Category: International

In a strong warning against a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on “those with influence over Israel” to prevent further civilian casualties and displacement. “A military assault on Rafah would be an unbearable escalation, killing thousands more civilians and forcing hundreds of thousands to […]

Justice Athar Minallah on Tuesday said the state had to protect the country’s judges and the independence of the judiciary. He made the remarks as a six-member Supreme Court (SC) bench resumed hearing a case pertaining to allegations made by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges regarding interference by the country’s security apparatus in judicial […]

The world court rules against issuing emergency order to stop German military exports in case brought by Nicaragua. The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency measures over German arms sales to Israel as requested by Nicaragua, which had argued that there was a serious risk of genocide in Gaza amid Israel’s assault […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the Israeli military will launch a ground offensive in Rafah “with or without” a truce with Hamas in Gaza. “The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate the […]

Khalsa Day festivities in Canada’s Toronto were marked by slogans raised in favour of the Khalistan movement during a speech by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian media outlets reported on Monday. The festival of Vaisakhi — also known as Baisakhi — honours the founding of the Sikh community known as the Khalsa in 1699. It […]

Israeli officials are growing wary that they could face prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the war in Gaza. After days of conjecture in Israeli media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said late on Sunday that it has issued warnings to senior political and military officials that they could soon face arrest warrants. […]

LAHORE: Punjab police has initiated arrest of the farmers’ leaders across the province after they announced protest in front of the Punjab Assembly. Punjab’s farmers protesting against delay in purchase of wheat on the fixed government price amid a wet spell in the province. The farmers had to stage a protest demonstration in front of […]

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: China’s leader Xi Jinping kicks off a six-day trip to Europe this Sunday, his first visit to the continent since 2019. The trip will include stops in France, Serbia and Hungary and comes amid rising tensions over trade with the European Union and concerns over Beijing’s support of Russia. Some analysts say that […]

Reduced tolerance for online dissent, shutting down mobile networks on election day, throttling of internet access, forced suspension of social media platforms, and a raft of attacks and harassment of journalists and bloggers, including the murder of four journalists, significantly eroded the parameters of general free speech and dissent in Pakistan over the past 12 […]

LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stated that all indicators of the economy are negative, and the government’s decision to seek another bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an admission that “we have failed.” Addressing the Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore on Sunday, Abbasi remarked, “Economic growth stalls and inflation rises […]