Category: International

PENTAGON: The United States is providing up to $600 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, in a package that includes weapons for air defense, artillery munitions and other capabilities. The aid package that the Pentagon announced Thursday is meant to sustain and integrate Ukraine’s air defense systems with Western weapons, while also providing additional […]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Every morning, Irshad Bibi walks nearly 10km (6 miles) from her one-bedroom house in Mehrabadi, a low-income neighbourhood in Islamabad’s suburbs, hoping to find work. Almost a year ago, Bibi quit her job as a housemaid to look after her unwell husband, who was afflicted with hepatitis-C. He passed away four months […]

G20 leaders descended on New Delhi on Friday, with deep divisions between heavyweight members and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s no-show calling the bloc’s relevance into question. The G20 was conceived in the throes of the 2008 financial crisis as a way of managing the global economy. However, finding consensus among members has been increasingly difficult […]

New Delhi: On the eve of the two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit in Delhi, security has been intensified across the national capital, with curbs on traffic regulations coming into force on Friday. From early Friday morning, police personnel were seen checking vehicles in areas across Central Delhi and other adjoining regions. Officials are also diligently monitoring […]

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) Secretary Muqtedir Akhtar Shabbir on Thursday announced that all bar associations across the country will observe strike on September 14 to “defend and uphold the Constitution, rule of law and human rights”. The decision was taken during a convention held at the auspices SCBAP during which the […]

JAKARTA: US Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese premier Li Qiang and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attended an East Asia summit in Indonesia on Thursday, offering an opportunity for direct, high-level diplomacy between the rivals. The meeting brought Washington and Beijing into contact a day after Premier Li Qiang warned major powers must manage their […]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv Wednesday after another night of Russian strikes on Ukraine, with Washington set to unveil more than $1 billion in fresh aid to battle Russia. The visit — his fourth since the start of Moscow’s invasion — comes as Kyiv has touted some successes this week in […]

Four soldiers were martyred and 12 terrorists killed in an operation to repulse militants from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district on Wednesday, according to the military’s media wing. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said that a “large group of terrorists equipped with latest weapons” attacked two military posts located close to the Afghanistan […]

NEW DELHI: China’s President Xi Jinping skipping this week’s G20 summit in New Delhi was not unusual and will not affect negotiations to produce a consensus communique at the meeting, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said. The Sept. 9-10 summit of leaders of the world’s richest countries is being held in the context of a […]

PESHAWAR: The main point of transit for travellers and goods between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan, Torkham border crossing, was closed on Wednesday as security forces from both countries exchanged fire, security sources said. Local residents reported the sound of gunfire by the Torkham crossing and said people around the busy border area near the Khyber […]