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News Desk  Islamabad: As military tensions escalate in the Middle East following joint strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran, Pakistan’s airspace has unexpectedly emerged as one of the world’s busiest aviation corridors, even…

News Desk  Islamabad: Global aviation has been thrown into turmoil after escalating hostilities between the United States, Israel and Iran prompted a wave of airspace closures across the Middle East, disrupting major international flight…

APP New York: Across southeast Asia, record-breaking rains and flooding caused by back-to-back tropical storms have claimed hundreds of lives and brought devastation and displacement upon entire communities, UN agencies said on Tuesday.…

AFP/APP Padang, Indonesia: The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel to help survivors. Separate weather systems…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Umarkot: A few days ago, a friend asked me to counsel his son about choosing a future career. I began with a simple question: What do you want to do with your life? What excites you, what drains you, what truly matters…

News Desk Islamabad: A suicide blast outside a kachehri court building in Islamabad on Tuesday left at least 12 people martyred and 27 others injured, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed. Speaking to the media, Naqvi said the…

AFP/APP HONG KONG: Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalise a deal, averting an escalation in the world’s biggest…

AFP/APP Kuala Lumpur: US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday, launching an Asian tour expected to culminate in high-stakes trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump is scheduled to meet Xi in South Korea on…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump embarks on a major trip to Asia this week, with all eyes on his upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping — a high-stakes encounter carrying significant implications for the global…

Hasnain Iqbal Islamabad: China’s pursuit of comprehensive leadership in Asia has intensified under President Xi Jinping, who envisions a regional order aligned with Beijing’s strategic and ideological preferences.  Through economic…