Musk brands USAID ‘criminal’, Trump calls its leaders ‘radical lunatics’

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 […]

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EU vows firm response if Trump unleashes tariffs

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 […]

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Israeli military says 50 killed in weeks-long West Bank operation

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 […]

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Israeli prime minister in Washington for Gaza ceasefire talks

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 […]

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Israel defies UN and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with US blessing

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, […]

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Bittersweet homecoming for Gazans returning to north

GAZA CITY (Pakistan Post) – Columns of Palestinians carrying what belongings they could headed to north Gaza on Tuesday for a second straight day, after Israel permitted their passage in accordance with an ongoing ceasefire. “I’m happy to be back at my home,” said Saif Al-Din Qazaat, who returned to northern Gaza but had to […]

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15 dead in India after stampede at Hindu mega-festival

PRAYAGRAJ (Pakistan Post) – A stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP Wednesday. Deadly crowd crushes are a notorious feature of Indian religious festivals and the Kumbh Mela, with its unfathomable throngs of […]

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Afghan refugee cricketers in Australia to play first match since fleeing Taliban

MELBOURNE (Pakistan Post) – More than three years after fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept to power, a women’s team of refugee cricketers will play an exhibition match in Melbourne on Thursday, hoping it will be a first step on the path to full internationals. Afghanistan is an established force in the men’s game, having […]

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Fire at Turkey ski resort hotel kills 10, injures 32

ISTANBUL (Pakistan Post) – A fire engulfed a hotel at the popular Kartalkaya ski resort in northwestern Turkey early Tuesday, killing 10 people died and injuring 32 others, the interior minister said. The blaze at the 12-storey Grand Kartal hotel, which has wooden cladding, started at 3:27 am (0027 GMT), Ali Yerlikaya said on X. […]

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Landslide kills 16 in Indonesia’s Central Java, official says

JAKARTA (Pakistan Post) – A landslide in Indonesia’s Central Java city of Pekalongan killed 16 people and injured 10, an official at the country’s disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area since Monday, agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari said. Authorities are now searching for three missing people, […]

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