An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted the twin cities and parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Friday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). A statement from the Pakistan Meteorological Department said the quake occurred at 9:13pm at a depth of 190 kilometres with the epicentre in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region. It […]
Iran on Friday said its armed forces shot down US fighter jets and an helicopter, raising the stakes for Washington in a conflict that, according to opinion polls, has struggled to win popular support among Americans. US officials said search-and-rescue efforts have so far recovered one of two crew members who ejected an F-15E fighter […]
A devastating suicide car bombing targeting the Domel Police Station in Bannu left at least five civilians dead, including four members of a single family, and 13 others injured, among them a police official, in an attack that rattled the entire area on Friday. The blast occurred when an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the rear […]
Backchannel efforts to arrange talks between the United States and Iran are still underway, despite earlier attempts to convene a high-level meeting in Islamabad that could not materialise, sources familiar with the matter said. According to sources, Pakistan had quietly facilitated preparations for a possible round of direct engagement involving a US delegation led by […]
Pakistan has decided to return the $3.5 billion debt of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this month, a senior cabinet minister said in a background briefing on Friday, ending speculations about the fate of the debt that Abu Dhabi had started rolling over only for a month. The political leadership has decided to pay back […]