PM Shehbaz, CDF Munir meet Saudi crown prince in Makkah – Pakistan
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Makkah on Friday. A bilateral meeting between PM Shehbaz and the Saudi crown prince is underway, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement. It […]
Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home and school before shooting himself – World
A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation’s worst mass killing since 2022. Police said the shooter, who was 14 years old, fired at least 26 bullets, and was found with 34 additional ammunition […]
Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib, a Hasina ally, says he is ready to return home and face trial if given security
The former Awami League lawmaker has been living in the US since Hasina’s government was toppled Bangladeshi cricketer and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan. Photo: file Bangladeshi cricket great Shakib Al Hasan, an ally of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said he is ready to return from a two-year exile, face trial on charges including […]
Schedule for 3rd phase of AJK polls revised over law and order concerns – Pakistan
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Election Commission on Friday revised the schedule for the third phase of elections in the region, saying polling in seven of the 11 constituencies of Poonch Division had been postponed due to concerns over the law and order situation in those areas. However, the electoral process will go ahead […]
Trump’s Iran dilemma: He’s stuck in war with no exit in sight
Caught between an emerging interim Strait of Hormuz deal being negotiated by Iran and Oman People walk past an anti-US billboard on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 3, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/File With President Donald Trump’s war against Iran now in its sixth month, this week’s flurry of threats and diplomacy has underscored the ever-tighter […]
US to vet social media of foreign journalists applying for visas, report says
‘Online presence vetting’ used to ensure applicants are eligible for visa under US law, State Dept spokesperson says A general view of a United States State Department sign outside the US State Department building in Washington, DC, US, July 11, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS The United States State Department will vet the social media accounts of foreign journalists applying […]
Exhumation of Mir Raza Ali’s body postponed after family objects to abrupt reconstitution of medico-legal board – Pakistan
KARACHI: The exhumation of 25-year-old businessman and Institute of Business Administration graduate Mir Raza Ali’s body was postponed on Friday after his family objected to the abrupt reconstitution of the medico-legal board formed for the purpose. Ali’s body was found in bushes in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he went missing on July […]
Suspect among 7 dead in Thailand school shooting; 15 injured – World
At least seven people were killed on Friday when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand before turning the gun on himself, a national police official said. Students streamed out of the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, on the northwestern outskirts of Bangkok, as the wounded were loaded onto ambulances and teachers hugged each other […]
4 dead, 15 injured in Thailand school shooting: deputy interior minister – World
At least four people were killed and 15 students injured during a school shooting just north of Bangkok on Friday, the Thai deputy interior minister said. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS. The injured […]
Medico-legal board for exhumation of Mir Raza Ali’s abruptly reconstituted – Pakistan
KARACHI: The medical board tasked with exhuming the body of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) graduate Mir Raza Ali has been reconstituted, it emerged on Friday. A day earlier, a Karachi court allowed the exhumation on an application filed by Ali’s father, wherein the court directed the police surgeon and the Sindh health secretary to […]