Speaking to the media in New Jersey, Trump said the Nobel Committee should award him the prize for his global peace efforts in places such as Rwanda, Congo, Serbia, and Kosovo. “The big one is India and Pakistan — I should have gotten it four or five times,” Trump remarked. “But they won’t give me […]
Around 40 diplomats are slated to join the weekend gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as Israel and Iran continue to exchange missile strikes. “The Foreign Minister arrived in Istanbul this morning to participate in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ meeting,” Tasnim reported. It comes after Araghchi met with his counterparts […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been expected to meet Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Washington on July 1 for the annual 2+2 security talks. But Tokyo scrapped the meeting after the U.S. asked Japan to boost defense spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product, […]
Trump has been mulling whether to involve the United States in Israel’s bombing campaign, indicating in his latest comments that he could decide on the two-week deadline he set this week. Israel said Saturday its air force had launched fresh airstrikes against missile storage and launch sites in central Iran, as it kept up a […]
Citing assessments by independent international institutions, the European External Action Service said “there are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement”. The report comes after months of deepening concern in European capitals about Israel’s operations in Gaza and the humanitarian situation in […]
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he is giving Iran a limited time to respond, and that two weeks would be the maximum time before he decides on possible action. He made this statement when reporters asked if he was thinking about attacking Iran soon because of the rising tensions in the Iran-Israel […]
“We categorically reject claims that Pakistan sought a ceasefire following the Indian aggression,” the Foreign Office spokesperson said in a statement issued late Friday. He said that Deputy Prime Dar, in his media interviews and statements, had explained that Pakistan responded decisively to Indian aggression in exercise of its right to self-defence. He explained that […]
SIFC, by this initiative, has simplified international payments and boosted the country’s freelance ecosystem. The trial project, launched earlier this year, lets 10,000 freelancers receive payments via PayPal through a mediator, without requiring them to create PayPal accounts themselves. The system, PayPal for Pakistani freelancers, makes sure that payments sent from abroad are directly deposited […]
Asim Iftikhar Ahmad called Israel’s aggression a “grave threat” to regional and global peace, reiterating Pakistan’s resolute solidarity with Iran, emphasising the need for swift easing of tension and a return to diplomacy. Ambassador Iftikhar expressed appreciation for the UN Secretary-General’s diplomatic efforts and repeated his message of global responsibility in addressing the Israel-Iran conflict. […]
Responding to a question raised by Senator Jan Muhammad Buledi during the Senate’s ongoing budget session, he said all Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) funds are being dedicated to its key infrastructure development under the special direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The minister said that major road projects, including the Quetta-Chaman and Quetta-Karachi (N-25) highways, […]
