Category: International

Border Under Fire: Pakistan and Afghanistan Clash Amid Fragile Ceasefire ISTANBUL/ISLAMABAD — A tense exchange of fire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has threatened to unravel a fragile ceasefire, even as delegations from both sides meet in Istanbul under Turkish and Qatari mediation, according to Dawn News. Pakistan on Thursday firmly denied Afghan claims that it […]

Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and one of the most consequential figures in modern American politics, announced Thursday that she will retire from Congress at the end of her term in January 2027, according to BBC News. In a video message, the 85-year-old California Democrat […]

TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Thursday that the United States has been compelled to acknowledge Iran’s diplomatic success in dividing global opinion over the “snapback” sanctions dispute at the United Nations Security Council, according to Tasnim News Agency. Speaking at Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan, Araqchi described how Tehran’s resistance to Washington’s […]

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has once again stirred controversy with his latest comments on the May 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan. Speaking at the America Business Forum in Miami on Wednesday, Trump claimed that Pakistan had shot down eight Indian Air Force jets during the brief but intense confrontation earlier this year. His […]

Satellite images from western Sudan may reveal the grim aftermath of war: newly dug mass graves near the city of al-Fashir, a key stronghold recently seized by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to ORF News. The findings, published Thursday by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), suggest the sites could be linked to what […]

Washington — The Trump administration has revoked nearly 80,000 non-immigrant visas since taking office on January 20, in what officials describe as part of a sweeping effort to tighten U.S. immigration controls and broaden national security screening, according to Reuters. A senior State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the revocations span a […]

Pakistan Unveils Homegrown Anti-Drone Gun to Counter Cross-Border Threats KARACHI — Pakistan has unveiled an indigenously developed anti-drone jamming gun designed to neutralize cross-border “kamikaze” drones, marking a new step in the country’s efforts to strengthen its counter-drone defenses, reported by “The News”. The device, named the Sufra system, was introduced Wednesday at the Karachi […]

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist lawmaker from Queens, declared victory Tuesday night in a historic New York City mayoral race, becoming the city’s first Indian American, first Muslim, and youngest-ever mayor, according to NDTV. “Thank you to the new generation of New York,” Mamdani told a roaring crowd of supporters. “We’ve toppled a political dynasty. […]

New York — Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist and community organizer, has won the New York City mayoral election, becoming the first Muslim mayor in the city’s history and the first to lead America’s largest metropolis from the left wing of the Democratic Party, according to BBC News. Once a relative unknown, Mamdani surged […]

Berlin — Germany has begun offering cash incentives to Afghan refugees stranded in Pakistan if they agree to withdraw from a program that once promised them sanctuary on German soil, according to AFP. The initiative, revealed by the activist group Airbridge Kabul, targets roughly 2,000 Afghans who were approved for relocation under a scheme launched […]