Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has named a former commerce minister to steer the country’s troubled economy and kept the defence portfolio for himself as he formed his first cabinet. Rahman was sworn into office on Tuesday after a landslide election victory, taking over from the interim administration that had led the country of 170 […]
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will sight the crescent moon for Ramazan 1447 AH in Peshawar today, with fasting expected to begin simultaneously across the country, committee chairperson Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, Azad said the committee’s meeting was being held in Peshawar, while zonal and provincial committees convened […]
Former British prime minister David Cameron and hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard were among hundreds whose passports and other identification documents were leaked online after attending an Abu Dhabi finance conference, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The FT, citing documents, said scans of more than 700 passports and state identity cards were discovered on […]
Australia said on Wednesday it would temporarily ban one of its citizens held in a Syrian camp from returning to the country, under rarely-used powers aimed at preventing terror activity. Thirty-four Australians in a northern Syrian facility holding families of suspected Islamic State militants are expected to return home after their release was conditionally approved by […]
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia were due to begin a second day of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the United States was putting undue pressure on him to bring an end to the four-year-old war. The US-mediated peace talks in Switzerland have been taking place as US President Donald […]
At least two officials were martyred and three others injured after terrorists attacked a police station and a nearby customs camp in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district at 1:30am on Tuesday night, police said. According to a police spokesperson on Wednesday, an unknown number of unidentified armed men suddenly opened fire on Yark Police Station, […]
Two suspects were arrested after a joint Pakistan-Qatar operation foiled an attempt to smuggle 4.48 kilogrammes (kg) of cocaine at Islamabad International Airport on Wednesday, officials said. Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), working in coordination with Qatari authorities, carried out an intelligence-based operation at the airport. Acting on shared and verified intelligence, ANF personnel intercepted a […]
France and India celebrated their ties as a force for global stability, as President Emmanuel Macron kicked off a three-day visit focused on technology and defence cooperation on Tuesday. A potential multibillion dollar fighter jet deal is also on the table, with officials travelling with Macron expressing confidence that a contract for 114 Rafales can […]
The United States is ready to carry out low-yield nuclear tests to match alleged secret explosions by China and Russia, ending a decades-old moratorium, a senior official said Tuesday. New START, the last treaty between the United States and Russia that limited deployment of nuclear warheads, expired this month as US President Donald Trump called […]
UK police said Tuesday they were “assessing” information in the Epstein files that women were trafficked by plane into Britain, as pressure grows to probe ex-prince Andrew’s links to the flights. “We are assessing the information that has emerged in relation to private flights into and out of Stansted Airport following the publication of the […]