Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, has arrived in Washington to discuss trade, economic cooperation and other matters, the Pakistani foreign ministry said on Friday. Pakistan and the United States (US) have been engaged in talks after Washington announced a 29 percent “reciprocal tariff” on Pakistani exports in April. Islamabad said the More

A coalition of 109 humanitarian and human rights organisations has issued a stark warning: mass starvation is now spreading across Gaza, while critical aid remains blocked just outside the enclave. In their joint statement, the organisations , including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and Refugees International, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Save the Children and More

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the attack on civilians queuing to receive humanitarian aid in Gaza as “brutal and inhumane,” and called for an immediate ceasefire. Guterres wrote on its X handle: “Over the weekend in Gaza, we saw yet more mass shootings & killings of people seeking @UN aid – an atrocious & inhumane More

At least 27 people have been killed and 88 others injured after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, media reports said on Tuesday. The F-7 BGI aircraft crashed shortly after taking off at 1:06 p.m. (0706 GMT) on Monday from the Kurmitola airbase in the capital during More

At least five people have died after a passenger ferry caught fire at sea in Indonesia, media reports said on Monday. The ferry, KM Barcelona 5, was carrying hundreds of passengers when the blaze broke out on Sunday off the coast of Sulawesi Island, CNN reported. The vessel was en route from Talaud, an island More

At least six people have been killed and several others injured in an armed clash between two tribes over a land dispute in Balochistan, according to media reports on Monday. The clash broke out on Sunday in the Qila Abdullah district, Dawn newspaper reported. Both sides reportedly used modern firearms during the exchange, leaving six More

At least 67 Palestinians have been killed and dozens more wounded by Israeli forces in northern Gaza, a media report said on Monday. Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians who had gathered in northern Gaza on Sunday while waiting for United Nations aid trucks, Reuters reported, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Ministry confirmed that dozens More

At least 30 people were injured after a driver deliberately drove his car into a crowd outside a nightclub in Los Angeles, United States. According to police, bystanders at the scene confronted the suspect, attacked him, and shot him before he was detained by authorities early Saturday morning. Rosario Cervantes, a spokesperson for the Los More

At least nine people have been reported killed and more than 100 wounded, including women and children, following an attack by ‘bandits’ in Nigeria’s Zamfara state. Residents and local officials in northwest Nigeria said many were also abducted during the attack, amid rising violence by armed groups described as “bandits,” according to Al Jazeera. The More

The US ambassador to Turkey, Tom Barrack, has announced a ceasefire agreement between Syria and Israel, a media report said on Saturday. Barrack said in a post on X early Saturday that the ceasefire was “supported” by Washington and “embraced” by Turkey, Jordan, and Syria’s neighboring countries, Al Jazeera reported. In his announcement, Barrack called More