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AFP/APP Washington: The Trump administration on Wednesday confirmed it had dismissed the head of the top US public health agency after she refused to resign in a standoff with vaccine-skeptic Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The…

AFP/APP Washington: The United States on Wednesday doubled tariffs on a wide range of Indian goods to 50 percent, as President Donald Trump moved to penalize New Delhi for continuing to import Russian oil a key source of revenue for…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: At the White House this August, the latest act in the Ukraine peace effort unfolded with more humor than hostility. Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy met again, this time joined by European leaders, in what…

AFP/APP Washington: Former U.S. president Donald Trump escalated his feud with Democratic leaders on Sunday, threatening to deploy National Guard troops to Baltimore as part of a broader crackdown on crime and immigration. Trump…

News Desk  Washington: Inter Miami proved it can grind out results without its injured superstar Lionel Messi, battling back to earn a 1-1 draw against D.C. United on Saturday in Major League Soccer action. The match carried a touch…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Judge Frank Caprio, widely beloved as the kind heart of justice, passed away after battling pancreatic cancer at the age of 88. As a columnist once observed, “He was the face of a courtroom where compassion…

Shazia Mehboob  Islamabad: Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has maintained a complex relationship with the United States — one marked by alternating cycles of cooperation and conflict.  In the early years, Pakistan positioned…

News Desk  Washington: US President Donald Trump has secretly approved the use of military force against Latin American drug cartels classified by Washington as foreign terrorist organizations, according to a New York Times report.…

AFP/APP Washington: President Donald Trump's steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice. Shortly before the…

APP Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed his gratitude to US President Donald Trump for his key role in finalizing what he described as a “historic” trade agreement between Pakistan and the United States. In…