Jerusalem: In a major blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the ultra-Orthodox Shas party announced on Wednesday (July 16) that it is withdrawing its ministers from the government. The move follows the exit of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) earlier this week, intensifying the political crisis over the contentious military conscription issue for ultra-Orthodox men….
Alaska: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale jolted the Alaska Peninsula in the early hours of Thursday (July 17). According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 36 km, which makes it more likely to cause strong surface shaking and aftershocks. In a post…
Peshawar: The Counter-Terrorism Department and police killed three most-wanted terrorists of the banned Fitna Khawarij Darrar in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The joint intelligence-based operation was conducted by the CTD and police in Bannu district bordering North Waziristan on Wednesday night. The slain terrorists have been identified as Mudassir alias Mudassari, Turaab alias Umar Khattab…
Lahore: Incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday asked his party members to hold Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir accountable if anything happens to him in jail. The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician has been behind bars since August 2023 after he was booked in multiple cases. Khan’s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is gearing…
Tianjin: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday downplayed US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Russia and its trading partners, asserting that Moscow is well equipped to withstand additional sanctions. Addressing a press conference after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here,…
Beijing: Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organisations will attend the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and related events next month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. The SCO Tianjin Summit will be held from August 31-September 1, Wang said during a joint press meeting…
Lahore: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to deepening its “enduring friendship” with China and advancing shared regional goals during a joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Dar was among the foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) whom Xi met…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump Monday reiterated his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, which could have turned into a “nuclear war”, through trade. “We’ve been very successful in settling wars. You have India and Pakistan. You have Rwanda and the Congo that was going on for 30 years,” Trump…
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes, and an open exchange of views between the two sides is “very important” considering the “complex” global scenario. The external affairs minister held talks with Zheng shortly after landing…
Singapore: India will play an increasingly important role globally as the world “inexorably” transitions into multipolarity, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said after holding talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday. Jaishankar, who was in this city-state as part of his two-nation trip, also met President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Deputy Prime Minister Gan…
