Sunday, January 25th, 2026
Final round of Myanmar vote set to seal junta ally’s victory
MANDALAY, JAN 25: Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in a junta-run vote critics say will prolong the army’s grip on power. The Southeast Asian nation has a long history of military rule, but the generals took a back seat for a decade of civilian-led reforms. That ended in a 2021 military coup when democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi was detained, civil war broke out, and the country descended into humanitarian crisis. The election’sRead More
Last Pakistan-EU summit held in 2010
Saifullah Ansar ISLAMABAD, JAN 25 /DNA/ – The last formal EU-Pakistan Summit was held more than fifteen years ago, on June 4, 2010, in Brussels. That meeting marked the second high-level summit between the two sides, following the inaugural session in 2009. Since then, no formal summit has taken place, but bilateral engagement has continued through structured dialogues and cooperation frameworks. Most recently, the 7th Round of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue was convened in Islamabad on November 21, 2025. The talks focused on strengthening trade ties, enhancing security cooperation, andRead More
Antonio Costa in New Delhi EU, India to have a free trade pact
While the EU eyes India as an important market for the future, New Delhi sees the European bloc as an important source of much-needed technology and investment to rapidly upscale its infrastructure and create millions of new jobs for its people News Desk NEW DELHI: European Council president Antonio Costa arrived in India on Sunday, as the EU and New Delhi seek to seal a free trade pact, capping nearly two decades of negotiations between the economic behemoths. Costa and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen are chief guestsRead More
Greenland parents grapple with explaining trump’s ambitions to children
NUUK, JAN 25: In a coffee shop in Greenland’s capital Nuuk, Lykke Lynge looked fondly at her four kids as they sipped their hot chocolate, seemingly oblivious to the world’s convulsions. Since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year with a renewed ambition to seize Greenland, international politics has intruded into the Arctic island’s households. Dictated by the more or less threatening pronouncements of the US president, it has been an unsettling experience for some people here — but everyone is trying to reassure their children. Lynge, aRead More
Sixth edition of ‘Run With Us’ Marathon
ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 (DNA): Sunday in Islamabad was a live-streamed celebration of fitness as the sixth “Run With Us” Marathon unfolded, with runners from every background racing together and residents applauding the healthy spirit of the digital era. The sixth edition of the “Run With Us” Islamabad Marathon took place in the federal capital on Sunday, 25 January, featuring a range of race distances including 5 km, 10 km, the half marathon (21 km) and the full marathon (42 km), drawing athletes from across Pakistan and abroad as well asRead More
Pak-China TCM training phase one hailed as “Historic Milestone”
ISLAMABAD, JAN 25 /DNA/ – Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator General OIC-COMSTECH, has emphasized the expansion of Pakistan-China cooperation in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and broader scientific collaboration while addressing the closing ceremony of the Pakistan TCM Practitioners Training Program. He termed the completion of the first phase of the training as a historic milestone for Pakistan-China scientific and healthcare cooperation. He congratulated Pakistani doctors on the successful completion of the six-month intensive training program conducted at the prestigious Hunan University of Chinese Medicine and Huaihua University of Medicine.Read More