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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NEW DELHI (Pakistan Post) – The Indian army seems out of wits as it has killed five Sikh colleagues at the Line of Control in Kashmir. Sources said two units of Indian army exchanged fire in Baramula on April 26 as a result of which five Sikhs were killed. Sources said the Border Security Force […]
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CAIRO – Negotiations held in Cairo to reach a ceasefire in Gaza were on the verge of a “significant breakthrough”, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday (Apr 28). There was no immediate comment from Israel and Hamas. Axios reporter Barak Ravid said in a brief post on X that an Israeli official denied […]
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SRINAGAR – More than half of the tourist destinations in India’s Kashmir region have been closed to the public from Tuesday, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters, in a bid to tighten security after last week’s attack on holiday-makers. The assailants segregated men, asked their names and targeted Hindus before shooting them at […]
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The Indian government is reportedly in turmoil following the failure of a false flag operation in Pahalgam, with the blame falling squarely on the head of the Indian Army’s Northern Command, Lieutenant General M.V.S. Kumar. According to official sources, the Modi administration has relieved General Kumar of his duties. He will be replaced by Lieutenant […]
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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 […]
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