Dubai Expo 2020 kicks off
Dubai: The United Arab Emirates spent eight years and billions of dollars turning 1,080 acres of Dubai desert into the site of Expo 2020, the...
Three Palestinians Martyred By Israeli Forces
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces have martyred three Palestinians in separate incidents in the occupied Palestinian territory. These Palestinians were martyred the occupied West Bank village of...
America “Lost” 20-year War In Afghanistan: General Mark Milley
WASHINGTON: In a frank admission during a hearing, the top US military official admitted that America “lost” the 20-year war in Afghanistan and the “corrupt”...
Saudi Arabia To Again Supply Oil to Pakistan on Deferred Payments
Saudi Arabia will again give Pakistan oil worth $1.5 billion on deferred payment in July. Speaking on the floor of the Lower House of Parliament,...
North Korea Tests Fire Hypersonic Missile
SEOUL: The projectile North Korea fired off its east coast on Tuesday was a newly developed hypersonic missile, state news media KCNA reported on Wednesday,...
Biden Apprised,Rushed Withdrawal From Afg Could Increase Risks To Pak: US Generals
Washington: Top US generals are claiming that they had warned US President Joe Biden that a rushed withdrawal from Afghanistan could increase risks to Pakistan’s...
Four Kashmiris Martyred in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred four more Kashmiri youth in Baramulla...
Turkish President Set to Visit Russia on Wednesday
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to pay a visit to Russia tomorrow to discuss with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin the current regional...
UNSG Urges World To Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to eliminate nuclear weapons and resolve their all out standing issues through dialogue to...
5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Greece
ATHENS: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 shook Greece’s largest island, Crete, on Monday morning, killing one person and injuring several, authorities said. The...
Zabiullah Appreciates Pakistan For Supporting Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Acting Deputy Information Minister of Afghanistan Zabihullah Mujahid has appreciated Pakistan for supporting Afghanistan before the international community. In an interview to Pakistan Television,...
Indian Forces Martyred Two Youth In IIOJK
Srinagar: Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two youth in Bandipora district, today in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, ....
Eight Killed as Blast Hit Taliban Convoy in Jalalabad
KABUL: Eight person were killed and seven others wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar that hit a Taliban convoy on September...
Women Take Part in Saudi National Day Parade For First Time
RIYAD: Female soldiers of different ranks marched in the hour-long parade in commemoration of Saudi Arabia’s 91st National Day Women took part in the annual...
UK MPs Urge Their Govt To Help End Abuses In Indian-held Kashmir
LONDON: Britain must act on the world stage to help end human rights abuses by a “brutal occupying military force” in Kashmir and India’s High...
UK PM Lauds PM Imran ‘s 10 Billion Tree Project At UN
UNITED NATIONS: In yet another acknowledgement of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s efforts to counter the affects of climate change, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson highlighted...
Pakistan Participating In Peace Mission Drill In Russia As SCO Member
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army’s Tri Services contingent among troops from all Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states are participating in the exercise Peace Mission held in...
We Embark On New Era Of Relentless Diplomacy: US President
New York:, President Biden framed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as ending “a period of relentless war” and starting “a new era of relentless diplomacy.”...
Canada’s Trudeau Wins Third Term As PM
MONTREAL: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday acknowledged he will need to work with other parties after he fell short of winning a majority...
Saudi FM Calls on Indian PM Narendra Modi
RIYADH: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in the capital, New Delhi, Monday to discuss...
Eight Killed In Russian University Shooting
MOSCOW: A student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding several, law...
UN Extends Its Political Mission in Afghanistan
United Nations Security Council members voted in unison on Friday to renew the political mission in Afghanistan. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)...
US Admits Strike in Kabul Killed 10 Civilians
WASHINGTON: A top general admitted the United States had made a “mistake” when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in Kabul,...
China Urges India To Refrain From Engaging in Nuclear Tests
Responding to India’s latest provocations, China has urged New Delhi to stick to the UN Security Council resolution and refrain from engaging in nuclear tests....
Germany Says It Will Grant Visas To 2,600 Afghans
Berlin: Germany has pledged to grant German residency permits to 2,600 Afghans who are deemed to be vulnerable or are in danger. Journalists, activists and...
