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New Delhi: In a desperate attempt to repair its image after global condemnation over its support for terrorism following Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has announced that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will lead its international peace mission.
The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in Baghdad.
Popular Bangladeshi actress Nusraat Faria, who played former PM Sheikh Hasina onscreen in 'Mujib: The Making of a Nation', was arrested on Sunday for her alleged involvement in an attempted murder case linked to anti-government protests last year.
Islamabad: The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), widely recognised as the political face of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and a front for the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), said on Saturday that the Pakistan government has promised to reconstruct the mosques at Muridke, which functioned as JuD’s headquarters, destroyed during India’s recent military action.
Russia launched 273 drones on Ukraine on May 18, marking one of the deadliest attacks conducted since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, media reports said.
The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), in coordination with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dutch police, have arrested 21 people suspected of being involved in cybercrime operations and digital fraud in Pakistan's Multan and Lahore cities.
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has imposed 11 additional conditions on Pakistan for the release of the next tranche under its bailout programme and cautioned that escalating tensions with India could threaten the scheme’s fiscal, external, and reform objectives, The Express Tribune reported on Sunday.
At least one person died after a bomb blast occurred close to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, US, on Saturday.
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump said he will have a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning to discuss ways to stop the Ukraine war, which he described as a 'bloodbath'.
New York/IBNS: At least two people have died as a three-masted Mexican Navy sailing ship, the Cuauhtémoc, with around 200 people onboard, crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on New York’s East River.
A student brought a World War II grenade during a show-and-tell assembly at a school in the UK's Ashbourne town, forcing authorities to evacuate the institute on Friday.
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said it eliminated a Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon.
UK-based activist and native of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), Jamil Maqsood has described Operation Sindoor, which was launched by India against terror hubs located in Pakistan and PoK on May 7, as a "bold and precise" response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Police are trying to hunt down those behind sawed off and carried away the larger-than-life statue of US First Lady Melania Trump in her hometown of Sevnica in Slovenia.
A Russian drone strike on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine on Saturday left at least nine people dead and seven others injured.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has admitted India had launched "ballistic missile" on Nur Khan airbase and some other locations on the intervening night of May 9 and 10.
Ukraine and Russian delegations met for the first time in Turkey's Istanbul where they agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners-of-war each.
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama kneeled to greet his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni as he hosted Europe’s leaders on Friday amid torrential rains.
New York/IBNS: The man convicted of stabbing acclaimed author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, has been sentenced to a 25-year jail term.
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump’s proposed legislation — the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — is raising alarm among Indian professionals in America due to a controversial clause that seeks to tax cross-border remittances.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey's Istanbul on Friday, marking the first time the two nations are directly engaging at any level since 2022.
At least one person died and ten others were injured after an explosion and gunfire targeted a government-organized rally in Quetta city in Pakistan on Wednesday, media reports said.
Military aviation analyst and historian Tom Cooper feels that Pakistan is 'massively misusing religion' and breeding jihadism, a situation that is not expected to change.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous weapon systems – machines capable of taking human lives without human oversight – describing them as “politically unacceptable” and “morally repugnant.”
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has opposed Apple CEO Tim Cook's plans to expand production of the brand's products in India, flagging the tariff issue.
Baloch leaders have issued a symbolic declaration of independence from Pakistan, paving the way for renewed tension in the southwestern province of Balochistan.
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released a second tranche of $1.023 billion to Pakistan under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the State Bank of Pakistan announced on Wednesday.
Taiwan on Wednesday said it detected 35 sorties of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, eight People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels, and two official ships operating around its region.
Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s welcomed US President Donald Trump's Air Force One with a ceremonial escort after he entered the country's airspace and headed towards Riyadh on Tuesday.
The White House on Wednesday said Saudi Arabia will invest $600 billion in the US economy.
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