International

Islamabad: Pakistan security forces killed another 67 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight operations, repulsing their attacks at 16 locations along the southwestern border early Tuesday, officials said. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar provided updates on the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched Feb 26 in response...

Vienna: The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Tuesday Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment site sustained "some recent damage" amid a US-Israeli airstrike campaign. However, there was "no radiological consequence expected" from it. The International Atomic Energy Agency said the damage was focused on "entrance buildings" to...

Kabul: The United Nations (UN) has announced that at least 34 people were killed and 89 others injured in Pakistani military attacks in Afghanistan from February 26-March 1, local media reported Tuesday. While addressing a press briefing, UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said that victims...

Kathmandu: Nepal-India border checkpoints have been closed for 72 hours, starting from midnight Monday, as part of election security measures ahead of the Nepal parliamentary elections Thursday. There is a tradition of closing border points between the two countries to ensure that 'unwanted elements' do...

Dubai: As the war in the Middle East intensifies, US President Donald Trump said that the US has the capability to go far longer than its projected four-to-five-week time frame for its military operations against Iran. Across Tehran, the sound of explosions rang out through...

Kabul: Afghan forces have carried out retaliatory strikes on Pakistani military bases following recent air raids by the Pakistan Air Force inside Afghanistan, as fighting along the volatile Durand Line entered its fifth consecutive day. The Afghan defence ministry said its forces targeted several key...

Washington: After months of diplomacy, US President Donald Trump concluded that only decisive action would prevent Iran from reaching the brink of a nuclear weapon, Vice President J.D. Vance has said. Vance, in an interview with Fox News Monday (local time), said the President believed...

Islamabad: Amid escalating protests across Pakistan following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike, the US Embassy in Islamabad and its consulates in Lahore and Karachi have temporarily suspended operations. The move comes as authorities struggle to contain unrest that...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Tuesday responded sharply to remarks made by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, asserting that there was never any "Iranian threat" and blaming what he termed "Israel Firsters" for the bloodshed of both Americans and Iranians. Rubio had said...

Riyadh: The US Embassy in Riyadh was struck by two Iranian drones, causing a fire and resulting in material damage, Saudi Arabia's defence ministry said early Tuesday, as the Middle East crisis entered its fourth day. The incident unfolded against the backdrop of intensifying hostilities...