US Centcom Team to Assess Flood Crisis in Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The Commander of US Central Command General Michael Erik Kurilla expressed grief over the catastrophic floods that killed over 1,186 lives and submerged a...
US Approves $1.1 Billion in Arms For Taiwan
WASHINGTON: The United States has announced a new US$1.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, vowing to keep boosting the island s defences as tensions soar with...
Sri Lanka’s Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Returns From Exile
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to the country on Friday (Sep 2), an airport official said, seven weeks after he fled...
Russia Says it Will Stop Selling Oil to Countries That Set Price Caps
MOSCOW: Russia says it will stop selling oil to countries that impose price caps on its energy resources. In a statement, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov...
Blast at Afghan Mosque kills 14 Including Cleric: Police
KABUL: A blast outside a mosque in the city of Herat in Western Afghanistan on Friday killed a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians...
IMF Set to Provide $2.9 Billion to Help Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it has reached a preliminary agreement to provide Sri Lanka with $2.9 billion over four years to help...
Ex-Malaysian First Lady Ordered to Serve 10 Years For Graft
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Former Malaysian first lady Rosmah Mansor was ordered to serve 10 years in prison after being found guilty on Thursday of soliciting...
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev Dies at 91
MOSCOW: Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has passed away after a protracted illness in Moscow. He was 91. Paying tribute to deceased leader, the United...
US Provides $30m Humanitarian Assistance For Flood Affectees in Pakistan
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), on Tuesday announced an additional $30 million in life-saving humanitarian assistance to support people...
Chinese President, Premier Express Solidarity With Pakistan Flood Victims
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have expressed grief and solidarity with the Pakistani leadership and people over human and financial losses...
Taliban Nearing Contract For Purchase of Gasoline From Russia
KABUL: The Taliban administration is in the final stages of talks in Moscow over the terms of a contract for Afghanistan to purchase gasoline and...
Indian PM Narendra Modi Extends Condolence’ to Pakistan’s Flood Victims
NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered heartfelt condolences to the families suffering from the extreme rain-induced flooding in Pakistan, hoping for...
Queen Elizabeth ‘Deeply Saddened’ On Destruction in Pakistan By Floods
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth says she is deeply saddened by the widespread flooding that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in Pakistan this summer. Pakistan has...
U.S. Warships Transit Taiwan Strait
WASHINGTON: Two U.S. Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by...
US Judge Recommends 9/11 Attack Victims Can’t Take Assets Belong To Afghanistan
New York: A United States judge has recommended that victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of...
Japan National Police Chief Resigns Over Abe Assassination
TOKOYO: In Japan, the head of National Police Agency has resigned after an investigation confirmed shortcomings in the security plans for assassinated former Prime Minister...
Million COVID-19 Deaths in 2022: WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organization announced on Thursday (Aug 25) that a million people had died from COVID-19 in 2022, calling it a “tragic milestone”...
Indian Forces Martyr Three Youth in Baramulla
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three more youth in Baramulla district...
Russian President Signs Decree to Increase Size of Armed Forces
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the size of Russia’s armed forces from 1.9 to 2.04 million. The figure, which...
Turkey’s Normalization Of Relations With Israel Will Not Weaken Country’s Support To Palestine; Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that recent steps to normalise Ankara’s ties with Israel will not weaken the country’s support for Palestine in...
Indian Troops Martyr Two Kashmiri Youth in IIOJK
Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two Kashmiri youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The youth were martyred by...
Indian Govt Forced Twitter to Put ‘Agent’ on Payroll, Grant Access to User Data, Says Former Security Chief
Whistle-blower alleges that the company misled regulators about deficiencies in its ability to protect users against hackers or even spam Peiter Zatko, former head of...
Ukraine Girds For More Violence on Independence Day, War’s Six Month Mark
KYIV: Ukrainians on Wednesday (Aug 24) mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union in what is certain to be a...
EU Provides Rs76m to Assist Flood-Victims of Pakistan
The European Union is providing nearly 76 million rupees as humanitarian assistance to families affected by severe flooding, which has wreaked havoc across many parts...
India Fires Three Officers For Accidentally Firing Missile Into Pakistan in March
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force said on Tuesday the government had sacked three officers for “accidentally” firing a missile into Pakistan in March, an...
US, Western Allies Urge Secure Ukraine Nuclear Sites
Britain, France, Germany and the United States have stressed the need to ensure the safety of nuclear installations threatened by the conflict in Ukraine. During...
