Israel’s military stepped up armed operations around Gaza City on Friday, ending temporary pauses there that had allowed for aid deliveries, as it announced the recovery of the body of Ilan Weiss, a hostage seized by Hamas. Israel is pushing ahead with a plan to take full control of the whole Gaza Strip, starting with […]
Britain, France and Germany urged Iran at the United Nations on Friday to meet three requirements so their threat of re-imposing UN sanctions can be delayed to allow space for talks on a deal to address their concerns about Tehran’s nuclear programme. UN envoys for the three countries — known as the E3 — issued a joint […]
The US is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority ahead of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, the State Department said on Friday. The department did not name the officials targeted and it was also unclear whether Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who […]
India once united US policymakers like few issues. For nearly three decades, US presidents of both parties courted New Delhi as an emerging ally, politely overlooking disagreements for the sake of larger goals. Donald Trump has abruptly changed that. The US administration on Wednesday slapped 50 percent tariffs on many Indian products as Trump seeks […]
Pakistan and Armenia may soon establish diplomatic relations following the recent peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On Friday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar held a telephonic conversation with his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan. During the call, Dar welcomed the “historic peace agreement” between Armenia and Azerbaijan, terming it a positive […]
Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Friday reaffirmed the state’s commitment to protecting minority communities and religious heritage, vowing to fully restore all religious sites damaged by the ongoing floods, including the revered Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, the military’s media wing said in a statement. During his visit to the flood-hit […]
The federal government has constituted a special committee to provide legal aid to address the issues of families of missing persons, whose cases are under investigation in the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances, in family law-related matters. According to a press release issued on Friday, the families of missing persons having any such issue, […]
An 87-year-old former minister was among 16 people ordered by a Bangladesh court Friday to be detained in custody on charges of plotting against the government, police said. The South Asian nation has been in turmoil since a mass uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic government in 2024, with political parties vying for power ahead of […]
In a quiet corner of Karachi, 65-year-old Irfan Ahmed has spent five decades breathing new life into the lifeless. Through the rare and intricate art of taxidermy, he transforms animals that have died naturally or in accidents into stunning, lifelike replicas — so vivid that viewers often mistake them for living creatures. Deer, Sindh ibex, […]
The floodwaters began to submerge dozens of riverine villages in Sindh by Friday in the districts of Sukkur and Larkana divisions. The Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro has anticipated discharge of between 700,000 cusecs to 800,000 cusecs flood in the Indus river, which is high enough to inundate riverine villages in the province. Talking […]