Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held a telephonic conversation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday, during which they reviewed Pakistan–Türkiye bilateral cooperation and discussed regional and international developments. According to a Foreign Office statement, both sides expressed grave concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Dar condemned Israel’s plan for […]
One person was killed and several apartments and an industrial facility were damaged in a Ukrainian drone attack on the southern Russian region of Saratov, governor Roman Busargin said on Sunday. Busargin posted on the Telegram messaging app that residents were evacuated after debris from a destroyed drone damaged three apartments in the overnight attack. […]
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will convene an emergency session to discuss Israel’s plan to capture and occupy Gaza City, following approval of the operation by Israel’s Security Cabinet on Friday. The move has sparked international condemnation, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres calling it a “dangerous escalation” in the 22-month war in the Gaza Strip. […]
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir is on an official visit to the United States, where he has held high-level meetings with senior political and military leaders and engaged with members of the Pakistani diaspora. Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS), is undertaking an official […]
Turkey recorded its hottest July in 55 years, the environment ministry said Saturday. Temperatures recorded in 66 of the country’s 220 weather stations showed an average rise of 1.9 degrees over the preceding years, the ministry said on X. The highest-ever recorded temperature of 50.5 C was also set near the end of July in […]
Russia cautiously welcomed a US-brokered draft deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Saturday, but Moscow’s regional ally Iran rejected the idea of a new border corridor backed by President Donald Trump. The two former Soviet republics signed a peace deal in Washington on Friday to end a decades-long conflict, though the fine print and binding […]
Ukraine won’t surrender land to Russia to buy peace, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday, after Washington and Moscow agreed to hold a summit in a bid to end the war. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the US state of Alaska on August 15, to try to resolve the three-year conflict, despite […]
Pakistan on Saturday welcomed a US-brokered peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan aimed at ending decades of conflict in the South Caucasus. US President Donald Trump announced the deal at the White House on Friday, saying the two countries had committed to “stop all fighting forever, open up commerce, travel and diplomatic relations and respect […]
Tribesmen from a border village in Lower Dir district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have announced that they will take up arms against foreign terrorists operating in the volatile region along the Afghan border, vowing to expel them along with their local facilitators. The development comes amid a sharp uptick in terrorist violence in the border districts, with […]
Police in London arrested at least 365 people Saturday for supporting Palestine Action, at the latest and largest protest backing the group since the government banned it last month under anti-terror laws. Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 34 people were killed by Israeli fire on Saturday, including more than a dozen civilians who […]