Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will not retreat from the legal rights of its people and national interests in negotiations with the United States. Pezeshkian wrote in a post on X that Iran would under no circumstances retreat from the legal rights of its people and country and would defend its national interests in More
Pakistan has deployed 8,000 military personnel, fighter jets and air defence systems to Saudi Arabia under a joint defence pact between the two countries, according to reports. Pakistan and Saudi Arabia announced in September last year that they had signed a defence agreement under which any “aggression” against either country would be considered a hostile More
US President Donald Trump says he has postponed a planned strike on Iran at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), adding serious negotiations are now taking place, a media report said on Tuesday. Trump announced on Monday that he had ordered a halt to the planned attack on Iran More
Five people, including two attackers, have been killed after two armed teenagers opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the area in the US state of California. According to Reuters, the two armed teenagers carried out the shooting on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego, killing a More
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov has said that the security of Central Asia is inseparable from stability in Afghanistan. Japarov made the remarks in an address to heads of state ahead of the election of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which will be held on June 3 in New York, News Brief More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that on the occasion of World Hypertension Day, high blood pressure is a “silent killer”, but early detection, regular monitoring and continued treatment can prevent most complications and deaths caused by the disease. World Hypertension Day is observed every year on 17 May and forms part of Hypertension Awareness More
At least three people, including a tribal elder, were killed and four others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Wana district of South Waziristan on Monday, media reports said. According to Geo News, the explosion occurred near Gulshan Plaza in the local bazaar when a vehicle carrying Malik Tariq Wazir, chief More
China will purchase at least $17 billion worth of agricultural products from the United States annually following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, the White House announced. According to a fact sheet released on Sunday, China will continue the purchases through 2028, with the 2026 target to More
At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting in the city of Tehuitzingo in the Mexican state of Puebla. The state government confirmed on Sunday that the victims included six men, three women and a minor, although their identities have not yet been released. A report cited by Al Jazeera said the attack More
Afghanistan’s national under-20 football team drew 0–0 against Kyrgyzstan in its final match of the Central Asian Championship. The match was held today at 12:00pm Kabul time in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan and ended goalless. Afghanistan had already lost its three previous group matches against Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan earlier in the tournament. hz More
