Iran

News Desk Islamabad: The Islamabad IT Park, a flagship project under Pakistan’s digital transformation drive, has achieved 71 per cent physical progress and is expected to generate 10,000 jobs for young professionals once completed.…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: The recently signed strategic defense pact between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh is far more than a ceremonial gesture of goodwill.  By…

News Desk Islamabad/Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark mutual defense pact, signaling a shift in the Gulf’s security architecture as Arab states hedge against what they see as diminishing US guarantees and rising…

News Desk Riyadh: In a historic development, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed a Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement, pledging to treat any attack on one country as aggression against both. The pact was formalised during…

News Desk Islamabad: The United States has imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Iran, further tightening pressure over alleged financial support linked to Tehran, 24NewsHD TV channel reported on Wednesday. In a statement, the US…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Many around the world are rightly asking: What proactive role have international institutions such as the United Nations, the Security Council, and NATO played in preventing Israel from carrying out what has…

AFP/APP Tehran: Nuclear talks scheduled for Tuesday between Iran and Britain, France and Germany will be held in Geneva, Iranian state media reported. “On Tuesday, Iran and the three European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, along…

M. Talha Zubair Islamabad: Rational choice theory tells us that humans are rational beings, weighing reasons before acting. In the same way, after the Peace of Westphalia, states emerged as sovereign entities—strategic, calculating, and…

News Desk Washington:  The US State Department has approved a potential $500 million sale of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to Bahrain, in a move aimed at bolstering the Gulf nation’s defense capabilities and…

AFP/APP Geneva: Negotiations on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have hit a deadlock, with oil-producing countries resisting production limits and talks descending into what diplomats describe as a “dialogue of the deaf.” The…