Category: International

ISLAMABAD/KABUL: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sharply escalated after Pakistan said it carried out air and drone strikes against 10 locations inside Afghanistan, accusing the Afghan Taliban authorities of allowing sites to be used to launch and store drones allegedly involved in attacks on Pakistani territory, as reported by The Ministry of Informationa of […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims of bringing peace to Gaza, saying that not even one humanitarian corridor had reopened in the territory. Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Macron called the situation a “spectacle that should shame us all”. It was his final speech at the […]

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has warned that time is running out for a two state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying there is “simply no alternative” to the creation of independent Israeli and Palestinian states. Guterres spoke at a high-level meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The […]

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 22: Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, remain in Adiala jail despite the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspending their sentences and ordering their release on bail. The couple was granted bail on Sept. 17 in a case linked to social media posts. The Supreme Court suspended their 17 […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Western media of running an information campaign against Moscow, saying unverified reports about Russian drones operating over European countries are being used to create political tensions. Speaking at the fourth international forum, “Dialogue about Fakes 4.0,” in Moscow on Tuesday, Lavrov said Western media had increasingly linked unidentified […]

Russia’s Central Election Commission announced preliminary results for the State Duma elections on Monday, reporting a turnout of 59.32 percent. The pro-Kremlin party United Russia secured 57.83 percent of the vote after more than 95 percent of ballots were processed, marking its strongest performance in a Duma election since 2007, reported by Mehr News Agency. […]

Pakistan said on Monday it carried out “calibrated” airstrikes against terrorist hideouts in the border region with Afghanistan, killing more than 28 militants and destroying a suicide-bomber training centre. The information ministry said the strikes targeted camps of TTP. According to the ministry, the operation was based on credible intelligence and focused on three sites […]

Heavy fighting has erupted again around Yemen’s central city of Marib, with the national army reporting that at least 80 Houthi fighters were killed in clashes over the past 24 hours. The battle marks a sharp escalation as the Iran-backed militia presses its long running campaign to seize the energy rich hub. Brig. Gen. Yahya […]

PESHAWAR: Six Pakistani security personnel, including two army officers, were killed and eight fighters from the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) died in an exchange of fire in the northwestern district of Hangu on Sunday, the military said. The confrontation took place when a convoy of security forces came under attack in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district, […]

LAHORE: Aleema Khan, the sister of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, has been detained in Lahore under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, according to Pakistani officials and sources in her Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. Authorities ordered her detention for 30 days and later transferred her to Kot Lakhpat prison. Police said the […]