Category: International

BAGHDAD: Iraq has declared that no United States troops remain on its territory, not even in advisory roles, while Baghdad presses ahead with a sweeping plan to place every weapon in the country under state control by June 2027. Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi told the Iraqi News Agency that the departure of foreign forces had stripped […]

KARAK, Pakistan: Four police personnel were killed and two suspected militants died in an exchange of gunfire during a security operation in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, police said, as authorities continued efforts to contain a long-running threat of armed violence in the region, reported by Dawn News. According to a police statement, security forces launched […]

The European Parliament has awarded its 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court and its senior officials, a symbolic show of support for the global war-crimes tribunal at a moment of mounting political pressure. Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced the award in Strasbourg on Thursday, drawing applause from lawmakers. She […]

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she and her family will leave their Washington, DC, home after federal agents searched it before dawn last week, exposing the address at a time when she says she already faces death threats, according to BBC News. Speaking in her first interview since the search, Omar told MS NOW that […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has sharply criticised foreign leaders for exploiting last weekend’s unrest in France for their own political purposes, in an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking in Doha on Wednesday, Macron said some leaders were campaigning “at France’s expense” and spreading “unacceptable and even […]

New pact targets joint arms production and technology sharing Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia have signed a new defence cooperation agreement in Doha, marking a significant step towards closer military-industrial ties among the four countries. The accord, known as the Badr Memorandum of Understanding, was signed on Wednesday by the defence ministers of all four […]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Tuesday for a two day visit centred on a nearly completed trade agreement, energy security and closer defence ties. Rubio began his trip in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, where he was welcomed by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. The two officials discussed ways to deepen […]

ISLAMABAD: Imagine a house with four neighbors, where three of the doors stay locked. No visits, no trade, no friendly greetings over the fence. This is the quiet reality for Pakistan, where the borders with India, Afghanistan and Iran have largely frozen, leaving some 250 million people living in an uneasy kind of isolation, reported […]

WASHINGTON: A federal investigation into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has become the center of a fierce political storm, and now a former president has joined the fight. Barack Obama said on X that the government is pressing down on a law-abiding lawmaker only because she has criticized President Donald Trump. He called the probe “so appalling” […]

Alberta has voted decisively to remain part of Canada, delivering an early but emphatic answer to the province’s first referendum on separation. With more than one million ballots counted, about 77 per cent backed staying in Canada, while 23 per cent supported beginning a process that could have led to a future independence vote, reported […]