ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan on Friday unequivocally condemned airstrikes by Israeli forces on Beirut’s southern suburbs and parts of southern Lebanon on June 5, 2025. These attacks, launched on the eve of Eid al-Adha, constitute a blatant violation of international law, sovereignty of Lebanon, and the ceasefire agreement of November 2024, according to a … Read more
DHAKA: Bangladesh will hold a national election in the first half of April 2026, its de facto premier, Muhammad Yunus, said on Friday, after a period of interim unelected government since student-led unrest in 2024 toppled then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The administration led by Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been running the … Read more
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump is not interested in talking with Elon Musk, a White House official said on Friday, signaling the president and his former ally might not resolve their feud over a sweeping tax-cut bill any time soon. The White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said no phone call between Trump … Read more
Gaza ‘Freedom flotilla’, a humanitarian aid ship that departed Sicily on Sunday, rescued four Libyan migrants in the Mediterranean Sea Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is among 12 international campaigners aboard the Madleen. The humanitarian aid ship is a part of an effort to break Israel’s sea blockade on Gaza and raise awareness of the … Read more
Pilgrims performed the last major ritual of the Hajj 2025 — the “stoning of the devil” — on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of the Eidul Adha holiday. Starting at dawn, more than 1.6 million Muslims taking part in the pilgrimage threw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolising … Read more
Imam of Masjid al-Haram and a member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, Sheikh Dr. Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid in his Hajj 2025 sermon has urged Muslims to adopt “Taqwa” and keep fearing Allah. Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah in his Hajj 2025 sermon from Masjid al-Namirah on Thursday urged Muslims to keep praying … Read more
Israel’s military recovered the bodies of two hostages, Judi Weinstein-Haggai and Gad Haggai, who were held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The Israeli army said in a statement that the bodies of the husband and wife were recovered in a special operation from Khan Younis area in the Gaza Strip. Following … Read more
ISTANBUL: Alarmed by the fact that Turkish women are having fewer children, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has moved to tackle falling birthrates — “a threat greater than war” — through policies designed to bring on the babies. After declaring 2025 Turkey’s “Year of the Family”, Erdogan last month announced 2026 would mark the start of … Read more
WASHINGTON: US military officials announced Wednesday the detention of an Islamic State group (IS) leader during international coalition operations in Iraq and Syria which also killed two other operatives. US Central Command wrote on X that the operations, conducted from May 21 to 27, “served to disrupt and degrade” IS’s ability to “reconstitute, plan, organize … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday a US proposal for a nuclear agreement was against the national interest, amid sharp differences over whether Tehran can continue to enrich uranium. The sides held five rounds of talks since April to thrash out a new accord to replace the deal with major powers that … Read more