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44 crushed to death at religious festival in Israel

"A pyramid of one on top of another was formed. People were piling up one on top of the other. I was in the second row. The people in the first row - I saw people die in front of my eyes"

Local authorities close Venice Carnival early on virus fears: report

The Venice Carnival festival will close Sunday, several days ahead of schedule, because of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy.

WATCH: Bull sends man flying in air during festival   

In a horrifying moment captured on camera, a man was sent flying in the air by a bull after he was trying to overrun the animal during a festival.

Sikh pilgrims permitted to visit Pakistan for festival

Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued special directives for the arrangements of Baisakhi Festival.

Punjab government decides not to celebrate Basant festival

The government to submit its report in LHC tomorrow, sources said.

Saudi Arabia’s ‘date city’ hosts annual festival dedicated to delicacy

BURAIDAH, Saudi Arabia: Amid rows of pick-up trucks loaded with crates and boxes, vendors cry out prices at Saudi Arabia’s Buraidah Dates Festival, a...

‘First-ever’ sports festival held for transgender community in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Pakistan has seen some positive progress of late when it came to provision of rights to the transgender community. From opening special schools...

Story of doomed love ‘Cold War’ wows Cannes festival

CANNES, France: Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski denies he is nostalgic for the Cold War, but its geopolitical tensions and lack of modern technological distractions make...

Netflix to pull all movies from Cannes film festival

LOS ANGELES: Netflix said on Wednesday it was totally pulling out of the Cannes Film Festival next month after organizers banned the streaming platform’s...

Marriyum Aurangzeb inaugurates three-day art and culture festival

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb inaugurated a three-day art and culture festival at Pakistan National council of the Arts...

Cate Blanchett to head Cannes festival jury

PARIS: Cate Blanchett, the double Oscar-winning actress leading a Hollywood campaign to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace, will head the jury at this...

Belgium’s giant omelette festival defies tainted egg scandal

BRUSSELS: You cannot make a giant omelette without breaking thousands of eggs, health scare or not, and the small Belgian town of Malmedy is...

Huge fire at Spain music festival prompts exodus

MADRID: A huge fire forced more than 22 000 people to flee an electronic music festival near Barcelona in an incident that organisers blamed...

Pakistan mango festival held in Paris

ISLAMABAD: A large variety of Mango dishes creatively prepared and artistically presented by the renowned French duo Michelin star-winning chefs Sylvester Wahid and Jonathan...

VIDEO: Fire breather sets his face alight during Russian festival performance

MOSCOW: A fire breather set his own face on fire when his daring performance went badly wrong at a festival.  The horrifying incident occurred in...

German rock festival to resume after terror scare: organisers

BERLIN: Germany's biggest rock festival will resume after being disrupted by fears of a possible "terrorist threat" which have proved to be unfounded, the...

Karachi Eat 2017 brings back festivities to the city

KARACHI: The largest city of Pakistan, Karachi, has been often seen in the local and international media headlines due to the crime stories and...

How far to go? Photographers divided over graphic war snaps

BAYEUX: How far to go in terms of gore and shock value when covering conflict? Capturing violence on camera was hotly debated on the fringes...

‘Fire dragon’ draws thousands to Hong Kong festival

HONG KONG, CHINA: Thousands of festival goers packed a historic neighbourhood of Hong Kong Wednesday night to watch a "fire dragon" lit with incense sticks carried through the streets, recreating a century-old ritual.

Manghopir festival inaugurated after five years

KARACHI: The annual festival at the shrine of the Sufi saint Haji Syed Sultan Sakhi Hassan inaugurated at Manghopir.

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