International

Lahore:  Sons of Pakistan's incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan have accused the Shehbaz Sharif government of deliberately refusing visas to them, saying democracy in the country is hollow and basic human rights are being crushed. Khan, 73, was arrested and jailed in August 2023...

Islamabad: At least 216 terrorists, 36 civilians and 22 personnel were killed in the days-long operation launched in response to terror attacks at multiple places in the restive Balochistan province, the Pakistan Army said Thursday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistan military's media wing,...

Kyiv: Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv Thursday held a second day of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on ending their war amid an escalation in Russia's winter attacks on Ukraine's power grid and after a sharp rise last year in Ukrainian civilians killed in the...

New Delhi: Amid ongoing drama for the upcoming T20 World Cup, Bangladesh Youth and Sports Advisor Asif Nazrul thanked Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who stated that Pakistan's decision to boycott their match against India was a show of solidarity with Bangladesh in the wake...

Moscow: The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States expired Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century. The termination of the New START Treaty could set the stage for...

New Delhi: India and the US are expected to finalise and sign a joint statement on the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement in 4-5 days, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Thursday. After the joint statement is signed, the US will come...

New York: US federal authorities have seized more than 200 website domains tied to an India-based transnational criminal organisation having illegal online pharmacies allegedly responsible for at least six fatal and four non-fatal overdoses. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) field offices throughout the country...

Karachi: Calling Pakistan's boycott of their T20 World Cup match against India an "appropriate decision, the country's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that it was a "considered stance" to support Bangladesh. Pakistan's cricket team has been told by the government to skip the February...

Moscow: Moscow has rejected claims by US President Donald Trump that Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to halt the Russia oil imports as part of the recently announced India-US trade agreement, saying New Delhi is free to purchase crude from any supplier and there is...

United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres praised India for its leadership for the upcoming global summit on Artificial Intelligence, as he underlined that it is an "absolutely crucial issue" in international relations and one of the biggest challenges of the current times. Secretary General Guterres...