Mullah Baradar Named Among 100 Most Influential People
WASHINGTON: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar – deputy prime minister in the Taliban’s newly announced caretaker government and the top figure in the Doha deal –...
Afghanistan Seeks CAA’s Permission To Operate Scheduled Flights
KARACHI: The new Afghan government has contacted the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Pakistan and sought permission for scheduled flights for Afghanistan Airlines Ariana and Kam...
World Should Restore Aid To Afghanistan: Amir Khan Muttaqi
KABUL: The Taliban thanked the world for pledging hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan. A donor conference in Geneva on Monday...
UN Promises Financial Aid For Afghanistan
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday urged the international community to engage with the Taliban and to provide a “lifeline” of desperately needed aid to...
Indian Troops Martyr Another Youth in IoK
SRINAGAR: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one Kashmiri youth in Rajouri district, today....
Russia Planning to Send Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
MOSCOW: Russia is planning to send food and medicine to Afghanistan soon as humanitarian aid, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s foreign ministry as saying...
France Not To Recognize Taliban Govt: FM Jean-Yves Le Drian
PARIS: The Taliban are lying and France will not have any relationship with its newly-formed government, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said late on Saturday...
USA Achieved Central Mission By Killing Osama Bin Laden: US President
Shanksville: President Joe Biden, speaking unexpectedly during a visit to the Pennsylvania site of one of the 9/11 plane crashes, again defended the widely criticized...
21st Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Being Observed
NEW YORK: This day marks 21 years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, during which thousands of New Yorkers lost their lives, and the area...
US, Chinese Presidents Discuss Economic Issues
WASHINGTON::The United States and Chinese leadership have discussed strategic communication and exchanges on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest. According to a White House...
US Says Interim Taliban Govt Not Reflective Of What It Had ‘Hoped To See’
WASHINGTON: The interim Taliban government does not reflect what the international community and the United States hoped to see, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price...
WHO Chief Urges Halt to COVID Booster Shots
GENEVA: Rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines should refrain from offering booster shots through the end of the year and make the doses...
Israel Pours Troops Into West Bank to Hunt Down Prison Fugitives
RAMALLAH: Israel flooded the occupied West Bank with reinforcements on Wednesday in the manhunt for six Palestinians who have been on the run for three...
Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund To Head New Afghanistan Government
KABUL: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has been named as Afghanistan’s new acting head of state. The Taliban, who swept into Kabul on August 15 following...
Panjshir Valley ‘Completely Captured’: Taliban
KABUL: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, even as opposition fighters vowed to keep...
Taliban, Opposition Fight For Afghan Holdout Province Of Panjshir
Kabul: Taliban and opposition forces battled to control the Panjshir Valley north of Kabul, the last Afghan province holding out against the group. Both sides...
UK Will Not Recognize Taliban: Dominic Raab
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb says we do not recognize the Taliban and urges other countries to do the same. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Robb...
Taliban Claim Taking Control Of Panjshir
Three Taliban sources said the group had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it,...
Taliban Co-Founder Baradar To Lead New Afghanistan Govt
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the group said on Friday, as its fighters...
Sher Muhammad Abbas Named Afghanistan FM
KABUL: Taliban leader Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, head of the Taliban's political office in Qatar, has been named foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of...
It’s possible’: General Mark Says US Can Work With Taliban To Fight IS
US Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said it was “possible” the United States will seek to coordinate with...
Nine Deaths Reported As Storm Ida Triggers State Of Emergency In New York and New Jersey
The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to...
Taliban Likely To Appoint Hebatullah As Supreme Leader, Claims US TV
KABUL: The Taliban said that the discussions held on forming a new government have been finalized and they will soon make an announcement. Anamullah Samangani,...
Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda Security Chief Back in Afghanistan
KABUL: A senior al Qaeda commander who was Osama bin Laden’s security chief has apparently returned to Afghanistan after two decades living in Pakistan, according...
Biden Says He Was Not Expecting Sudden Departure of Ghani
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of pulling troops from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” a day after the...