Category: World

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet in its meeting on Monday approved over eight billion rupees in favour of various ministries. The ECC, which met in Islamabad today with Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in the chair approved a Technical Supplementary Grant of Rs 1.945 billion in favour of the […]

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Post) – US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday (Jan 6) that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have been speaking through representatives and he believes the two leaders will get along. “We’ve already been talking. We’ve been talking through their representatives,” Trump said in an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh […]

BEIRUT (Paksitan Post) – Visiting US envoy Amos Hochstein said Israeli forces began withdrawing on Monday from a south Lebanon border town more than halfway into a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. It is the second such pullout since a November 27 ceasefire, and came after United Nations peacekeepers and Lebanon’s prime minister late […]

GENEVA (Pakistan Post) – The UN World Food Programme said on Monday (Jan 6) that Israeli forces had opened fire on one of its convoys in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza in what it called a “horrifying incident”. The agency said the convoy of three vehicles carrying eight staff members from central Gaza to […]

DUBAI (Pakistan Post) – The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional administration of post-war Gaza until a reformed Palestinian Authority is able to take charge, according to people familiar with the talks. The behind-the-scenes discussions, reported by Reuters for the first time, included the possibility of […]

DEIR AL-BALAH (Pakistan Post) – Gazan father, Tayseer Obaid, dug a large pit under his family’s tent in Deir al-Balah to protect his family of 10, including his children, from ongoing Israeli strikes on the Gaza strip. The 37-year-old Palestinian did not run out of ideas to support his family during the war. With the […]

BEIJING (Pakistan Post) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region. Rescue workers climbed mounds of broken bricks, […]

PARIS (Pakistan Post) – The world ushered in 2025 on Tuesday, with huge crowds waving goodbye to the old year that brought Olympic glory, a dramatic Donald Trump return and turmoil in the middle East and Ukraine. It is all but certain that 2024 will go down as the hottest year on record, with climate-fuelled […]

WASHINGTON – The United States on Monday unveiled almost $6 billion in military and budget aid for Ukraine, as Washington races to provide assistance before Donald Trump takes office next month. The imminent return of Trump, who has repeatedly criticized aid for Ukraine, has cast doubt on American support continuing at similar levels as under […]

Memorial services for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter are expected to take place over several days in Georgia and Washington, D.C., after he died on Sunday at the age of 100. Here is what we know about funeral plans. WHEN IS THE FUNERAL? Carter’s state funeral, a national tribute traditionally reserved for heads of state, […]