North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a large military parade displaying its new intercontinental ballistic missile in front of visiting international dignitaries, state media KCNA said on Saturday. The parade, which began late on Friday, marked the 80th anniversary of the foundation of its ruling Workers’ Party and followed celebrations on Thursday. Chinese Premier […]
Former US president Joe Biden is undergoing radiation and hormone therapy to fight prostate cancer that was revealed in May, a spokesperson said Saturday. “As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” the spokesperson said. In May, the 82-year-old ex-president’s office announced that Biden […]
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians returned to a devastated Gaza City on Saturday, as Hamas warned the next stage in US President Donald Trump’s peace plan would be more difficult than the first. Trump’s Middle East envoy promised Israeli hostage families their loved ones would be returned to them by Monday, and the region’s top […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to address vulnerabilities in top 10 government entities that are at the “highest risk” of indulging in corrupt practices and also recommended merit-based appointments of heads in key oversight bodies. The bodies that the global lender has recommended for merit-based appointments in its Governance and Corruption Diagnostic […]
Tehreek-e-Labbaik supporters reached Muridke on Saturday en route to Islamabad, after staging an overnight sit-in at Shahdara following violent clashes with police that left dozens injured and parts of the provincial capital paralysed. The TLP supporters, led by party chief Saad Hussain Rizvi, began their “Gaza March” from Multan Road on Friday afternoon to “express […]