Venezuela on Saturday accused the United States of attacking civilian and military sites after multiple explosions and low-flying aircraft were reported over Caracas, leaving several areas without electricity. The Venezuelan government said at least seven explosions were heard around 2am local time in the capital, while aircraft flew at low altitude over several neighbourhoods. Authorities […]
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar departed for Beijing to co-chair, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the seventh Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue. The event is to be held on January 4. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated that Dar is the first […]
Pakistan Air Force has successfully conducted the flight test of the indigenously developed Taimoor Weapon System, marking another milestone in strengthening the country’s aerospace and defence capabilities, the military said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Taimoor Air-Launched Cruise Missile is capable of engaging enemy land and […]
Religious scholar Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza, who was recently imprisoned in Adiala Jail before being granted bail in a high-profile blasphemy case, has shared details about the conduct and daily routine of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan behind bars. Speaking to a private television channel, Mirza said Khan does not enjoy “palace-like” facilities in […]
The North Korean leader’s daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as likely next in line to run the nuclear-armed dictatorship. The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and […]
Russian missiles struck a multi-storey apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two people ?and injuring about 25 more, officials said. Russia denied the attack had taken place, suggesting that an explosion at the site was caused ?by Ukrainian ammunition. Photographs and videos ?posted […]
The owner of the bar in a Swiss ski resort town ravaged by a deadly fire during New Year’s Eve celebrations insisted to Swiss media Friday that safety norms had been followed. Jacques Moretti, a Frenchman who manages the Le Constellation bar with his wife Jessica, told the Tribune de Geneve daily that the establishment […]
Last year was Britain’s hottest and sunniest on record, the national weather service confirmed on Friday, calling it a “clear demonstration” of the impacts of climate change. The previous record of 10.03C was set in 2022. “2025 now joins 2022 and 2023 in the top three warmest years since 1884,” the Met Office said in […]
An 18-year-old US man with a history of mental health issues was arrested on New Year’s Eve for allegedly planning a knife-and-hammer attack in the name of the Islamic State armed group, US authorities said Friday. A North Carolina judge ordered Christian Sturdivant, who was arrested on December 31, to remain in custody until a […]
Pakistan has booked over $19 billion trade deficit during the first half of the current fiscal year as exports further plunged and imports increased faster than projections on the back of trade liberalisation, keeping the external sector stability under pressure. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday that the gap between imports and […]