Category: World

BEIRUT (Lebanon) (Pakistan Post) – Israel was poised to miss another deadline for withdrawing from Lebanon after its military said Monday it would remain in five “strategic points” despite pushback from Beirut. Lebanon’s president had earlier voiced concern that Israel would miss the Tuesday deadline under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and urged […]

JERUSALEM (Pakistan Post) – Israel expressed commitment on Monday to a US proposal to take over Gaza and displace its Palestinian residents, as Washington’s top diplomat held talks in Saudi Arabia where he was expected to push the plan opposed by Arab states. Arriving in the kingdom after talks in Israel, Secretary of State Marco […]

RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) (Pakistan Post) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday, during talks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, that any deal on the future of war-torn Gaza must boost regional security, the US State Department said. Rubio, who arrived from Israel accompanied by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz […]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Pakistan Post) — The top diplomats from Russia and the U.S. met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to begin talks on improving ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, joined by […]

NEW YORK (Pakistan Post) – Pakistan has broken its diplomatic isolation through active diplomacy, with the country’s economy now set to take off as a result of the hard work done by Prime MInister Shehbaz Sharif’s government, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar told members of the Pakistani community. “We are no longer isolated,” he said […]

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Post) – Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a “criminal organization” on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was “run by radical lunatics” and said he was considering its future. The assault on the agency tasked with humanitarian relief overseas marks a significant new front in Trump’s […]

BRUSSELS (Belgium) (Pakistan Post) – The European Union insisted Sunday it would retaliate “firmly” if US President Donald Trump hit it with tariffs, as Brussels decried his sweeping measures against Canada, Mexico and China. Brussels until now has said it hopes to avoid a trade conflict with Trump through negotiation. But on Friday the US […]

JENIN (Palestinian Territories) (Pakistan Post) – The Israeli military said Sunday that it had killed at least 50 Palestinians during more than two weeks of operations in the occupied West Bank, earlier levelling buildings in Jenin refugee camp in the territory. “As part of the operation to thwart terrorism… the IDF (military) recently destroyed several […]

JERUSALEM (Pakistan Post) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to begin talks on Monday on brokering a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas, his office said, as he visits the new Trump administration in Washington. Ahead of his departure, Netanyahu told reporters he would discuss “victory over Hamas”, contending with Iran and […]

UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Post) – Israel, backed by Washington, will cease contact with the UN’s Palestinian humanitarian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, drawing condemnation from aid groups. Signaling a shift in the US position on the agency by the administration of President Donald Trump, […]