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AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing to match China and Russia—just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi…

News Desk Kuala Lumpur: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankaron Monday, marking the highest-level contact between the two nations since Washington imposed fresh sanctions on…

News Desk Islamabad: US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to stop purchasing oil from Russia, marking a major development in Washington’s efforts to curtail Moscow’s energy…

Zainab Chaudhary Islamabad: When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, many hailed it as the end of a long and exhausting war. Four years later, that optimism feels uncertain.  Has the US exit ushered in a new era of…

News Desk New York: The humanitarian situation in Gaza has further deteriorated as intensified Israeli strikes on Gaza City inflict mounting civilian casualties and force displaced residents to live in overcrowded, unsanitary, and unsafe…

APP United Nations: Pakistan has underscored the need for a “sincere and meaningful” dialogue addressing the security concerns of all sides in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, now in its fourth year, in order to promote peace in the…

Saleem Raza Bradford: The recently announced defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia has been hailed by some observers as historic and strategically significant, yet a closer look suggests its practical impact may be far more…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: The term genocide, and the legal framework that defines it as a crime, was directly shaped by the mass extermination of six million Jews by Nazi Germany. For it now to be ruthlessly practiced by Israel against the…

AFP/APP Moscow: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake occurred 111 kilometres (69 miles) east of…

Roy Zia Ur Rahman Islamabad: In the midst of worsening climate challenges in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), an unlikely creature has become a symbol of resilience and hope: the pangolin. Recently, a rare pangolin was rescued from a…