Category: International

Global Rights Bodies Demand Action on Missing Pakistani Journalists ISLAMABAD: Nine press freedom and human rights organisations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), have urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take immediate action to halt what they described as Pakistan’s “rapidly deteriorating” press freedom situation, according to Dawn News. […]

Algeria has announced it is cutting diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, accusing Abu Dhabi of a string of “provocative or hostile” actions that have pushed ties beyond repair. The foreign ministry said on Thursday that despite “repeated warnings”, the UAE’s behaviour had become unacceptable and that Algiers had “exhausted all means of preserving […]

“Heat, Drought, Fire”: National Parliament grills government on climate A special session of Austria’s National parliament on climate protection, long demanded by the Greens, is scheduled for Monday under a title that reads like a challenge: “Heat, Drought, Fire – How Will You Protect the People, Mr Chancellor?” Yet the man directly addressed in that […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a two day BRICS summit in New Delhi this weekend, marking his first trip to India in seven years, China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday. The visit comes as relations between Asia’s two giants show signs of a gradual thaw after years of tension sparked by a deadly 2020 […]

WASHINGTON: In a moment that drew thunderous applause, US President Donald Trump told supporters at the Republican Party’s first-ever mid-term convention that he would hand every adult American a $5,000 payout but only if his party retains control of both chambers of Congress in November. Speaking in Dallas, Texas, Trump offered few specifics on how […]

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reaffirmed on Thursday that it stands firmly behind the Makkah defense agreement it shares with Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, even as it made clear that no military response was currently being planned following a wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Foreign office spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan addressed the matter during a […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned that the country will answer any enemy attack with a much larger response, saying it would strike 20 targets if Iran were hit at two or three locations. Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi, spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, made the remarks on Wednesday while discussing the IRGC Navy’s reported […]

UK, Allies Target Settlement Trade Amid Surge in Settler Violence Britain’s prime minister has promised tougher action as Palestinian suffering deepens and the chance of a two-state solution slips further away. Speaking on Tuesday, Andy Burnham said the UK would no longer stay silent while lives are lost and land is taken in the occupied […]

RIYADH/SANA’A,: Saudi Arabia launched retaliatory strikes on Tuesday after Iran backed Houthi rebels fired dozens of ballistic missiles at airports, air bases and oil facilities in the kingdom’s south, in the heaviest cross border assault in years. Houthi missiles struck Abha International Airport, King Khalid Air Base and sites run by state oil giant Aramco […]