Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has been facing immense pressure in his own country amid a drastic increase in inflation and terrorism, has again tried to lesson India with the nuclear arsenals it has. While addressing a public rally in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Sharif claimed that New Delhi would not be able to...
Karachi: Pakistan's former President, Gen Pervez Musharraf (retd), who passed away in Dubai on Feb 5, was laid to rest in an army graveyard in Karachi, with full military honors, media reports said. His funeral prayers was held at the Malir Cantonment's Polo Ground, in presence of senior military leaders including Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff...
A devastating earthquake of 7.8-magnitude hit southern Turkiye and northern Syria early on Monday, in which more than 2000 people were killed, as reported by AP. With hundreds of people badly injured, the toll continues to rise as survivors continue to be searched among the rubble by the rescue workers. According to Turkiye President Recep Tayyip...
US widens military presence in Philippines North Korea warns of ‘overwhelming nuclear force’ to counter US US opens embassy in Solomon Islands Beijing: Amid the increasing tension in the South China Sea, China has criticized United States’ controls on technology exports as a trade violation, after Japan and the Netherlands agreed to join Washington in limiting Beijing’s access to...
Islamabad: Pakistani police arrested ex-minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in an overnight raid on his home near Islamabad days after he accused the former president of the country of plotting to kill ex-prime minister Imran Khan, officials said Thursday. The latest government move is likely to deepen political turmoil at a time when the government is...
New York: An Iranian couple, Astiyazh Haghighi and her fiancé, Amir Mohammad Ahmadi, both in their early 20s, received prison sentences of more than 10 years after appearing in a video where they danced in front of an iconic Tehran landmark, activists said. The young couple was arrested in November after footage of their romantic tango...
London: Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "threatened him with a missile strike during an extraordinary phone call" ahead of Moscow launching its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. He made the remarks in a BBC documentary titled 'Putin Vs the West'. "He threatened me at one point,...
London: Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train drivers and university lecturers walked out over pay and conditions in the largest coordinated strike action in Britain in a generation, causing widespread disruption. The mass walkouts across the country shut schools, halted most rail services, and the military was put on standby to help...
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he won't approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. "No," Biden said in response to a question about the possibility of such a decision, Xinhua News Agency reported. The president's remarks came as debate picked up steam over whether to arm Ukraine, which has been in conflict with...
