. COPENHAGEN: The United States, Denmark and Greenland will on Tuesday sign the announced US security deal for Greenland on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Denmark’s government said. US President Donald Trump said last Friday that the arrangement will give America “permanent control” over security for Greenland, an autonomous Danish…
KYIV: Russia battered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv overnight with one of its biggest ballistic missile barrages of the war, killing at least one person and wounding 16 others, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. A series of powerful explosions thundered across the darkened city in an attack that involved 41 missiles of various types, the air…
Pakistan should not depend on foreign institutions for assessment of its budget. An Independent Fiscal Council with statutory authority will provide parliament with its own expert voice, independent of the executive’s fiscal claims. photo: file ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s fiscal strategy and productivity landscape have been marred by years of perpetual firefighting. Beyond the International Monetary Fund’s…
. QUETTA: The Balochistan government has formally established a high-level inquiry commission to probe the deadly terrorist attack in Ziarat that left 27 police personnel martyred. Formed under Section 3(1) of the Balochistan Tribunals of Inquiry Ordinance, 1969, the panel is launching a comprehensive investigation into the assault on the police post guarding Pumping Station…
Grants investigators more time to recover weapons, cash, and other alleged case property A judicial magistrate on Thursday granted police a further four-day physical remand of three suspects allegedly involved in the abduction and rape of two foreign women, accepting the investigating agency’s request to complete the recovery of weapons and other case property. Judicial…
Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at the residence of the Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2025. REUTERS Canada is optimistic about concluding negotiations on a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India by year-end, the country’s minister for international trade…
KARACHI: Security personnel foiled an attack on a Pakistan Rangers transport work-shop near Mausamiyat Chowrangi in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area on Saturday night. Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard during the ensuing operation as Rangers and police launched a search and clearance operation inside the workshop. No official statement was issued until late Saturday regarding casualties,…
Warns that any attempt to suppress the peaceful protest could turn the movement into an anti-government campaign JI chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman addressing the opening session of the party’s three-day congregation at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. Photo: X/file LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Tuesday announced a nationwide blockade of major highways on August…
Minister of Social Development Samah Hamad said 74,200 children need urgent treatment for acute malnutrition. PHOTO: ANADOLU Around 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza face acute levels of food insecurity, while medicine shortages in the war-ravaged enclave have reached 47%, Palestinian officials warned on Monday. Minister of Social Development Samah Hamad said 74,200 children need urgent…
Greater Manchester mayor’s parliamentary election victory boosts hopes of reversing Labour’s declining support British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a media statement at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 30, 2026. REUTERS Prime Minister Keir Starmer could on Monday set out a timetable for his departure and usher in an orderly transfer of power to…