Pakistan successfully conducts training launch of Fatah-4 cruise missile
Says missile ‘equipped with advanced avionics, is capable of engaging long-range targets with high precision’ Training fire of the indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground launched cruise missile: Screengrab The Pakistan Army on Thursday successfully conducted a training fire of the indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile, the military’s media wing said in a statement. According to […]
Punjab to include Marka-i-Haq in textbooks – Pakistan
LAHORE: Punjab has decided to include the four-day war between Pakistan and India — Marka-i-Haq — in the national curriculum and make films on it. The decision was taken in a meeting of the Information Steering Committee with Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari in the chair here on Wednesday. “To instil a spirit […]
Trump heralds ‘fantastic future’ for US-China as talks with Xi begin
Vows to push Xi to ‘open up’ China to US firms, with Musk and Jensen Huang in his delegation U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping upon arrival at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 14, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS US President Donald Trump on Thursday told China’s […]
Xi calls for China, US to be ‘partners not rivals’ as high-stakes talks with Trump begin in Beijing – World
China’s Xi Jinping called for Washington and Beijing to be “partners not rivals” as two days of talks with US President Donald Trump kicked off on Thursday. The day began with Xi welcoming US President Trump with a handshake at the opulent Great Hall of the People. Accompanied by Trump, Xi shook hands with several […]
Safe return of seamen held by Somali pirates demanded – Pakistan
KARACHI: Ambreen Fatima protested in Karachi with her children on Wednesday for the release of her husband, one of 10 Pakistani crew aboard an oil tanker seized by Somali pirates 23 days ago, and who is now drinking uncleaned tank water to survive, she said. The MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged product tanker, was seized […]
Iran war and oil dominate BRICS meet in India
India, the world’s third-largest oil buyer, normally sources about half of its crude through the Strait of Hormuz India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addresses the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India May 14, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, met in New […]
Faltering tax effort – Newspaper
OVER the past 10 years the state’s tax effort has burdened compliant taxpayers more and more even as it has largely abandoned any attempt to broaden the tax base or bring in more taxpayers. The results are revealing when you look at the revenue numbers over the preceding decade. From 2015 till 2025, for example, […]
Trump in Beijing – Newspaper
DONALD Trump’s arrival in Beijing marks the first China visit by a sitting US president in almost a decade. That alone makes the summit significant. But the timing has given it even greater weight. Originally planned for April but delayed because of the US-Israeli war on Iran, the talks now unfold under the shadow of […]
Man who helped supply ketamine to Matthew Perry sentenced to two years in prison
Erik Fleming sentenced 2 years for supplying ketamine tied to Friends star in fatal 2023 overdose death case in LA A man who helped supply “Friends” star Matthew Perry with the drug ketamine before the actor’s overdose death in 2023 was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday. Erik Fleming had pleaded guilty in […]
UAE ‘denies reports’ of secret Netanyahu visit – World
The United Arab Emirates said Thursday it “denies reports” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the country, after Netanyahu’s office said he had met with the UAE president during the war with Iran. Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday he had “paid a secret visit to the United Arab Emirates” during the war, “where […]