Kashmir Solidarity day observed in Ankara with high-level participation
ANKARA: The Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara observed Kashmir Solidarity Day (05 February) to reaffirm support to the legitimate Kashmiri struggle for realization of their right to self-determination. Former Turkish deputy Prime Minister Recep Akdag, fo...
President Zardari arrives in China for state visit
BEIJING: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in China for a five-day state visit from February 4-8, 2025, at invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. China's finance minister greeted President Asif Zardari at Beijing Airport. Asif Zardari is accom...
Iran unveils new ballistic missile in show of force
TEHRAN: Iran revealed a new ballistic missile that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometres, unveiling it at a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian. State television broadcast images of the missile, dubbed Etemad, or "tru...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk school
MOSCOW: Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia's Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine. Fighting in the nearly three-year war has shown n...
Modi felicitates Trump, says India-US to work together
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump spoke over phone on Monday, Modi said in a post on X, the first contact between the two leaders since Trump's inauguration last week. "We are committed to a mutually benefic...
Afghan Taliban supporters rally against ICC arrest warrant requests
GHAZNI: Afghanistan: Some 200 Taliban supporters rallied in central Afghanistan on Sunday against the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders. The rally followed the announcement by th...
Champions Trophy: Pakistan’s name on India’s jersey to be included, confirms BCCI
New Delhi: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the Pakistan’s name on the India’s jersey to be included. According to the Indian media, the India’s jersey will feature the ICC approved logo of the Champions T...
First three Israeli hostages freed by Hamas under Gaza truce
GAZA: The first three Israeli hostages returning home under a long-awaited Gaza truce were transferred to the Red Cross, a Hamas official and the Israeli military said. The hostages, all women, "were officially handed over to the Red Cross" in Gaza C...
India's RAW behind assassinations, targeted killings in Pakistan
WASHINGTON: India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) spy agency orchestrated a covert assassination campaign, fueling a wave of targeted killings in Pakistan, according to a report from The Washington Post. The report adds that Indian Prime Minister...
Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row, replacing capital punishment with life imprisonment, the White House announced on Monday. The decision comes weeks before Presi...
