Multiple EU diplomats and officials told AFP the signs are positive that a security agreement will be inked when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets EU chiefs in London on May 19. The “security and defence partnership” is billed as an important first step in Starmer’s much-vaunted push to reset ties after the years of […]
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif confirmed the martyrdom of 26 Pakistanis and injuries to 46 others in Indian strikes across six different locations in Pakistan. China, which shares land borders with both countries and is a close ally of Pakistan, said it expressed “regret over India’s military action this […]
Gaza civil defence media officer Ahmad Radwan told AFP that a total of 31 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli strikes “on a school sheltering displaced persons” in the Bureij refugee camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military, meanwhile, said in a statement that its forces had struck […]
India blamed Pakistan for the April 22 attack. Pakistan denied the claims and called for a neutral probe. Pakistan said it was mounting a response to India’s military actions that occurred early on Wednesday Asia time and late Tuesday U.S. time. “It’s a shame, we just heard about it,” Donald Trump told reporters, opening a […]
Pakistan’s armed forces are giving a befitting response to India’s misadventure after overnight strikes. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Bloomberg TV that Pakistan’s military shot down five Indian jets and multiple drones in response to India’s airstrikes along the Line of Control. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar also confirmed this, stating that the jets were […]
“This will inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed and the further destruction of Gaza,” Farhan Aziz Haq, the deputy spokesperson, said, responding to a journalist’s question during the regular media briefing in New York. “What’s imperative now is an end to the violence, not more civilian deaths and destruction. Gaza is, and must remain, […]
“The Russian side confirmed its readiness to contribute to the promotion of this dialogue to reach a fair agreement based on the principles of international law,” the Kremlin said in a readout of a call between the leaders. The latest round of the talks between Tehran and Washington, initially set for May 3, was postponed, […]
“Cutting off drinking water to the population is like dropping a terrible silent bomb on them … silent but lethal,” Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, said in an interview with the Turkish news agency Anadolu. Arrojo-Agudo described the critical water crisis facing the 2.1 […]
Bangladesh has been led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in August last year. A large number of her Bangladesh Nationalist Party thronged at Dhaka airport to accord a welcome to their party leader. Khaleda Zia, Hasina’s archrival, and her BNP […]
Hegseth has long been vocal about how he views the senior-most ranks of the military as too big. The former News host has moved with stunning speed to reshape the department, firing top generals and admirals as he seeks to implement Trump’s national security agenda and root out diversity initiatives he calls discriminatory. In a […]
