Category: International

China is ramping up its spying activities in Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Wednesday as tensions worsen between Washington and Beijing over a suspected surveillance balloon. Stoltenberg said the aircraft’s discovery over the continental US “confirms a pattern of Chinese behavior where we see that China over the last years has invested heavily in […]

ANTAKYA: The plight of hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by earthquakes in Turkey and Syria grew more desperate on Thursday, while hopes faded of many more people being found alive amid the ruins of cities. The death toll from Monday’s quakes, which struck in the early morning, passed 17,000 on Thursday across both […]

Pakistan is currently at the beginning of the worst economic crisis since the country’s formation in 1947, Geo-politik reported. According to Geo-politik, Pakistan has taken fourteen loans from the IMF thus far, but ironically none of them has ever been completed. This, therefore, raises serious questions about the capacity and capability of the Pakistan state […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Indians will not swallow “lies and abuse” against him, as opposition critics accuse his government of giving undue favours to a business group led by billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani. Modi spent a nearly 90-minute speech to parliament mainly listing his government’s achievements and without naming the under-fire […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to immediately announce the date for snap elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, and put an end to “dangerous propaganda” suggesting the vote should be postponed. In a letter addressed to the chief election commissioner, Sikandar Sultan Raja, the president has […]

NATO member states lowered their flags to half-staff at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels to show solidarity with Ankara following Monday’s powerful earthquakes in southern Türkiye. “All flags at NATO Headquarters are at half-mast today in solidarity with our Ally #Türkiye,” NATO said on Twitter, sharing a photo of the member states’ flags lowered in […]

PARIS: Countries around the world have mobilised rapidly to send aid and rescue workers after a massive earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Offers of assistance came from countries across the world. Here are some of the chief pledges of support. European Union The European Union has mobilised 27 search and […]

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has said that things on the economic front will “remain tight” as the economy faces a severe liquidity crunch, Geo News reported. Pakistan is seeking an installment of USD 1.1 billion from the International Monetary Fund to avoid default. In a tweet, Ismail stated, “Things will be tight […]

The death toll from a strong earthquake in south-eastern Turkey, near Syria’s border, could rise eight-fold, the World Health Organisation has warned. The toll, which currently stands at more than 2,600 people, has increased rapidly since the first earthquake struck early on Monday morning. About 12 hours later, a second powerful tremor hit further north. […]

WEST BANK: Israeli forces on Monday killed five alleged Palestinian men in a raid in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli official said, after a days-long search for suspects in a shooting near Jericho. Hamas confirmed its members were among the dead, saying in a statement the Gaza-based group was mourning members of its military […]