Category: International

LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that the announcement regarding dissolution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab Assemblies had, without naming anyone, exposed many people. “Pakistan cannot develop and prosper without eliminating corruption and mafia, which are the reason behind all crises prevailing in the country.” PTI […]

Qatar on Sunday condemned a corruption investigation by Belgium and the suspension of the Gulf state’s access to the EU parliament, saying it could “negatively” impact ties and natural gas supplies. A statement issued by a Qatari diplomat singled out Belgian authorities for criticism and insisted that “inaccurate” information had been used. Eva Kaili, a […]

Iran on Sunday faced calls from celebrities and rights groups to free actor Taraneh Alidoosti, one of the most prominent figures yet arrested in its crackdown on the three-month protest movement. Alidoosti, 38, was arrested on Saturday, official media said, after a string of social media posts supporting the protest movement including removing her headscarf […]

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that he has a “personal” dispute with former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa but he will not take any action against him if he comes into power again. He made these remarks during a meeting with a delegation of Council […]

Israel’s interior ministry says it has deported a Palestinian-French human rights lawyer after accusing him of security threats. Salah Hammouri, 37, was escorted onto a flight to France by police early on Sunday morning, the ministry said. A lifelong resident of Jerusalem, he was stripped of his residency rights after officials accused him of being […]

LAKKI MARWAT: At least four policemen were martyred and four others injured as terrorists attacked Lakki Marwat’s Baragai police station in Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) early Sunday morning. According to police officials, there was a fierce exchange of fire between the police and terrorists in which the attackers threw hand grenades and rockets toward the police station. […]

The aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, featuring a record number of Type 055 10,000 ton-class large destroyers as its escorts, reportedly sailed across the Miyako Strait and entered the West Pacific for routine exercises on Friday, the same day that Japan broke away from its defense-only postwar principle and […]

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Michael E. Kurilla has said that Pakistan’s counter-terror operations remain critical to maintaining stability and security in the region. The CENTCOM chief, who has concluded his two-day visit to Pakistan from December 14-16, said that he was looking forward to continuing efforts with Pakistan’s new army chief General […]

There were protests in southeastern Iran on Friday, according to images shared by human rights groups. People took to the streets in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Balochistan province, as sweeping anti-government demonstrations in the country enter their fourth month. Sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September, unrest in Iran has morphed into one […]

France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Paris has restored normal consular relations with Morocco following a year-long dispute linked to France’s decision to slash the number of visas for Moroccans visiting France. The announcement on Friday comes two days after France and Morocco played each other in the football World Cup semifinals in Qatar. France […]