In response to a nine-point proposal from the United States, Iran has presented a 14-point plan centered on achieving a “complete end to the war.” Donald Trump has stated that the proposal will be reviewed soon. According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, the plan was developed as a direct response to Washington’s earlier proposal. While More
Marking World Press Freedom Day, Amnesty International has said that 2025 is the deadliest year on record for journalists worldwide, with 129 killed so far. Observed on Sunday, 3 May, World Press Freedom Day is designated by the United Nations and UNESCO to promote media freedom, support journalists facing threats, and remind governments of their More
The US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines has announced that it has suspended all flights and begun an “orderly wind-down of operations” following the collapse of a potential White House bailout. In a statement, Spirit Aviation Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Spirit Airlines, said the decision takes effect immediately. “The Company has started an orderly More
The US Department of Defense has announced that it will withdraw 5,000 American troops from Germany. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of around 5,000 US troops from Germany, the Pentagon said on Friday. The move comes after President Donald Trump reportedly threatened to pull troops following remarks made by German Chancellor Friedrich More
In Nawa district of Helmand province, six women and two children were swept away by water. Among them, two women have died, two were rescued, and four others remain missing. The head of Helmand’s Department of Information and Culture, Hafiz Abdul Bari Rashid, said that six women were swept away by the Helmand River in More
The Trump administration has bypassed congressional review to approve military sales totaling more than $8.6 billion to Israel, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, according to media reports on Saturday. The US State Department announced the approvals on Friday, at a time when the conflict involving the United States and Israel against Iran has More
The German Embassy in Pakistan has announced the launch of a new online system for Afghan applicants seeking work and study visas, aiming to make the process faster and more efficient. In a statement published on its Facebook page, the German Embassy in Islamabad said that starting from June 1 of this year, applicants will More
Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has called on Taliban to respond “realistically and substantively” to a UNICEF report on the consequences of banning girls’ education through 2030. In a post on his X page, Khalilzad urged Taliban leadership to provide a genuine and substantive response to the report, which indicates More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has banned its citizens from traveling to Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq. According to Reuters, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that its citizens must leave these countries. The ministry also urged Emiratis currently in those countries to depart immediately and return home. Meanwhile, the UAE’s official news More
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports amounts to an “extension of military operations” by Washington and is “intolerable”. Pezeshkian wrote on his X account: “The world has witnessed Iran’s tolerance and peace-seeking nature. What is being carried out under the name of a maritime blockade is an More