UAE To Send its Envoy to Tehran to ‘Restore Ties’
TEHRAN: The United Arab Emirates is set to send its ambassador back to Tehran in coming days. In a statement, the UAE foreign ministry spokesman...
Seperate Bus Crashes Claim 32 Lives and Injures 51 Others
Ankara: At least 32 people have been killed in two separate events in Turkey when vehicles crashed into first responders following earlier accidents. A bus...
Afghanistan Doesn’t Depend On Anyone Military, Politically And Economically: Afghan Defence Minister
Kabul: Acting Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid at an Independence Day event said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is not dependent on anyone...
Indian BSF Ja an Killed in Ambush by Insurgents near India-Bangladesh Border
A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed in an ambush by banned insurgents from across the Indo-Bangla border in North Tripura district. Speaking to...
19 Killed in Syrian Market Blast
BEIRUT: A rocket attack on a crowded market in northern Syria killed 19 people and wounded dozens, an opposition war monitor and a paramedic group...
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Man in West Bank
Israeli forces martyred a Palestinian man during a raid in occupied West Bank on Friday. In a statement, Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was...
Indian Police Martyr Prisoner in Fake Encounter in Jammu District
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Indian police have martyred a prisoner in a fake encounter in Jammu district. The police took...
Blast Kills 21 in Kabul Mosque
KABUL: A bomb blast at a mosque in north Kabul killed 21 people, including children and a prominent cleric, Taliban officials and residents said Thursday....
Indian Police Bus Skids Off From Road and Plummets In Gorge Killing 7 Injuring 32 Other
Srinagar: A bus carrying 41 security personnel skidded off a mountain road and plummeted into a deep gorge in India-administered Kashmir, killing seven soldiers and...
U.S. First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON: U.S. first lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, her communications director Elizabeth Alexander said. After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during...
China Conducts Fresh Military Drills Around Taiwan
BEIJING: China carried out more military exercises in the sea and airspace around Taiwan. The Chinese military unit responsible for the area adjacent to Taiwan...
Oil Prices Fall By $4 in Internatinoal Market
Oil prices fell by more than $4 a barrel on Monday on demand fears as disappointing Chinese economic data renewed global recession concerns. Brent crude...
Six Pakistanis Die in Road Crash in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Six Pakistani laborers were killed and 2 injured in a traffic accident in Saudi Arabia. According to embassy sources, the tragic accident occurred due...
Kashmiris Observing India’s Independence Day as Black Day
SRINAGAR: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over are observing the Indian Independence Day, today, as Black Day in...
US Congressional Delegation Arrives in Taiwan on Heels of Pelosi Visit
TAIPEI: A US congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, officials said, days after China held military drills around the island in retaliation for US...
More Than 40 People Dies In Egypt’s Coptic Church Fire
Cairo: More than 40 people were killed in a blaze that broke out during a Sunday mass in a Coptic Christian church in a suburb...
Saudi King, Crown Prince Congratulate Pakistan On Independence Day
RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have congratulated the Pakistani nation on the occasion of Independence Day. In his...
Top Secret’ Documents Seized in Raid on Trump Home
WASHINGTON: FBI agents seized records marked “top secret” during their search of former president Donald Trump´s Florida estate, according to documents made public Friday in...
Salman Rushdie Attacked During Speech in New York
NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie, who wrote blasphemous content against the prophet of Islam (PBUH), was attacked on stage Friday in western New York...
Saudi Arabia Allows Holders of Tourist Visas to Perform Umrah
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that the Kingdom will now allow visitors holding tourist visas to perform Umrah. The decision...
Taliban Cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani Killed in Blast
KABUL: A prominent Taliban cleric, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, was killed in an attack in a seminary in Kabul when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in...
Heavy Rain Kills 11 in South Korea
SEOUL: The death toll from the record rainfall that lashed South Korea this week has risen to 11, with eight more people still missing. According...
Ukraine Exports 400,000 Tons of Grain to Address Global Food Insecurity
Ukraine has exported nearly four hundred thousand tonnes of grain in the first week following the announcement of a deal brokered by Türkiye to address...
Biden Signs U.S. Ratification Document on NATO Membership for Sweden, Finland
United States President Joe Biden has formally signed the ‘instruments of ratification’ endorsing Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO. Addressing the signing ceremony in Washington,...