US President Donald Trump has said he would like journalists to gain access to Gaza to witness humanitarian efforts. “I’d like to see that happen. Sure,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, Reuters reported on Friday. “I would be very fine with journalists going. It’s a very dangerous position to be in, as you More
Five Pakistani policemen have been killed and as many others injured in militant attacks across different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Thursday. According to ARY News, the attacks occurred in Der, Lajbook, and Peshawar areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In Der, militants targeted a police patrol vehicle, killing three policemen and wounding three More
Afghan MMA fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz is set to make his professional Muay Thai debut on August 24 in Phuket, Thailand. Mubariz will face Bahraini athlete Mustafa, an Iranian-born fighter with extensive Muay Thai experience. The three-round bout, with each round lasting three minutes, marks Mubariz’s first appearance in the discipline after a career focused More
At least 26 people have died and 60 others rescued after two migrant boats sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, a media report said on Thursday. Rescue services on Wednesday brought 60 survivors ashore to Lampedusa — 56 men and four women — Al Jazeera reported. Flavio Di Giacomo, spokesperson for the UN’s More
Pakistani and US officials have emphasized joint cooperation against terrorism during “counter-terrorism” talks in Islamabad. The talks were chaired by Pakistan’s Special Representative to the United Nations Nabil Munir and US State Department Interim Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Gregory de Logarfo, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement. It said both sides discussed effective solutions More
The Pashdan dam in western Herat province will officially be inaugurated tomorrow (Thursday). In an invitation sent to media, the Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) said it was honoured to inaugurate the Pashdan dam irrigation and power generation project in Karukh district, as part of efforts towards the country’s reconstruction and development. The Pashdan More
The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) in Afghanistan says that by 2060, about half of the country’s population will live in cities. In a post on X, the agency wrote: “In 1950, only 5% of Afghanistan’s population lived in cities. By 2022, that figure reached 25%, and by 2060, it is expected to rise More
The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that five more people, including two children, have died of starvation in the past 24 hours. Al Jazeera reported: “As Israel keeps pounding Gaza, five more Palestinians, including two children, have starved to death in the enclave, according to the Health Ministry, raising the total number of hunger-related deaths More
Ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart, US President Donald Trump says that Kyiv and Moscow will both need to cede land to end the war in Ukraine. Speaking at a press conference at the White House on Monday, Trump said that talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week would quickly reveal More
Two people have been killed and 10 others injured following an explosion at a steel plant in Pennsylvania, United States. The Associated Press reported that the blast occurred on Monday at the Clairton Coke Works factory. Officials said the cause of the explosion is not yet known and advised residents to keep their windows closed More
