Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff
Closed-door meeting is expected to last about a half-hour, after which Rubio will also meet Vatican’s top diplomat US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio, who also serves […]
IMF executive board to meet on May 8 to approve disbursement of over $1.2bn to Pakistan – Business
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called a meeting of its executive board on May 8 to approve the disbursement of more than $1.2 billion to Pakistan under two concurrent programmes — $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), IMF officials told Dawn. Pakistan has qualified for the disbursement of […]
Lebanese, Israeli envoys to meet at White House, Trump to greet: Official
Official says ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon will now take place at the White House The ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel will meet at the White House, and will be greeted on arrival by President Donald Trump, a US official confirmed Thursday. “The ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon will now take place at […]
Lebanon, Israel to meet today as truce hangs by a thread – Newspaper
• Envoys’ meeting in Washington aims to extend ceasefire, halt Israel’s demolitions• Beirut sees extension as first step to talks on forces’ withdrawal, return of detainees• Israeli strikes kill five in Lebanon, including a journalist WASHINGTON: Lebanese and Israeli envoys are set to meet in Washington on Thursday for a second round of talks aimed […]
Putin can meet Zelenskiy: Kremlin
. MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin can only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday. Peskov’s comments on state television, reported by Russian news agencies, came after Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine asked Turkey […]
Health minister says medicine stocks sufficient to meet demand for next 5 to 6 months – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday that Pakistan had sufficient medicine stocks to meet demand for the next five to six months. “Despite ongoing international challenges, the health ministry and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap), in close coordination with the pharmaceutical industry, have taken timely and effective measures to safeguard medicine […]
PM Shehbaz to meet President Erdogan, attend diplomacy forum on third leg of tour today – World
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and attend the Antalya Diplomacy Forum today on the third leg of a tri-nation tour, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Friday. In a statement on X, the PMO said that the prime minister will participate in the leaders’ panel on the theme […]
Lebanese and Israeli envoys to meet as Israel presses war on Hezbollah
US Secretary of State is set to attend the meeting between Israeli ambassador to the US and his Lebanese counterpart Lebanon. Photo: AFP (file) Israeli and Lebanese envoys will meet in Washington on Tuesday as Israel presses its war on Hezbollah, a diplomatic milestone overshadowed by conflicting agendas, with Israel ruling out a ceasefire and […]
PM vows to meet army’s needs, seeks US support for economy – Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir briefs Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and key members of his cabinet on matters of national security, regional stability and counterterrorism operations at the General Headquarters, on Friday.—ISPR ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday committed to fulfilling the military’s resource requirements, as he sought US support […]
Afghanistan special envoys meet in Doha – World
National and regional special envoys to Afghanistan convened in Doha on Sunday in the second UN meeting of its kind in less than a year, though it remained unclear whether Taliban authorities would join the closed-session event. The two-day meeting, hosted by the UN secretary general, was due to discuss increasing engagement with Afghanistan and […]