The `did not adopt a draft resolution on Friday to permanently lift sanctions on Iran, but Tehran and key European powers still have eight days to try and agree to a delay. The 15-member UN Security Council was required to vote on the draft resolution on Friday after Britain, France and Germany launched a 30-day […]
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the annual gathering of world leaders next week via video after the United States said it would not give him a visa to travel to New York. The resolution received 145 votes in favor and five votes against, while […]
More than 140 world leaders will descend on New York next week for the annual United Nations General Assembly summit, which will be dominated this year by the future of the Palestinians and Gaza. One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied a visa to attend, […]
US President Donald Trump said Friday he will welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House next week and expects a resolution to a long-running rift on fighter jets. It will be the first bilateral visit to the White House by Erdogan since 2019 during Trump’s first term, with former president Joe Biden […]
The Israeli military warned on Friday it would operate with “unprecedented force” in Gaza City, telling residents to flee as it presses its ground offensive on the territory’s largest urban centre. Israel has pummelled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize it, nearly two years into the war that […]
A 15-year-old domestic worker died under mysterious circumstances at the house of a police official in Kahna. Local police officials said they were awaiting the medico-legal report before deciding their course of action in the case. The girl, was found hanging in the residence of Sub-Inspector Najaf Bhatti on September 17. While the police initially […]
The Crime Control Department (CCD) claimed to have gunned down five wanted criminals in two police encounters overnight. One encounter took place near Chak No. 77/WB, where a CCD team was patrolling to check criminal activity. According to the police, seven armed men had blockade a main road with the intention of committing a robbery. […]
An accident claimed the lives of a mother and her daughter when their motorcycle went out of control and was run over by a mini-truck near Adda Pir Murad on Friday. According to Rescue 1122 sources, Sajjad, a resident of village 519/EB, was traveling on the motorcycle with his wife and daughter. When he attempted […]