Month: June 2024

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has strongly reacted to Defense Minister Khawaja Asif’s recent statement threatening Kabul with sending troops across the border to target militants, warning Islamabad of “consequences.” In a statement, interim Afghan Defense Ministry spokesperson Enayatullah Khwarizmi called Khawaja Asif’s statement irresponsible and an attempt to “muddy the waters.” “It’s necessary for the leadership of […]

GENEVA: Palestinians are forced to live in bombed-out buildings or camp next to giant piles of trash, a United Nations spokesperson said Friday, denouncing the “unbearable” conditions in the besieged territory. Louise Wateridge from UNRWA, the U.N. agency supporting Palestinian refugees, described the “extremely dire” living conditions in the Gaza Strip. “It’s really unbearable,” she […]

KABUL (AFP): Taliban authorities said on Saturday that demands over women’s rights were “Afghanistan’s issues” to solve, ahead of United Nations-led engagement talks where the exclusion of Afghan women has sparked outcry. The Taliban government, which has imposed restrictions on women since seizing power in 2021 that the UN has described as “gender apartheid,” will […]

US President Joe Biden has hit back at criticism over his age, telling supporters in a fiery speech that he will win re-election in November after a poor debate performance fuelled concern about his candidacy. “I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” he told a rally in the battleground state of […]

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued a directive to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) instructing all civil and military agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to refrain from contacting or approaching any judge or their staff directly. Justice Shahid Karim issued this directive in response to a written order, which surfaced […]

Russia will become China’s largest gas supplier once the Power of Siberia and Far Eastern lines are fully operational in less than three years, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday. “In 2027, the Far Eastern route will be launched with a capacity of 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year. With the Power […]

ANKARA: A brigadier general who served in Syria has been arrested after allegations surfaced that he was involved in smuggling people across the border, reports said on June 27. Bilal Çokay was detained in Ankara following an order from the chief public prosecutor’s office in Şanlıurfa’s Akçakale district earlier this week. After giving a statement […]

New Delhi, June 28: Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal addressed the release of the US State Department’s 2023 International Religious Freedom report and rejected it calling it Biased, and lacking understanding of India’s social fabric. Jaiswal in a weekly press briefing firmly stated, “We have noted the release by the US State Department […]