Judge sets March 2024 for historic Trump trial
New York: Federal judge set date of March 4, 2024, for Donald Trump’s election subversion conspiracy trial-placing one of biggest criminal cases in American history at peak election season. Date is day before ‘Super Tuesday,’ when m...
Pakistan, China hold joint air drill
ISTANBUL: Joint air combat exercise involving long-time ally China began here. Ground and air forces from two sides are “Focusing on organising joint training in typical combat scenarios such as joint air defence, joint countermeasures and join...
Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday over Georgia indictment
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump plans to surrender on Thursday in Atlanta in connection with his indictment in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, he said on social media on Monday. "I'...
Any attempt to sabotage CPEC won't succeed: China
BEIJING: Condemning terrorist attack targeting Chinese engineers in Gwadar, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that any attempt to sabotage friendship between China and Pakistan and development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will...
Tropical storm hits Japan's Okinawa islands again,
TOKYO: A meandering storm was headed again toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, prompting fresh warnings about dangerously heavy rainfall after the same area was hit several days ago. Tropical Storm Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, was returni...
Denmark to tighten border control after Holy Quran desecrations
OSLO: Danish police are tightening border controls following the recent desecration of the Holy Quran that have affected the security situation, the justice ministry said late on Thursday, following a similar decision by Sweden earlier in the we...
Modi govt faces no-confidence vote over ethnic clashes
NEW DELHI: India's parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi's government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state...
PML-N, PPP top brass to discuss caretaker set-up in Dubai meet-up again
DUBAI: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz arrived in Dubai as Pakistan Peoples’ Party and PML-N gear up for another huddle in UAE. PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign...
Indian troops martyr 2 more Kashmiri youth in IIOJK, 8 since Monday
Held Srinagar: Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Troops martyred these youth during violent cordon and search operation in Machil area of Kupwara distr...
Blinken welcomes IMF’s approval of loan programme for Pakistan
Washington: Secretary Antony Blinken tweeted that United States of America stood by Pakistani people during these hard times and welcome International Monetary Fund’s approval of program to support Pakistan. Antony Blinken urged Pakistan to con...
