Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on Sunday by Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on the outcomes of his recent participation in two high-level multilateral meetings held in Europe. Naqvi informed Shehbaz of his attendance at a four-nation interior ministers’ meeting in Rome, Italy, which brought together counterparts from Pakistan, Italy, Spain, and Greece. […]
At least nine people were killed and several injured on Sunday after clashes broke out between police and protesters on MT Khan Road as crowds marched towards the US Consulate following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli air strike. Edhi Welfare Organisation’s information wing confirmed that nine people […]
Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran on Saturday, plunging the Middle East into a renewed military confrontation. American security project. PHOTO: REUTERS The following are significant US military facilities in the Middle East: Bahrain: Home to the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, whose area of responsibility includes the Gulf, […]
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Pakistan, in a statement released on Sunday, condemned, “in the strongest possible terms,” what it termed “the cowardly, hideous and barbaric terrorist act of targeting the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” The statement comes amid confirmation from Iranian state media that Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]
Pakistan on Saturday condemned what it described as “unwarranted attacks” against Iran and called for an immediate return to diplomacy during an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the escalating crisis in the Middle East. The council session examined the repercussions of US and Israeli air strikes on Iran and exposed divisions […]
Several loud blasts were heard in the Dubai area and over the Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday, witnesses said, after Iran launched retaliatory strikes on the neighbouring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic. Iran has said it would target US bases in the region. […]
Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state media on Sunday, was a pillar of the country’s theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end. US President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social site that “Khamenei, one of the […]
Israel said it had launched another wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday, as Iranians faced uncertainty after the killing of their supreme leader in US and Israeli attacks that threatened to destabilize the wider Middle East. Hours after the United States and Israel said that an air strike killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part […]
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed concern over US-Israeli strikes against Iran and called for an immediate ceasefire, urging all sides to avoid escalation and to resume dialogue and negotiation. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected. On Sunday, China’s embassy in Israel issued […]
‘Sinners’ is the most nominated film in the history of the Academy Awards, commonly known as the ‘Oscars’, with 16 nominations. When director Ryan Coogler called Raphael Saadiq to run him through its script, the celebrated R&B singer and songwriter knew the song he wanted to write before he hung up the phone. Saadiq felt […]