The Qatari prime minister said on Sunday mediation attempts are ongoing for the renewal of a truce in the Gaza Strip. But continued Israeli airstrikes were “narrowing the window for a fruitfulresult of the diplomatic push, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani warned. AFP quoted him as telling the Doha Forum: “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to More
The US embassy in Baghdad has been struck with rockets in the latest attack on the compound, reports Reuters. The media outlet quoted a US military official as saying that around seven mortar rounds fell inside the compound on Friday. Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, past attack against US forces have been More
The US has vetoed a demand of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for an immediate humanitarian truce in Gaza, a media report said on Saturday. Thirteen other members voted in favour of a brief draft resolution, put forward by the United Arab Emirates, while Britain abstained, Al-Jazeera reported. The vote came after U.N. Secretary-General More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said ‘nothing can prevent the development of our friendly relations with Riyadh”. He made the remarks in a rare and hastily arranged meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday. Putin’s meeting with the Saudi crown prince, known as MBS, came after oil prices fell despite a pledge by OPEC+ (The Organization of More
At least six people, including four children, were injured in an explosion in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday. Bilal Ahmad Faiz, spokesman for emergency rescue services, said an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on a busy road in the city at 9:10am. A senior police official said the explosives weighing four kilograms More
At least nine people, including two army soldiers, have been killed and 26 others injured in a gun attack on a passenger vehicle in the Pakistan-controlled zone of Kashmir, media reports said on Sunday. The mini-van was travelling from Gilgit Baltistan to Rawalpindi when terrorists opened indiscriminate fire on it in Chilas area on Saturday More
Former US secretary of state and national security advisor Henry Kissinger has died at 100, CNN reported on Thursday. The iconic US foreign policy figure passed away on Wednesday at his home in Connecticut, Kissinger Associates said, without giving the cause of his death. A Harvard University faculty member, Kissinger and Vietnamese politician Le Duc More
At least one soldier has been confirmed dead and seven others missing as a US military CV-22 Osprey crashed in Japan. The Special Operations Command of the US Air Force said the plane crashed out of the Yokata Airport in Japan on Wednesday. Seven on board are still missing while one of them was found More
Qatar says the provisional ceasefire between Middle Eastern foes Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza will be extended by a day. In Doha, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: “Palestinian and Israeli sides reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional day More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) head has underlined the need for a sustained truce in Gaza, as the pause in fighting is set to end. In a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a continued ceasefire was a matter of life and death for civilians in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The WHO director-general added: More
