Sixteen people have been killed in two separate attacks targeting bus passengers and a house in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. In the port city of Gwadar, unknown gunmen blocked the main highway and killing at least five passengers. Several goods-laden vehicles were set alight, a highway police official said. Dawn quoted Senior Superintendent of Police More
US President Donald Trump intends to terminate America’s financial support for Gavi, the organisation that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in poorer countries. Reuters reported, citing a document from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington also planned to scale back efforts to combat malaria. The document, which was shared with Congress More
In separate agreements with the United States, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a naval ceasefire in the Black Sea, media reports said on Wednesday. All parties would continue working toward a lasting peace, the US said after three days of talks with Russia and Ukraine in Riyadh. As a result of the deals, an More
At least 18 people have been killed as wildfires rage in the southeastern region of South Korea, a media report said on Wednesday The deadly wildfires spread rapidly and forced more than 27,000 residents to flee their homes, Reuters reported. Fuelled by strong winds and dry weather, the blazes razed entire neighbourhoods, closed schools and forced More
As Moscow and Washington held 12-hour talks in Riyadh, a Russia missile strike wounded scores of people in north-eastern Ukraine, say media reports. The revival of a 2022 grain deal allowing Ukrainian export across the Black Sea, figure prominently at the marathon US-Russia negotiations, which concluded on Monday evening in the Saudi capital, According to More
Russia and US officials are set to meet today (Monday) in Saudi Arabia on ways of ending the Ukraine conflict, media reports say. A day earlier, the Saudi capital hosted consultations between US and Ukrainian delegations, the TASS news agency reported. The Russian delegation at the consultations will be represented by of the Federation Council Committee More
Eight people, including four security personnel, have been killed in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan. Four labourers from Punjab province were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kalat district, security officials said. The labourers came under attack in Malangzai area, where they were working a tube well. Their bodies were More
The Sudanese army, continuing to make gains against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has claimed retaking the presidential palace in Khartoum. Sudan’s de facto president and army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Friday: “There will be no negotiations until these people …” Despite ousting the fighters from the palace after nearly two years More
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at dismantling the Education Department, fulfilling a campaign promise to conservatives, says a media report. The order seeks to transfer control over school policy to the states and local boards, a move that has raised concerns among liberal education advocates, Reuters reported. At a signing More
US President Donald Trump has discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart America’s possible ownership of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. The two leaders conferred on the issue during a phone call on Wednesday, according to the White House. But the Ukrainian leader said it was only about the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia facility. Trump had an hour-long phone call More
