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News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s energy facilities, describing them as a “dangerous escalation” that threatens regional peace and stability. In an official…

AA/APP Istanbul: Health officials are closely monitoring a mutated flu strain that has triggered unusually early and severe outbreaks in Canada, the UK, and Japan, raising concerns about its potential spread to the United States,…

AFP/APP Istanbul: Turkey announced on Friday that it had issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior officials in his government on charges of genocide over the ongoing war in Gaza. The move…

News Desk  Islamabad/Istanbul: Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are meeting in Istanbul today (Thursday) in a renewed diplomatic effort to preserve a tenuous ceasefire and prevent another cycle of border hostilities that…

News Desk  Islamabad: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that he received six calls from Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and conveyed a single, firm message: Afghan soil must not be used for militant…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford” The recent cessation of hostilities between Pakistan and Afghanistan, however temporary, is a welcome development. Equally encouraging is the initiative led by Muslim nations, particularly Turkey and Qatar, to…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday called on Afghan authorities to take concrete action against terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil, stressing that Islamabad does not seek escalation but will respond resolutely to any…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has agreed to resume talks with the Afghan Taliban regime in Istanbul at the request of mediator Turkiye, following earlier rounds between Islamabad and Kabul that failed to produce a workable solution,…

News Desk  Islamabad: The latest round of Pakistan–Afghanistan talks in Istanbul concluded late Monday without tangible progress, as Kabul’s delegation resisted Islamabad’s core counterterrorism demands despite mediation efforts by…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan has conveyed a firm message of zero tolerance for cross-border terrorism to the Afghan Taliban, amid growing frustration over Kabul’s continued reluctance to act against militant networks operating from…