Month: November 2026

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have congratulated the people of Gilgit-Baltistan on their 79th Independence Day, paying tribute to those who fought against Dogra rule to secure the region’s freedom. In separate messages on Sunday, both leaders recalled the historic struggle 79 years ago, when the people of Gilgit-Baltistan overthrew Dogra rule, declared independence and subsequently sent a letter to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah seeking accession to Pakistan. President Zardari said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan had made valuable contributions to Pakistan’s defence and development. Prime Minister…

US President Donald Trump has said American forces have severely weakened Iran’s military capabilities but still need to deal with one or two remaining targets, including a suspected underground nuclear facility known as Pickaxe Mountain. Trump said negotiations with Iran to end the war, launched by the US and Israel in late February, were progressing, although he questioned Tehran’s reliability. “We’ve knocked out their nuclear. We still have to take care of, I would say one or two sites, but we can do that in 10 minutes,” Trump told reporters…

Hooded rioters looted stores in Frankfurt late on Saturday after tens of thousands of demonstrators ​took to the streets across Germany’s biggest cities to demand better education and lower living costs. The protests followed a wave of Gen Z-led ‌demonstrations across Europe this year. In Serbia, student-led activism helped unseat the country’s longtime leader at the ballot box, while protests in France have descended into rioting and looting. The German protests organised by the campaign group “Gen Z regelt” — “Gen Z takes charge” in German — took place in…

Iran has made no official decision to change its nuclear doctrine despite calls from some lawmakers and members of the public to reconsider its position if war resumes, Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has said. Rezaei said neither the government nor the Supreme National Security Council had formally decided to alter the country’s nuclear policy, according to remarks carried by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency. He said calls for a change had emerged following attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities despite extensive inspections and the installation of online monitoring…