US President Donald Trump says negotiations on Gaza with Middle Eastern countries are ongoing and intense, with both Israel and Hamas kept informed, Reuters reports. “Intense negotiations have been going on for four days and will continue as long as necessary to achieve a successful agreement. All countries in the region are involved,” Trump wrote More
US President Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed regional security among other matters, as the two met for the first time at the Oval Office in Washington on Friday morning, Dawn.com reported. Sharif was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir, while the US President was joined More
United States President Donald Trump has said he will not allow Israel to annex the occupied West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his ultranationalist government have been pressing for annexation of the Palestinian territory. Trump made his surprise remarks while speaking to reporters on Thursday, ahead of Netanyahu’s arrival in the More
The leaders of six countries, including France, have moved to formally recognise the State of Palestine at a high-level summit ahead of the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in New York, Al Jazeera reports. Alongside France, which co-convened the meeting with Saudi Arabia on Monday in New York, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and More
US President Donald Trump is set to meet leaders from Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, media reports said. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that Trump will hold a multilateral meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan, Reuters More
Saudi Arabia’s Royal Court has announced the death of Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Shaikh, the kingdom’s grand mufti and head of the Council of Senior Scholars. Reports said Shaikh Abdulaziz died on Tuesday. He also served as chairman of the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta and the Supreme Council of the More
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave since dawn, including 25 in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported, citing medical sources. A total of 61 Palestinians lost their lives and 220 others have been injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza in the past 24 hours. Al-Jazeera TV reported, citing officials More
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has arrived in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), a media report said on Monday. The Syrian leader reached New York on Sunday, marking the first participation of a Syrian president since 1967, Reuters reported. Al-Sharaa is expected to deliver his maiden address to the General Assembly, More
The United Kingdom (UK) is expected to recognise the State of Palestine today (Sunday), following Israel’s failure to meet conditions set out by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in July, according to media reports. Starmer is set to make the announcement after concluding that the humanitarian situation has significantly deteriorated in recent weeks, The Guardian reported. More
Afghanistan thrashed the Maldives by 10-1 in their opening group-stage match in the 2026 AFC Futsal Asia Cup qualifiers in Indonesia. The national side faced the Maldives this afternoon as part of group H fixture and secured a resounding victory. Goals for Afghanistan were scored by Akbar Kazemi, Mohammad Muradi, Syed Hussain Muosavi, Farzad Mohammadi, More
