sell it like the Super Bowl of midlife crises. Because let’s be real — this was less of a Rocky Balboa comeback story and more

LONDON: In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is “no indication” that Mr Khan will be tried in military courts. The letter was made public by PTI’s Syed Zulfi Bukhari on Saturday, who hailed the development and told Dawn that Mr Lammy’s response signalled the UK government’s values that “any valid democracy cannot have military courts”. In the one-page letter dated Nov 11, the foreign secretary addressed Labour MP Kim Johnson of Liverpool Riverside,

Super Typhoon Man-yi slammed into the Philippines’ most populous island on Sunday, with the national weather service warning of flooding, landslides and huge waves as the storm sweeps across the archipelago nation. Residents sheltering inside a mall made as a temporary evacuation center in Polangui town, Albay province, south of Manila ahead of Super Typhoon Man-yi’s landfall. Photo handout via AFP Man-yi was still packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour (115 miles per hour) after making its first landfall late Saturday on lightly populated Catanduanes island. More than 1.2 million people fled their homes ahead of Man-yi

Islamabad, The Consortium for Asia Pacific Studies (CAPS), a multi-institutional forum based in Pakistan, was officially launched in Islamabad, aiming to promote independent and objective discourse on the Asia-Pacific region. This inaugural event witnessed significant participation from academicians, political and regional experts, researchers, and students, who engaged in discussions about Pakistan’s role amid shifting paradigms in the Asia-Pacific landscape. Mr. Khalid Rehman, Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), was the chief guest at the event. He commended CAPS for its strategic mission, highlighting its potential to serve as a bridge-builder for Pakistan within the Asia-Pacific region. Rehman underscored

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehran’s United Nations envoy and Elon Musk, the US billionaire and close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. US media, including The New York Times, reported this week that Musk and Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani met for an hour-long conversation in New York on Monday. “This was a fabricated story by American media, and the motives behind this can also be speculated,” Araqchi said in an interview with state television, echoing an earlier denial by Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Leadership did not give permission for meeting, minister says The Iranian

Following the massive success of Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum, actor Fahad Mustafa appeared on talkshow Haute Talk to discuss its popularity and why he decided to take on the role of Mustafa — a jobless-gamer-turned-gaming-whiz. He also assured everyone that there would be no Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum sequel because why should there be? “There are no chances,” Fahad said in response to a question about the possibility of a Mustafa-Sharjeena part two. “I’m not that stupid,” he added. “See, I didn’t do this project to mint money. Yes, I will make a lot of money from it now. But that was not why I