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Tehran Signals Defiance Amid Mounting Economic Strains

Iranian leaders have acknowledged growing economic difficulties linked to the war and…

Bangladesh Moves Closer to Major Fighter Jet Deal

Bangladesh has moved closer to acquiring Chinese J-10 fighter jets, with a…

Power Shortfall Triggers Nighttime Loadshedding

The government on Saturday apologised to consumers over nighttime electricity loadshedding, blaming…

PIMS fire: Inquiry report reveals treatment, facilities fall ‘below global standards’

The initial inquiry report into the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute…

Trump says US taking partial control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented US push to take…

9/11 case suffers setback as US judge rejects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s FBI confession

A US military judge has rejected confessions made by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,…

CDF Munir reviews POF Wah’s defence production, indigenisation efforts

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field…

Pakistan busts India’s IWT narrative, warns against weaponising transboundary rivers

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, has rejected India’s…

Iranian president urges Trump to avoid creating turmoil

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday urged US President Donald Trump to…

Iran war drains US military stockpiles, weakens global deterrence: Report

The extensive use of advanced weaponry in the war against Iran has…

Israeli army carries out 2 explosions on outskirts of southern Lebanon town

The Israeli army carried out two explosions on the outskirts of the…

‘No more Mr Nice Guy!’: Trump posts AI-generated image holding weapon

US President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself holding a…

China says dialogue ‘only viable way out’ of US-Iran conflict 

China on Friday reiterated that dialogue and diplomatic negotiations are the only…

PML-N’s Iftikhar Gilani sworn in as 17th prime minister of AJK

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Iftikhar Gilani has been sworn in as…

CDF Munir stresses fact-based thinking among youth amid social media propaganda

Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field…

‘No one will be spared’: Health minister vows indiscriminate action over PIMS inferno

Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has pledged that those responsible for the…

PM Sharif calls for deepening economic ties with ‘strategic partner’ Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed the need for “strategic partners” Pakistan…

India signs deal with US to buy Javelin anti-tank missile systems

The Indian army has signed an agreement with the United States to…

Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll tops 500

Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in…

Seven Palestine Action protesters face being sentenced as ‘terrorists’ by Scottish prosecutors

Defend Our Juries, a UK activist group, has condemned the move by…

Iran warns implementation of US sanctions amounts to complicity in ‘state terrorism’

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the United States’s latest campaign of economic…

Iranian official calls Trump schizophrenic after US territory claim on Strait of Hormuz

Iranian deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, suggested Trump suffers from schizophrenia after…

Concern grows in Lebanon of possible escalation by Israel

This is a growing concern because of this Israeli military escalation, which…

US cannot ‘cut off Iran’s links with the outside world’

The war has changed the strategic landscape in the Middle East and…

Israeli gunfire injures at least one Palestinian in central Gaza

A Palestinian has been seriously wounded by Israeli forces east of Deir…

Iran eager to maintain new ‘balance of power’

Cyrus Schayegh, professor of international history and politics at the Geneva Graduate…

Diplomatic push intensifies as regional officials visit Tehran

This last week, diplomatic regional engagement has gained momentum, with Qatari, Pakistani…

Three family members killed in Israeli attack near southern Gaza’s Khan Younis

Three members of the same family have been killed in an Israeli…

Shipping traffic via Strait of Hormuz slips below 10-day average

Seven ⁠commodity vessels transited ⁠the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from…

Qatar PM seeks to reopen Iran diplomatic channels

DUBAI: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani visited Tehran…