Moody’s first gave the United States its pristine “Aaa” rating in 1919 and is the last of the three major credit agencies to downgrade it. Friday’s cut by one notch to “Aa1” follows a change in 2023 in the agency’s outlook on the sovereign due to wider fiscal deficits and higher interest payments. “Successive US […]
Speaking to Fox News during his visit to the Middle East, Trump discussed his role in mediating a ceasefire between Pakistan and India, suggesting that his intervention helped prevent what he described as a potential nuclear conflict. “That was going to be a nuclear war, I think, or close… And now everyone’s happy,” Trump said. […]
“This is not just another shelling — it is a cynical war crime,” Ukraine’s National Police said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Russia’s TASS state news agency reported, citing a statement from the defence ministry, that Russian forces struck a Ukrainian military equipment staging area in the Sumy region with drones. The […]
While briefing the 15-member body earlier this week, U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said: “Will you act decisively to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?” In a letter to Fletcher on Friday, Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accused him of delivering “a political sermon” and weaponizing the word genocide against Israel, […]
In early March, shortly before the collapse of a two-month ceasefire in its war against Hamas, Israel reimposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of critical shortages of everything from food and clean water to fuel and medicines. US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday that “a lot of […]
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is intolerable,” Macron told reporters as he attended a meeting of European leaders in Albania. “We are reaching a level that we have never seen before, in terms of the humanitarian impact, since the beginning of this,” said Macron. Macron said the priority was on getting a ceasefire in the […]
According to a press release, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Italian NGO CESVI have signed a partnership agreement to officially launch the RAFAA (Resilience & Adaptation by Fostering Anticipatory Action) project in Sindh. The initiative is funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The €4 million project […]
The upper house seat from the province was vacated after the death of PML-N Senator Professor Sajid Mir, who passed away on May 03 in Sialkot. The election commission after scrutiny, approved the nomination papers of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan’s PML-N backed candidate Hafiz Abdul Karim. The nominations of the PTI’s Ijaz Hussain, Mahar […]
According to his lawyer, Rana Mudassir, Qureshi was shifted to the hospital following Fajr prayers. The former foreign minister underwent an initial check-up by jail doctors before being moved to the hospital for further evaluation, where he is currently undergoing multiple diagnostic tests. Rana Mudassar confirmed that the jail administration informed Qureshi’s family about his […]
According to a CTD spokesperson, the province recorded 284 terrorism incidents this year, with North Waziristan being the hardest hit, accounting for 53 incidents. Other districts, including Bannu (35 incidents), Dera Ismail Khan (31 incidents), Kurram (8 incidents), and Peshawar (13 incidents), also faced significant militant activity. The CTD disclosed that 1,116 individuals were named […]
