The United Nations Security Council met on Sunday to talk about the recent US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites. During the meeting, Russia, China, and Pakistan asked for an immediate and complete stop to the fighting in the Middle East. They suggested a formal resolution for a ceasefire. China’s UN Ambassador, Fu Cong, criticized the […]
Pakistan has again made it clear that it strongly disagrees with the recent US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, which happened during the night of June 21-22. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that Pakistan has always believed Iran has the right to defend itself. Pakistan also said it will always protect […]
The UN chief said there must be an immediate ceasefire and return to “serious, sustained negotiations.” “The people of the region cannot endure another cycle of destruction. And yet, we now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation,” he told the 15-member Council, which is discussing U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities, as […]
Speaking at an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad expressed regret that international calls for de-escalation and dialogue have gone unheeded. “Pakistan’s stance from the beginning has been grounded in international law and the UN Charter,” the ambassador said, reiterating Islamabad’s firm opposition to Israeli aggression […]
According to Pakistan’s state-run news agency, the APP, speaking at the emergency press conference here at the National Press Club, Islamabad, he called the Iranian nuclear program was for peaceful purposes, including generating electricity and others, emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has declared our nuclear program peaceful fifteen times, said a press […]
Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, has been in custody since March, facing potential deportation. “This shouldn’t have taken three months,” Khalil, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, told US media outside an immigration detention center in Jena, Louisiana, hours after […]
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, […]
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 variant B. 1.8.1 accounted for approximately 37% of all new infections in the United States during the two weeks ending June 7. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared it a “variant under monitoring” due to its spike protein mutations and increasing worldwide […]
During his official visit to the United States, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, held a comprehensive and candid exchange with senior scholars, analysts, policy experts, and representatives of leading international media outlets in Washington, D.C. The interaction with prominent U.S. think tanks and representatives of the strategic affairs institutions, provided […]
Many European nations have pledged to significantly increase defence budgets in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has threatened to scale back military support for the region. That tension has been notably absent at this week’s Paris Airshow, where U.S. lawmakers and arms manufacturers pledged greater transatlantic partnership […]
