Category: World

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

LONDON (Pakistan Post) – Prince Harry’s legal battle against Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group goes to trial at the High Court in London on Tuesday with the royal seeking a ruling that senior figures knew about and covered up widespread wrongdoing. Harry, along with former senior lawmaker Tom Watson, is suing News Group Newspapers over […]

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Post) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.S. from its closest allies. Trump’s action, hours after he was sworn in to a […]

US President-elect Donald Trump’s team is finalizing an aggressive slate of executive orders on immigration that are expected to be issued hours after he is sworn in, CNN reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The measures include US Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in major metropolitan areas, sending more Pentagon resources […]

BANGKOK (Pakistan Post) – Thailand is stepping up security for tourists to restore the confidence of Chinese visitors, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday after an alleged kidnapping of a Chinese actor sparked concerns about the safety of travellers. Tourism is a key driver of Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, and China is the biggest […]

President Joe Biden, who leaves office next week, announced on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses, saying he has now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any predecessor. Those benefiting from Friday’s action “are serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would […]