Category: World
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Iran asks Qatar to allow team into country to probe fate of missing pilots
DUBAI: An Iranian official on Sunday demanded that Qatar should allow an Iranian team to enter the country to probe the fate of pilots whom Tehran said were captured by Qatari forces. Qatar denied capturing any Iranian pilots. Doha said on Saturday that its search and rescue teams had found the remains of one pilot…
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Zimbabwe recovers 25 bodies from Lake Kariba, ferry death toll reaches 72
Authorities retrieved 25 bodies from Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba on Saturday, August 15, bringing the death toll from last week’s ferry capsizing to 72, police said, as the search continued for victims. The overloaded passenger ferry run by the government’s Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA) overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in a rare accident on…
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IPP’s Aleem Khan calls for four administrative units in each province
Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) President Abdul Aleem Khan on Saturday backed the establishment of new provinces across the country, saying the people wanted administrative restructuring and that his party would raise its voice for new provinces at every forum. In a statement, Aleem — who is also the federal minister for communications — said voices had…
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rump says ‘US will soon declare Hormuz its territory’ as Iran conflict drives up fuel costs
President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, escalating his rhetoric over the strategic waterway as the Iran conflict pushes up oil and gasoline prices. “After we finish defeating Iran … pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United…
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Makkah defence pact shatters India’s strategy to isolate Pakistan: US expert
American foreign policy expert Daniel Markey said that Pakistan’s new defence alignment with Saudi Arabia and Turkey has strengthened Islamabad’s regional military and diplomatic position, undercutting India’s long-running strategy of isolating Pakistan. The defence pact among Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye has dealt a major setback to India’s longstanding efforts to isolate Pakistan and demonstrated…
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Kashmiris around the world mark India’s independence day as Black Day
As India celebrates its Independence Day on Saturday, Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and across the world observed the day as “Black Day”, protesting what they described as India’s continued control over occupied Kashmir. The call for the observance was issued by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), with various…
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PM warns India over water as Yadgar-e-Fatah inaugurated in Islamabad
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday declared every drop of Pakistan’s water a “red line” and warned India of a direct response if it did not change course, while reiterating that Islamabad wanted peace and stability in the region. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Yadgar-e-Fatah monument in Islamabad on the eve of Independence Day,…
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US could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources say
The United States has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Turkey, that US intelligence officials could not independently verify, according to a current US official and two former officials. The warnings, passed to US intelligence agencies and in some cases relayed directly by Israeli officials to senior White House officials, included possible plots to…
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UN says 2 staff arrested by Afghan intelligence agency
Two staff members of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have been arrested by the country’s intelligence agency, the world body told AFP on Tuesday, adding that it had no access to them for two days. “We confirm that two Afghan UNAMA male staff members were detained by officials of the de facto General Directorate…
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Afghan students divided over smartphone ban at universities
Forced to leave their smartphones off campus, Afghan university students are divided over whether the new anti-tech rule has disrupted their studies or done wonders for their concentration. Soon after Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada ordered government workers to stop using smartphones in June, the ban was also imposed in the world of academia. A 29-year-old…
