A new government has been formed in Lebanon following extensive negotiations among political parties, with Nawaf Salam appointed as prime minister. Speaking to reporters at the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stated the 24-member cabinet would prioritise financial reforms and reconstruction. The new administration would also work for the implementation of a UN resolution, More
The suspension of humanitarian aid by the United States has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in various countries around the world, a media report said on Sunday. According Reuters in Haiti, a group treating HIV patients awaits US permission to dispense medicines that prevent mothers from giving the disease to their children. In Myanmar, where famine More
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned President Donald Trump against ethnic cleansing in Gaza after the US leader proposed that Palestinians resettle elsewhere and the United States take over the war-torn enclave. “In the search for solutions, we must not make the problem worse. It is vital to stay true to the bedrock More
At least three policemen have been killed and six others wounded in a militant attack on a check-post in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The overnight attack resulted in the killing of at least three police personnel and injuring of six others, Geo News reported, citing local authorities. The attackers, armed with heavy More
Argentina President Javier Milei has ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), says a media report. Milei ‘s decision comes after his ally US President Donald Trump began the process of pulling the United States out from WHO with an executive order on his first day back in office on Jan. 21, More
At least 10 people, including the suspected assailant, have been killed as a result of an armed attack on a school in Sweden, a media report said on Wednesday. The Voice of America (VoA) reported the attack occurred at a secondary school in the Orebro city of central Sweden. Police said they could not be More
Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed and seven others injured in an attack by armed personnel in the South Waziristan (SW) district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwar province, a media report said on Wednesday. Armed men also abducted three policemen. Pakistani soldiers had been killed and injured in armed men attack on a check post in the More
Syria’s translational President Ahmad Al-Sharaa is set to visit Ankara, the capital of Turkey, today (Tuesday), media reports said. Al-Sharaa is visiting Turkey on an official invitation from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s state-run radio and television TRT reported. It said Erdoğan and Al-Sharaa would discuss the latest developments in Syria, as well as More
At least 65 people have been killed and 133 others wounded because of fresh clashes between the army and paramilitary forces in Sudan, a media report said on Tuesday. Forty people lost their lives, and 70 others were injured in a missile attack on the Kordofan region in southern Sudan, AFP reported, citing two medical More
The Trump administration plans to merge the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the State Department, says a media report. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters he was the acting head of the USAID, the agency that distributes billions of dollars in aid around the world, the BBC reported. Democratic lawmakers have More
