GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories) – Plumes of smoke rose Thursday over the northern Gaza Strip, where Israel’s military urged civilians to evacuate, as rescuers said Israeli strikes across the territory killed more than 50 people. The latest evacuation warning for parts of Gaza City and neighbouring areas came hours after the United Nations said it […]
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WASHINGTON – US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce while briefing the media in Washington on Thursday said that the United States involvement and assistance made a difference in achieving and maintaining the ceasefire between Pakistan and India. Tammy Bruce said that Pakistan and India were very close to a full-scale war and US played a […]
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Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors, according to the statement. “While […]
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The Children’s Commissioner is calling for generative AI apps to be banned, saying they are being used to create sexually explicit images of children. Dame Rachel de Souza wants the Government to ban all apps that allow for ‘nudification’ (where photos of real people are edited by AI to make them appear naked). She also […]
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JERUSALEM (Pakistan Post) – Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for an expanded operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday (May 2), adding to signs that attempts to stop the fighting and return hostages held by Hamas have made no progress. The decision came after comments from both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
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NEW DELHI (Pakistan Post) – India said it has banned the import of goods originating from or transiting via Pakistan as diplomatic tensions between the two nuclear-armed nations flared in the wake of a deadly attack on tourists in disputed Kashmir region. India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade in a notification said the ban will […]
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OTTAWA (Pakistan Post) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals retained power in the country’s election on Monday, but fell short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with US President Donald Trump. The Liberals were leading or elected in 167 electoral districts, known as seats, followed by the Conservatives […]
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DAMASCUS – More than a dozen people were killed in a predominantly Druze town near the Syrian capital on Tuesday in clashes sparked by a purported recording of a Druze man cursing the Prophet Mohammad which angered Sunni gunmen, rescuers and security sources said. The fighting marked the latest episode of deadly sectarian violence in […]
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MAIDUGURI – At least 26 people were killed on Monday when two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, the heartland of an Islamist insurgency, residents said. The International Safety Organisation, which provides security to foreign non-governmental organisations in the northeast, said in an internal memo seen by Reuters that the […]
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BAKU – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Monday with his Azerbaijani counterpart in a rare visit to Baku, the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the two neighbours. Tensions between the two have run high for years, largely due to Azerbaijan’s close ties with Iran’s arch-enemy Israel, then further exacerbated by a January […]
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