Pakistan, Iran eye to dial down tensions

Pak FM talks to his Iranian counterpart, says Islamabad wants to build trust; Pakistan’s civil, military leaders meet to review security
19 January 2024

Gaza war death toll now 24,762

What is the humanitarian situation in war-ravaged Gaza?
19 January 2024

Global tourism to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2024: UN

International tourism levels will be slightly higher than its pre-pandemic levels in 2024 boosted by an expected resurgence in Asia, the UN's World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said Friday
19 January 2024

Pakistan's civil, military leaders to review Iran standoff

Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders will carry out a security review today on the standoff with Iran, the information minister said, after the neighbours carried out drone and missile strikes on militant bases in each other's territory
19 January 2024

US rules out possibility of not recognising Sheikh Hasina govt

The United States yesterday ruled out any perception that they will not recognise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's fourth straight term in office
19 January 2024

UN, US call for calm after Iran, Pakistan trade strikes

The United Nations and the United States appealed for restraint on Thursday after Iran and Pakistan traded deadly air strikes on militant targets on each other's territory..The rare military action across the porous border between the heavily armed neighbours has further stoked tensions al
19 January 2024

US spaceship lost over South Pacific after failed Moon mission

A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon
19 January 2024

NKorea says tested 'underwater nuclear weapon system'

North Korea said today that it had tested an "underwater nuclear weapon system" in response to joint naval exercises by Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo that involved a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
19 January 2024

Thousands of Indian workers seek jobs in Israel

Thousands of men queued in India’s northern state of Harayana during a recruitment drive to send workers to Israel, where the offensive in Gaza, now in its fourth month, has caused a shortage of labour.
18 January 2024

Greenland lost more ice than previously thought

Climate change has caused Greenland’s ice sheet to lose 20 percent more ice than previously thought, according to research published Wednesday that used satellite imagery to track the retreat of glaciers over the past four decades.
18 January 2024

Gaza hospitals in ‘rapid deterioration’

A World Health Organization official on Wednesday described dire conditions in the Gaza Strip’s remaining hospitals, where patients are “waiting to die” due to extreme shortages of staff and supplies.
18 January 2024

Residents flee as Israel pounds Khan Younis

Israeli forces advancing into the southern Gaza Strip’s main city pounded areas near the biggest hospital still functioning in the enclave yesterday, sending patients and residents fleeing a battle they feared would lay the city to waste.
18 January 2024

Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet

The James Webb space telescope has discovered the oldest black hole ever detected, which was thriving so soon after the Big Bang that it challenges our understanding of how these celestial behemoths form, astronomers said Wednesday.
18 January 2024

Houthi Targets In Yemen: US launches 4th round of strikes

American forces targeted 14 missiles that were ready to launch in Yemen, the US military said later on Wednesday, after Washington re-designated the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “terrorist” entity for their attacks on merchant vessels.
18 January 2024

Ukrainian drone hits targets in St Petersburg

Ukraine hit targets in Russia during a drone attack on an oil terminal in St Petersburg yesterday as part of a “new phase” in the region, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters.
18 January 2024

Tension rises as Pak strikes kill 9 in Iran

Pakistan said it used killer drones and rockets to strike separatist Baloch militants inside Iran yesterday, in a retaliatory strike two days after Tehran said it attacked the bases of another group within Pakistani territory.
18 January 2024

Iraqi PM again demands US-led coalition leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani yesterday repeated his call for the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition to depart his country amid soaring regional tensions over the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
18 January 2024

24,448 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct 7

A total of 24,448 Palestinians have been killed and 61,504 have been wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday
18 January 2024

Anymore ‘misadventure’ from Iran will be met forcefully: Pakistan security source

Pakistan's military is on "extremely" high alert and anymore "misadventure" from the Iranian side will be met forcefully, a top Pakistani security source said today, amid escalating tensions between the neighbours
18 January 2024

9 dead in Pakistan strikes on Iran

The death toll from Pakistan strikes on a border region in Iran's southeast rose to nine, state media reported on Thursday, up from seven earlier
18 January 2024