Category: International

Maduro Claims Plot to Bomb U.S. Embassy in Caracas Foiled CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said security forces thwarted a plan to plant explosives at the shuttered U.S. Embassy in Caracas, describing it as a “false flag operation” designed to escalate tensions with Washington, according to Al Jazeera News. In a televised address late […]

Pakistan Urges UN to Act on Kashmir, Warns Peace in South Asia Impossible Without Settlement UNITED NATIONS — Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council to “actively” pursue a just settlement of the Kashmir dispute, warning that lasting peace in South Asia cannot be achieved until the decades-old conflict is resolved in line with […]

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan shipped its first consignment of rare earth minerals to the United States, marking a key milestone in the two countries’ evolving economic and strategic partnership, according to NDTV. The shipment follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in September between Pakistan and U.S. Strategic Metals (USSM), which plans to invest nearly $500 million […]

KABUL — Afghanistan’s chief spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, declared in an interview with Sky News that no foreign power would be allowed to seize or establish control over Bagram Air Base, the former hub of U.S. military operations, according to TOLOnews. “The Afghans will never allow their land to be handed over to anyone under any […]

Damascus moves to seat first parliament since Assad’s fall DAMASCUS — Syria took its first steps toward a new political order on Sunday as members of local committees gathered in the capital to select representatives for a transitional parliament — the first such body since the ouster of Bashar al-Assad last December. The vote, held […]

Iran’s foreign minister declared Sunday that a landmark nuclear cooperation pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), known as the Cairo Agreement, is no longer valid following the activation of the UN “snapback” mechanism by European powers, according to Mehr News Agency. Speaking in Tehran after a meeting with foreign diplomats, Abbas Araghchi said […]

A federal courtroom in New York has become the stage for an extraordinary case testing the limits of international espionage and justice. Nikhil Gupta, a 52-year-old Indian national, stands accused of acting as an agent for his country’s intelligence service in an alleged campaign of assassinations spanning three nations. According to U.S. prosecutors, Gupta sought […]

RAWALPINDI — Pakistan’s military on Saturday issued its starkest warning yet to India, cautioning that any fresh round of hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals could trigger “cataclysmic devastation” across South Asia, according to “The Express Tribune”. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army’s media wing, said Pakistan would not exercise restraint if […]

GAZA CITY — At least 41 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, health officials said, despite U.S. President Donald Trump declaring that Israel had “temporarily stopped the bombing” to allow space for his proposed peace plan, according to “Al Jazeera News”. The discrepancy emerged just hours after Hamas formally […]

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has pitched a proposal to U.S. officials offering American investors the chance to build and operate a new commercial port on the Arabian Sea, according to a plan cited by the Financial Times. The move underscores Islamabad’s effort to reset ties with Washington and attract Western capital into its struggling economy, according […]