Three suspected terrorists were killed, while three police personnel were martyred, during a joint targeted operation by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Elite Force and district police in the Kabalgram area of Shangla district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), according to K-P CTD spokesperson Muhammad Ali. The intelligence-based operation was launched in a remote mountainous area […]
Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a postponement of his visit to Abu Dhabi due to a health issue involving Emirati leader Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but later deleted the post from social media The message, posted by Erdogan’s team on X, said he had talked with Al Nahyan by phone. “During the course […]
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai on Tuesday, as he begins a three-day visit to India focused on artificial intelligence cooperation and a potential multibillion-dollar fighter jet deal. France is seeking to expand its military partnership with New Delhi, with discussions expected on a possible contract for 114 […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for the formation of a high-level judicial commission to investigate deaths resulting from operations conducted by Punjab’s Crime Control Department (CCD), alleging a pattern of staged police encounters and extrajudicial killings. In a fact-finding report issued from Lahore, the HRCP alleged that the CCD had adopted […]
Twelve terrorists were killed after security forces foiled a terrorist attack on a joint security forces and law enforcement agencies check post in Bajaur district on Monday, the military’s media wing reported. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the attackers, described as belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al-Khawarij (FAK), attempted to breach the check […]
The US and Iran hold indirect talks in Geneva on Tuesday aimed at resolving their long-running nuclear dispute, with little clear indication of compromise as Washington masses a battle force in the region. US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will take part in the negotiations, which are being mediated by Oman, a source briefed […]
China’s most-watched TV show, the annual CCTV Spring Festival gala, on Monday showcased the country’s cutting-edge industrial policy and Beijing’s push to dominate humanoid robots and the future of manufacturing. Four rising humanoid robot startups – Unitree Robotics, Galbot, Noetix and MagicLab – demonstrated their products at the gala, a televised event and touchstone for […]
Peshawar High Court directed the Peshawar Electric Supply Company not to carry out load-shedding during Sehri and Iftar in the month of Ramazan on Tuesday. The court issued a five-page written verdict on a petition filed against unannounced electricity load-shedding in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). According to the ruling, Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) must take concrete […]
The federal government’s constituted medical board reported an improvement in former prime minister Imran Khan’s right eye vision. The medical board, comprising two senior ophthalmologistsDr Nadeem Qureshi and Dr Arifexamined Imran Khan at Adiala Jail on Sunday. According to their two-page report, unaided vision in Imran’s right eye was recorded at 6/24 (partial), while the […]
Social media platform X briefly suffered what monitors described as “international outages” on Monday, disrupting access for users across multiple countries before services were restored later in the afternoon. The Elon Musk-owned network began functioning normally again around 1530 GMT, with posts reappearing and users able to log in and publish content, after outage-tracking website […]