US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington expected Islamabad to take “sustained action” against all terrorist groups and that a recently proposed $450 million military sale package for the maintenance of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet would help serve this purpose. “Pakistan’s F-16 program, it’s an important part of the broader US-Pakistan bilateral […]
The Council on Foreign Relations has denounced the abrupt decline of American soft power. Countless newspapers have enumerated that America is losing its cultural dominance swiftly since the Trump presidency. This article is going to posit whether a superpower of the 21st century is really losing its soft power or, so we have been told […]
Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities which prompted Russia and the United States to call for restraint. The escalation of decades-old hostilities between the south Caucasus countries has fuelled fears that a second fully-fledged […]
Ukraine says it has retaken more than 1,000 sq km (385 sq miles) of territory in its south and east from Russia in the last week. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the area had been “liberated” as part of a counter-offensive since 1 September. More than 20 villages in the Kharkiv region have also been recaptured, […]
North Korea has passed a law declaring itself to be a nuclear weapons state, according to state news agency KCNA. The country’s leader Kim Jong-un called the decision “irreversible” and ruled out the possibility of any talks on denuclearisation, it said. The law also enshrines the country’s right to use a pre-emptive nuclear strike to […]
PESHAWAR: Unidentified armed men attacked the convoy of JUI-F leader and mayor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district Saddam Hussain Betni, resulting in the martyrdom of four police personnel on Friday, officials said. District Police Officer (DPO) Waqar Ahmed Khan said that two policemen were also injured during the attack. The martyred personnel were identified as Imran, […]
Pakistan has received some good news ahead of their grand final against Sri Lanka in the T20 Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday that pacer Shahnawaz Dahani, who sustained a leg injury during Pakistan’s group-stage clash against Hong Kong, got fit before the mega final. Dahani practised bowling […]
India’s foreign ministry said on Friday that disengagement along a disputed border area with China where troops from both countries have been locked in a standoff for more than two years will be completed by Sept 12. Indian and Chinese soldiers began withdrawing from the Gogra-Hot Springs area in the western Himalayas on Thursday, after […]
Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 period, according to a UNDP report Pakistan has dropped seven places in the Human Development Index (HDI), ranking 161 out of 192 countries in the 2021-2022 period, according to a UNDP report. According to the report, […]
King Charles III, as he is now known, automatically became the head of the monarchy the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died. Aged 73, he is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history The British royal family are constitutionally obliged to stay out of political issues, but when it comes to the Middle East […]