Pakistan said Friday it had arrested four members of a cell over this week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad, which the government said was led from Afghanistan. The Tuesday attack outside court buildings was claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Those arrested in connection with the bombing, which […]
Read MoreChief Adviser Muhammad Yunus yesterday (13 November) reaffirmed the interim government’s commitment to ensuring a free, fair, and inclusive general election in the first half of February, emphasising an expected “big turnout” and a fresh start for Bangladesh. “The election will be participatory. There will be a big turnout,” he said during a meeting with […]
Read MoreDr. Majid Rafizadeh According to the UN and the World Meteorological Organization, 2025 is projected to be one of the hottest years in human history. This is because average global temperatures continue to rise at an unprecedented pace. This increase is felt particularly acutely in the Middle East, a region that has contributed minimally to […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH: Cambodia on Thursday evacuated hundreds of people from a village along its disputed border with Thailand, a day after one of its residents was reported killed when shooting between the two nations broke out there. Wednesday’s shooting occurred two days after a Thai soldier lost a foot to a land mine while patrolling […]
Read MoreBy Sadokat Jalolova and Stephen M. Bland Uzbekistan is advancing a broad effort to strengthen its relationship with the United States through new economic, diplomatic, and technological initiatives. A presidential decree establishing the Uzbekistan–U.S. Business and Investment Council, alongside a major artificial intelligence partnership with NVIDIA, underscores the country’s strategy to draw investment and accelerate […]
Read MoreLONDON: Israeli soldiers have revealed that they were allowed to shoot freely at their own discretion in Gaza, exposing a disregard for the laws of war in a new documentary set to air on UK public television Monday night. The film, “Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War,” offers rare firsthand testimonies from Israel Defense Forces soldiers […]
Read MoreBy Andrei Matveev In a striking display of diplomatic balancing, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ended 2025 with a high-profile state visit to Moscow, where he and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a declaration elevating bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance. The visit came just days after Tokayev returned from Washington, where he […]
Read MoreMANILA: Many powerful politicians linked to corruption in Philippine flood control projects will be in jail by Christmas, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, after dozens of officials were named as suspects in a multibillion-dollar graft scandal. Public outrage has grown since August in the Philippines, after an audit ordered by Marcos revealed that […]
Read MoreLONDON: Syrian Foreign Affairs Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani raised the new flag of the Syrian Arab Republic at the country’s embassy in London on Thursday, marking the reopening of the diplomatic building after 12 years of closure. Following the collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime nearly a year ago, the new authorities in Damascus adopted a white, […]
Read MoreBAGHDAD: A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani came first in Iraq’s parliamentary election, the Independent High Electoral Commission said on Wednesday. His coalition received 1.317 million votes in Tuesday’s election, the commission said. Reuters reported earlier that Sudani placed first, citing two electoral commission officials with knowledge of the results. Sudani […]
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