The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief has called on the international community to take immediate action to stop the persecution of millions of innocent Pashtuns and other oppressed communities in Pakistan. On Tuesday, PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen delivered a historic speech at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, exposing the More
More than 300 Palestinians, including a top Hamas official, have been killed in new Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, shattering a fragile ceasefire, media reports said on Tuesday. At least 330 people were massacred in the overnight carnage in the enclave, the BBC reported, citing the Hamas-run health ministry. Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the senior More
At least 53 people have been killed and 98 others injured as a result of fresh US airstrikes in Yemen, media reports said on Monday. According to the BBC, the US said it launched air strikes on Houthis’ hideouts, killing more than 50 people, including a number of leaders of the rebel group. Houthi-run health More
Full-time workers of the Voice of America (VOA) and some other US government-funded media outlets have been put on leave following a decree signed by President Donald Trump, reports said on Saturday. According to Reuters, Trump issued an executive order that put the country’s state-run media, including more than 1,300 employees of the Voice of More
Fierce tornadoes have claimed nearly three dozen lives in several south-eastern states in the US, the BBC reported on Sunday. At least 34 people lost their lives, including 12 in Missouri alone, the report said, adding the cyclones flipped cars and razed homes. Over 55 vehicles were involved in a pile-up due to a dust More
Five paramilitary troops were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday. Officials said the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel suffered the casualties in an explosion near their convoy in Noshki area on the national highway. The blast was a suicide attack, local police officer Zafarullah Sumalani More
Noted religious scholar Mufti Munir Shakir was killed and three others were wounded in an explosion in Peshawar on Saturday, officials said. Munir Shakir, who founded the banned Lashkar-i-Islam outfit, was hit by the blast as he entered a mosque in the Armar area of the city. Initially wounded in his left leg in the More
The US and Russia have held productive talks on a ceasefire deal in Ukraine, says US President Donald Trump. US envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Trump’s proposal in Moscow on Thursday evening, the BBC reported. In a Truth Social post, the US leader said the meeting provided “a very good chance More
Ukraine has signaled its readiness to accept a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia on the land, sea and sky during talks in Saudi Arabia, the BBC reported. The deputy chief of President Zelensky’s office says the Trump administration has resumed military assistance to Ukraine. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says now More
Pakistani security forces on Wednesday claimed to have rescued 155 hostages and killed 27 gunmen involved in hijacking a passenger train in Balochistan province. The Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express, with 400 passengers including security personnel on board, was hijacked Tuesday evening in Bolan district. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The outlawed More
