No justification in US curbs on Pak firms, says Shehbaz
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday defended Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme, saying the recent US sanctions against the country’s four entities have “no justification”. His remarks came days after the US slapped sanctions on four Pakistani firms, including the state-owned flagship aerospace and defence agency — National Development Complex (NDC)...
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Prominent Lebanese figure visits Syria, hoping for post-Assad reset in troubled relations
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German authorities received tipoffs last year about suspect in Christmas market attack
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Sunak exits Downing Street, successor Starmer revives hope for FTA with India
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Pickup truck driver killed by cops in Texas
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Donald Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer Mark Burnett as special envoy to UK
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Lara Trump drops out of race to be Florida senator
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38 dead, over 100 missing in Congo after ferry capsizes in Busira river
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 20
n Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 20 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said. Israeli authorities meanwhile allowed Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, to enter Gaza and celebrate a pre-Christmas Mass with members of...
2 US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent ‘friendly fire’ incident
Two US Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the US military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Both pilots were recovered alive after ejecting from their stricken aircraft,...
Rocket fired from Yemen strikes Tel Aviv,16 hurt
The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Yemen hit an area of Tel Aviv overnight, leaving 16 people slightly injured by shattered glass from nearby windows. A further 14 people sustained minor injuries as they rushed to shelters when air raid sirens sounded before the projectile hit just before...
Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia
Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from the front line. The press service of Tatarstan’s governor, Rustam Minnikhanov, said that eight...
Meditation transcends all borders, leaders on 1st World Meditation Day at UN
Meditation transcends all religions and borders and is also a powerful instrument of diplomacy in the current global landscape marked by escalating conflicts and deep-seated mistrust, top spiritual and UN leaders said on the first World Meditation Day commemorated here. The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations organised a...
Turkiye, Russia engage in delicate manoeuvre over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical manoeuvring between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With the dust still settling from the stunning events in Damascus, the outcome for now seems to be favouring Ankara, which backed the victorious...
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain laid to rest in San Francisco
Zakir Hussain was laid to rest on Thursday at a San Francisco cemetery as renowned percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to the tabla maestro. Hussain, one of the world’s most accomplished percussionists, died at a San Francisco hospital...
