Gwadar University VC, pro-vice chancellor return home 10 days after they were reported missing – Pakistan
QUETTA: The vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the University of Gwadar, another varsity employee and their driver reached home on Sunday, around 10 days after they were reported missing, an official said. “All four, including the vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor, have reached their homes safely,” Babar Yousafzai, an aide at the Balochistan Home […]
China launches three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions – World
China launched its Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday, which will see a Chinese astronaut spend a full year in orbit for the first time, a crucial step in Beijing’s ambition to send humans to the Moon by 2030. The Long March 2-F rocket blasted off in a cloud of flames and smoke on time at 11:08pm […]
‘Heinous crime against humanity’: Condemnations pour in after suicide bombing in Quetta – Pakistan
Global actors express solidarity with Pakistan, extend condolences to the bereaved families. Condemnations poured in on Sunday after suicide attack in Quetta claimed more than 10 lives and left several others injured, with global actors vowing to stand in solidarity with Pakistan. The attack targeted a shuttle train, with images following the blast showing a […]
Security forces kill 11 terrorists in KP’s North Waziristan: ISPR – Pakistan
Security forces have killed 11 terrorists in the Datta Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district during the last 48 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said security forces had “engaged multiple” terrorist locations as part of a series of intelligence-based operations in […]
Pakistan, Arab states condemn Israeli minister Ben-Gvir over Gaza flotilla detention
FMs stress Ben-Gvir’s deliberate public humiliation of detainees is ‘a disgraceful assault on human dignity’ Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir reacts as flotilla activists are detained by Israeli forces in Ashdod Port. Photo: REUTERS The foreign ministers of Pakistan and seven other Muslim states on Sunday strongly condemned the “appalling, degrading, and unacceptable […]
At least 14 killed, 20 injured in suicide bombing targeting train in Quetta: Balochistan govt – Pakistan
QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and 20 others were injured after a blast caused by a vehicle-borne suicide bombing tore through a shuttle train in Quetta on Sunday morning, the Balochistan government said. State-run APP, citing railway authorities, said the shuttle train was heading from Quetta Cantonment to the railway station when it […]
PM Shehbaz lands in Beijing, will hold ‘high-level’ meetings with Chinese leadership – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Beijing on Sunday, where he would have “high-level engagements” with the Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping and his counterpart, Li Qiang. PM Shehbaz landed in Hangzhou on Saturday, kicking off his four-day official visit to China. He addressed the Pakistan-China Business-to-Business Investment Conference in Hangzhou earlier today, following which […]
What we know about the possible US-Iran deal – World
The United States and Iran appear closer than ever to a deal that would end a war that has engulfed the Middle East and disrupted the global oil market. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the world might “get some good news” soon after President Donald Trump announced an agreement had been “largely negotiated” […]
India voices concern on US visas but sees alignment with Rubio – World
India voiced concern on Sunday over a US visa crackdown, striking a rare critical note even as it expressed broad alignment with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on other fractious issues. Paying his first visit to India, Rubio said the two democracies were on the same page on all major issues, brushing aside recent unease […]
‘Illegal, unacceptable’: Pakistan, 13 other nations condemn Somaliland’s announcement of opening embassy in Jerusalem – Pakistan
Pakistan, along with 13 other nations, on Sunday condemned the “illegal and unacceptable step” of the so-called Somaliland opening a “purported” embassy in occupied Jerusalem, terming it an “infringement on the legal and historical status of Jerusalem,” the Foreign Office (FO) said. Somaliland is a breakaway region of Somalia. In December 2025, Israel became the […]