KARACHI: A leading Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Abdul Wahid Kumbho was shot dead before top LeT terrorist Razaullah Nizamani Khalid, also known as Abu Saifullah Khalid, was killed by armed men in Sindh province on Sunday, local sources confirmed on Monday.
QUETTA: A car bomb explosion in Gulistan Area of Qila Abdullah, a border area of Pakistan's Balochistan province with Afghanistan, has killed at least four people and injured more than 20 others, eight of them critically injured.
LOS ANGELES: At least one person was killed and five others injured in an explosion outside a fertility clinic in the desert resort city of Palm Springs, California, according to authorities.
NEW DELHI: India and Afghanistan continue to redefine the historic friendship between the two countries even as Delhi's Khari Baoli, Asia's largest dry fruit and spice market, bears the brunt of current geopolitical situation and lack of imports from Kabul.
ROME: Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and its partners said in a report.
COLOMBO: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka, along with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre and Bihar Museum, organised 'Dhamma Rupa' exhibition as part of the Buddha Rashmi Vesak Festival at Seemamalakaya, Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo.
SEOUL: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday announced his departure from the People Power Party (PPP), urging the public to support the party's presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that he is not frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as the war against Hamas in Gaza persists.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a first formal acceptance of Indian airstrikes, has confirmed that the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi was hit during the night between May 9 and May 10, when India launched its missile strikes on multiple Pakistani airbases.
NEW DELHI: India's Operation Sindoor has reverberated through Pakistan's military circles, showcasing the unparalleled precision and strategic military acumen of the Indian armed forces.
NEW YORK: The New York State Senate adopted a resolution commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution, introduced by Senator Jeremy Cooney celebrating India’s democratic values and its shared commitment to liberty, justice, and equality with the United States.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has come under widespread criticism for citing a fake newspaper image praising Pakistan, circulated over social media platforms, falsely claiming it to be from the UK-based paper The Daily Telegraph. Ishar Dar referred to the fake image describing Pakistan Airforce (PAF) as the ‘undisputed king of the skies’, during his speech in the Parliament session on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS: In today’s world that is “on fire” from wars, economic rivalries, poverty, and environmental degradation, diplomats and scholars looked back more than 2,500 years to the teachings of Buddha for solutions.
SEOUL: South Korea's trade chief Ahn Duk-geun was set to hold talks with US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer on Friday on the sidelines of a trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies, officials said.
BERLIN: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and visiting British Defence Secretary John Healey have agreed to start working on a new "Deep Precision Strike Capability" system aimed at a range of more than 2,000 km.
UNITED NATIONS: India remains the fastest-growing large economy and is expected to record a 6.3 per cent growth this fiscal year, while the global economy faces a "precarious moment," according to the UN.
ANKARA: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would not attend upcoming peace talks with Russia in Istanbul, though Kyiv will send a delegation led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov as part of a renewed push to de-escalate the conflict.
GAZA: At least 80 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, said Palestinian medical sources.
ISTANBUL: Ukrainian and Russian delegations were expected to meet for peace talks, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepared for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
NEW YORK: A federal judge in the US has ordered the release of an Indian academic held by the immigration authorities and threatened with deportation.
ISTANBUL: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine cannot be solved militarily.
SEOUL: The new interim leader of the South Korean People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday urged former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to leave the party to help it win the June 3 presidential election, as the party struggles to narrow the gap in the critical race against its rival Democratic Party (DP).
ISLAMABAD: As part of the ongoing campaign to deport illegal and Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders from Pakistan, the government has repatriated about 1.3 million Afghan nationals since November 2023, Pakistan’s Parliamentary Secretary Mukhtar Ahmed Malik said during a meeting.
SYDNEY: The death toll from an outbreak of a tropical disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding in northern Australia has increased to 31.
QUETTA: The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Thursday condemned the murder of Fahad Lehri, a student of Balochistan, calling it a continuation of Pakistan's "kill and dump" policy to suppress the Baloch identity.
UNITED NATIONS: Buddha's principle of the middle path is relevant in today's time of global uncertainty, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, P. Harish, said here at the commemoration of Vesak.
SYDNEY: Two people have died and four others have been injured in two separate traffic crashes within hours on Wednesday in northern Australia, the police said on Thursday.
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the composition of the Russian delegation for upcoming talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, according to a Kremlin statement.
BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here, reaffirming Germany's steadfast commitment to UN peacekeeping operations.
DOHA: Qatar and the US signed here a series of deals to boost bilateral cooperation following a meeting between the two heads of state, according to a statement from the Emiri Diwan, the administrative office of the Qatari Emir.
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has commended India and Pakistan for taking steps to reduce tension when he took a phone call from Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to a UN spokesperson.
ISLAMABAD: Alarmed by reports of illegal eviction of Christians and occupation of their land in Kot Addu district, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has issued an urgent appeal to the government of Pakistan and provincial government of Punjab, calling for an immediate action against culprits who are involved in the ongoing injustice and deliberate neglect of the minority community.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is scheduled to start virtual discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the country's upcoming fiscal budget after the visit of the IMF mission was delayed due to security reasons amid the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan which have affected flight operations nationwide.
QUETTA: Bodies of at least four labourers, hailing from different parts of Pakistan's Punjab province were found in Balochistan’s Nushki district on Wednesday, raising alarms over the ongoing targetted killings of Punjab origin citizens in different parts of the province. Officials confirmed the targetted killing of four people, stating that gunmen opened fire on the victims killing them on the spot.
RIYADH: US President Donald Trump met Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa in the presence of Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh on Wednesday.
MOGADISHU: At least 17 people have been killed and more than 84,000 others displaced by flash floods following torrential rains across Somalia since mid-April, the United Nations relief agency said.
SEOUL: South Korean Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung called on the People Power Party (PPP) on Wednesday to immediately expel former President Yoon Suk Yeol from the party, criticising him as a "military coup leader."
BOSTON: An Indian-origin student from the US died after falling from a balcony in the Bahamas, just a few days before graduating.
MOSCOW: The Kremlin has rejected the ruling of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, which placed the responsibility for the 2014 Malaysia Airlines crash on Russia.
OTTAWA: External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar extended best wishes to his Canadian counterpart, Anita Anand, on being sworn in as the Foreign Minister.