Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 people across Lebanon on Friday, including eight security personnel Rescue personnel working at a site that Israel bombed. PHOTO: ANADOLU Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanon starting at dawn on Saturday, killing three people, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. A residential building in the…
Orion capsule splashes down off California coast; crew travelled 252,756 miles, deeper into space than any before The Artemis II crew capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean in this screengrab from a livestream video after the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon, April 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The Artemis II capsule and its…
. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media on the situation in the Middle East, at Downing Street in central London on March 16, 2026. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday felicitated Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on hosting peace negotiations in Islamabad between the United States and Iran, and…
. JERUSALEM: Israel said on Friday it had blocked Spain from participating in the work of a US-led centre established to help stabilise post-war Gaza following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in Kiryat Gat was set up after the ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, to monitor the…
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 12, 2026. REUTERS BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping met Taiwan’s opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun in Beijing on Friday, telling the visiting delegation he had “full confidence” that Taiwanese and…
. Palestinians gather near the Dome of the Rock on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan on Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 14, 2023. REUTERS JERUSALEM: Thousands of Palestinian worshippers gathered at Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday prayers after a closure that…
view shows houses and buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, October 11, 2023. Photo:REUTERS BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes across the country over the past 48 hours has risen to 357, up from a previous count of 303, while it says 1,223 more…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the nation on Friday. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a reduction of Rs135 per litre in the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) and a Rs12 per litre cut in petrol from Saturday (today), passing on relief to consumers after a decline in international fuel prices. In…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the nation on Friday. Photo: PMO ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia on Friday assured Pakistan of providing full financial support to deal with the issues stemming from the Middle East conflict, extending its helping hand at a time when Islamabad is making nearly $5 billion debt repayments and trying to keep external…
Iranian delegation led by Speaker Ghalibaf touches down in Islamabad US VP Vance en route Federal capital abu Pakistan’s leaders welcome the Iranian delegation for talks with the United States in Islamabad on Friday night. — SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: As senior figures from the United States and Iran are set to hold historic…