Among those seized was the man Turkish intelligence identifies as ISIS’s intelligence chief for all of Turkey Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) on Saturday said 10 ISIS (Daesh) suspects, including one linked to the 2015 Ankara train station attack, were captured in Syria in a joint operation with Syrian intelligence, Turkish security sources said. According…
Guterres says the NPT Review Conference fell short at precisely the moment the world needed it most United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 27, 2026. REUTERS UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed disappointment after a major…
Araghchi says despite deep mistrust toward US, Iran has re-entered the diplomatic process Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi, India on May 15, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Iran on Saturday attributed difficulties in the Pakistan-mediated negotiations between Tehran and the United States to what it described…
Armed security on a tanker near Socotra turned away a five-person small craft within 100 metres of the vessel World’s most strategic oil chokepoint Strait of Hormuz. PHOTO: REUTERS A product tanker sailing within 200 nautical miles west of the Yemeni Island of Socotra was approached by a small craft carrying five people, but turned…
Smoke rising from an explosion as the result of an Israeli strike in a populated area in Lebanon. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY A new wave of Israeli strikes early Saturday damaged a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, state news agency NNA reported. The raid caused extensive damage to Hiram Hospital, including operating rooms,…
Xi Jinping has ordered a thorough investigation after one of China’s worst mining accidents in years Rescuers work at the site following a gas explosion at Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, Shanxi province, China May 23, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi…
Trump administration reportedly reviewing possible strikes while awaiting Tehran’s response to latest proposal Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran for late-night talks focused on diplomatic efforts to halt US-Israeli aggression and strengthen regional peace and stability. PHOTO: PRESSTV ON X Chief of Army Staff…
. Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry speaking to reporters outside Parliament House in Islamabad on October 9, 2025. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Talal Chaudhry on Friday informed the National Assembly (NA) that following a large-scale operation in the riverine (Kacha) areas of Punjab, all regions had been cleared…
. LAHORE: Police along with individuals in plain clothes conducted a late-night raid at the residence of AJK Legislative Assembly member Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan, who is also a PTI leader and an office-bearer of its Lahore organisation. A video footage of the operation that went viral on social media showed armed personnel jumping over the…
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday inaugurated the 39-kilometre Shahrah-e-Bhutto Expressway and also performed the groundbreaking of its strategic extension from Qayyumabad to Karachi Port. The PPP chief said the project is a major milestone for Karachi’s urban mobility, transport efficiency and economic connectivity. The inauguration ceremony of the Sindh…