Category: International

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is on the brink of financial collapse unless member states meet their financial obligations, Secretary-General António Guterres warned Friday, unveiling a sharply reduced $3.24 billion regular budget for 2026, the smallest in over a decade. according to APP. The proposal marks a 15 percent cut from 2025’s approved spending […]

By Naeem Khan. Updated October 17, 2025. A fragile truce lies over a line long scarred by empire and insurgency. This week, a fresh rupture along the Durand Line — the porous, 2,600-kilometer frontier that divides Pakistan and Afghanistan — flared into deadly violence, leaving soldiers and civilians dead, hospitals full, and diplomats scrambling for […]

The war in Gaza has become more than a humanitarian catastrophe — it is a mirror reflecting the shifting moral and political balance of global power, according to The Friday Times. This theme echoed powerfully at the 9th International Forum on Asia and the Middle East, held at Shanghai International Studies University in late September, […]

Trump Plans Meeting with Putin in Hungary to Push Ukraine Peace Talks Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary in an effort to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, though no date has been se, according to Euro Newst. Trump revealed the plan […]

Bangladesh Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex–Prime Minister Hasina Dhaka: Bangladeshi prosecutors on Thursday demanded the death penalty for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is being tried in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity stemming from a deadly crackdown on student protests last year, according to AFP. Hasina, 78, fled to India after her […]

Pakistan Says 34 Terrorists Killed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Operations Pakistan’s security forces have killed 34 terrorists in a series of intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province between October 13 and 15, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. The most significant clash occurred in Spinwam, North Waziristan, where an intelligence-led […]

Pakistan, Taliban Trade Blame After Deadly Border Clash in Spin Boldak KANDAHAR / ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday offered starkly different accounts of a deadly border confrontation that left scores of civilians wounded in the southern Afghan district of Spin Boldak, underscoring escalating tensions along one of the region’s most volatile frontiers, according […]

Gazans Voice Fear Amid Fragile Calm as Israel Insists on Full Hostage Return GAZA CITY — Days after a fragile ceasefire took effect, Gazans say they continue to live in fear, describing a landscape still marred by gunfire, deprivation, and uncertainty, according to BBC News. “There is constant shooting in our area,” one displaced man […]

Germany Silent on Report of Secret Pact With Israel During Iran Conflict TEHRAN — Germany has declined to comment on a report alleging that Berlin secretly signed a defense agreement with Israel and deployed troops to the occupied territories during Israel’s brief war with Iran in June, according to the Tehran Times. Both the German […]

At the high-stakes Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif showered former U.S. President Donald Trump with effusive praise only to ignite a wave of public outrage back home, according to NDTV. Standing before global leaders, Sharif named Trump “a man of peace,” credited him with averting a war between Pakistan and […]