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7 security personnel injured in blast in Pakistan
Islamabad; Seven security personnel were injured in a blast in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the police said.
The incident occurred when roadside-planted explosives hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps…
Meloni set to act as kingmaker for next European Commission President
Brussels: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Meloni is all set to act as kingmaker for the next European Commission President as she is polling well ahead of her rivals as Italians, Estonians, Latvians, Maltese, Czechs and Slovakians go…
Irish, Czechs hold EU vote after Dutch far-right gains
In Ireland, with around 20 percent of the population born outside the country and record levels of asylum seekers, anti-migrant sentiment has escalated.
N. Korea, China, Russia expanding nuclear arsenals at breakneck pace: US official
Washington: North Korea, China and Russia are expanding and diversifying their nuclear weapons stockpiles at a "breakneck" speed, a White House official has said, warning that absent a change in the trajectory of their arsenals, the US may…
Danish PM attacked in Copenhagen, man arrested
Stockholm: Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was attacked by a man in central Copenhagen on Friday evening.
The attack which took place in a square not far from Frederiksen's home left the Prime Minister "shocked".…
Houthis claim attacks against 2 commercial vessels in Red Sea
Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for launching missile and drone attacks against two commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement on Friday that the attacks targeted…
Blinken to head to Middle East to push for Gaza ceasefire deal
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to the Middle East next week, in his latest attempt to push for an end to the ongoing Gaza war.
Blinken will visit Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Qatar from Monday to…
Sindh govt proposes Kartarpur-like religious corridor for Hindu, Jain pilgrims
Islamabad: Sindh Tourism Minister Zulfiqar Ali Shah on Thursday proposed the development of a Kartarpur-like religious corridor from contiguous areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan to Umarkot and Nagarparkar in his province to enable Hindu and…
NATO chief rules out troop deployment to Ukraine
Helsinki; The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO has no plans to deploy forces to Ukraine.
At a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the second day…
US envoy meets with Egyptian ministers in Cairo over Gaza crisis
Cairo: White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk has held separate meetings with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Defence Minister Mohamed Zaki here to discuss the latest developments of the crisis…
France to supply Mirage warplanes to Ukraine, says Macron
Paris: France will supply Mirage warplanes to Ukraine and train their soldiers, French President Emmanuel Macron has said in an interview with French media.
"We will launch a new cooperation and transfer Mirage 2000-5s," Macron said on…
Mayor of Gaza’s Nuseirat killed in Israeli attack: Sources
Gaza: The Palestinian Mayor of central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, Iyad al-Mughari, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian medical and security sources have said.
The mayor was killed, along with a number of his family…
Biden says he would not pardon his own son if convicted
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said he would not pardon his son Hunter in the event of a conviction in his ongoing criminal trial for unauthorized gun possession.
In a TV interview, Biden was asked whether he was prepared to…
South Africa’s ANC will seek national unity government
Dakar: South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) party has announced it will seek a national unity government after the historic loss of its absolute majority.
"We agreed to invite political parties to form a government…
Four people killed in Czech train collision
Prague: Four people were killed and dozens were injured after a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech Republic late Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing rescuers.
The accident occurred in the northeastern…
Georgia court halts Trump’s 2020 election subversion case
Washington: An appeals court in Georgia halted criminal trial proceedings in former US President Donald Trump's 2020 election subversion case while it reviews appeals.
Trump and 18 others were indicted in August over alleged efforts to…
Army destroyed 2-km-long tunnel in Rafah: IDF
Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said in a statement that it destroyed a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
The statement issued on Wednesday added that the 2-km-long tunnel "was used by terrorists for force build-up…
2 dead, 3 missing after vessel catches fire in Philippines
Manila: Two people died, one was critically injured, and three others were missing after a fishing vessel caught fire off the waters of Cebu province in the central Philippines Wednesday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
Coast…
May marks 12th straight month of ‘record-high’ global temperatures
Brussels: Last month was the warmest May on record globally, marking the 12th consecutive month of record-high global average temperatures, the European Union's (EU) climate monitoring network has said.
Data from the EU's Copernicus…
US B-1B bomber holds drills in S. Korea for 1st time in 7 years
Seoul: The US on Wednesday deployed one B-1B bomber for joint bombing drills in South Korea for the first time in seven years amid heightened tensions over North Korea's trash balloon campaign and GPS jamming attacks.
The US heavy…
