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Islamabad: Pakistan Friday said it considers itself in an "open war" with Afghanistan, as its forces killed more than 130 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia in response to what Islamabad described as the cross-border attack by the Afghan Taliban. The 2,611-km-long...

Mumbai: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mumbai Friday at the start of a four-day India visit. He will meet business leaders in Mumbai. Carney will fly to New Delhi March 1 and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi there March 2, as per the...

Tel Aviv: The US Embassy in Israel Friday told its staff that it could leave the country and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, as the threat of an American strike on Iran looms. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee told embassy employees in an...

Islamabad: A new government report has revealed that 26.2 million children in Pakistan still remain out of school, local media reported on Friday. Pakistan's Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training Thursday released the 'Girls’ Education Statistics and Trends Report 2023-24' which revealed the number...

Islamabad: Pakistan's defence minister early Friday said that his country had run out of "patience" and now considers itself in an "open war" with neighbouring Afghanistan after both sides launched strikes following what Islamabad described as an Afghan cross-border attack. In a post on X,...

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday left for India after concluding his two-day visit to Israel during which the two countries elevated their 'time-tested' relationship to a special strategic partnership. It was PM Modi's second visit to Israel in nine years. During his visit, PM...

Tel Aviv: India and Israel Thursday announced to deepen their digital and financial partnership by enabling cross-border use of Unified Payments Interface (UPI). In the process, UPI will connect with Israel’s domestic payments framework to make digital transactions faster and more affordable. The signing of...

Geneva: Iran and the US are prepared to meet Thursday in Geneva for nuclear negotiations, talks viewed as a last chance for diplomacy, as America has gathered a fleet of aircraft and warships in the Middle East to pressure Tehran into a deal. US President...

United Nations: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has called for an overarching approach to human rights that includes development and capacity-building leading to “tangible improvements in the daily lives of the most vulnerable” and confronting terrorism rather than engaging in polemics of “politicisation, selectivity or...

Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled to visit Yad Vashem together Thursday before holding an expanded bilateral meeting at the King David Hotel. The discussions are expected to focus on a comprehensive review of the India-Israel Strategic...