VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – A joint rescue operation for a downed kite surfer is underway near the Ventura Pier Thursday. According to the City of Ventura, firefighters with Ventura City Fire Department ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. By three o’clock on the first Saturday in February, Lahore is already in motion. The streets pulse with ...

LAHORE, Pakistan — Ahead of this month's springtime festival of Basant, people crammed shoulder to shoulder into the narrow, dimly lit streets near Mochi Gate in Lahore's Old City, looking for kites ...

Kites have once again filled the skies of the Pakistani city of Lahore after a 19-year ban. Markets sold thousands of handmade kites in the colors of spring flowers to eager flyers who often compete ...

The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions. The skies over Lahore, ...

Islamabad (Pakistan) (AFP) – Brightly coloured kites soared through the skies over Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore this weekend, marking the return of a festival after a 19-year ban that had been ...

Kite flying festival returns not just as a festival, but as a feeling, stitching memories Dubai: For years, the skies of Lahore felt quieter. Too quiet. Where once colour ruled the air and rooftops ...

JOHOR BARU: The Pasir Gudang World Kite Festival has made it into the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) after receiving participation from 56 countries across the globe. Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn ...

In the streets of Lahore, there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when ...

People in Pakistan have held a traditional kite-flying festival for the first time in 19 years. It was banned in 2007 after a series of fatal accidents. The Basant is a centuries-old event held in the ...