WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would hit Iran “hard”, though he expected the latest military flare-up to end quickly and left the door open to more talks. The US leader had earlier said the ceasefire with Iran was over after the latest fighting, which led mediators Pakistan and Qatar […]
SRINAGAR — Leader of Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Friday dubbed the ruling National Conference’s proposed protest at Jantar Mantar over the statehood issue as an “eye-wash”, saying the government was trying to “hide its failures” through such “theatrics”. The National Conference (NC) has written to 52 leaders of political […]
NEW DELHI — Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died on Tuesday, a day short of his 39th birthday, after reportedly undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at a New Delhi hospital. “With profound grief and deep sorrow, the Afghanistan Cricket Board mourns the passing of former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran,” […]
SRINAGAR — After locals reported the sighting of an unidentified person in the Thati area of Akhnoor in Jammu, a joint search operation is being conducted by the Indian Army, Jammu-Kashmir Police, and CRPF here. The search operations are being done using hi-tech spectrum drones equipped with high-definition cameras that have the ability to capture […]
NEW DELHI — According to a Pakistan Cricket Board source, in the event that the team declines to travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy the following year, citing a travel ban due to security concerns, the PCB will require the BCCI to submit documented evidence of the Indian government’s denial of permission. The host […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Information Minister Atta Tarar announced on Monday that the government plans to file a case seeking to ban Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Dawn reported. During a press briefing, Tarar, emphasised the necessity of moving the country forward without PTI’s presence: “The federal government has decided to ban PTI.” He cited […]
LAHORE — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan was ‘arrested’ by Lahore Police in connection with cases against him over May 9 riots after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) secured his eight-day remand in the Toshakhana case, Pakistan-based daily Dawn reported. Citing security reasons, Imran Khan could not be shifted to Lahore for a hearing […]
KATHMANDU — K P Sharma Oli on Monday was sworn in as Nepal’s Prime Minister for the fourth time. The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party was appointed Nepal’s Prime Minister on Sunday by President Ram Chandra Paudel to lead a new coalition government that faces the daunting challenge of providing political stability in the […]
SRINAGAR — Thousands of Shia Muslim mourners took out the eighth Muharram procession in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Monday. Authorities had permitted the event with the organisers assuring a peaceful and disciplined Muharram procession. A large number of Shia Muslim mourners joined the procession that started at Guru Bazaar and ends in the […]
JAMMU — More than three lakh devotees performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra during the last 16 days, as another batch of 4,875 Yatris left for the Valley on Monday, officials said. Despite intermittent rain and thundershowers along both the Yatra routes, more than 15,000 enthusiastic pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the holy cave on Sunday. Officials […]
BEIRUT — Hezbollah attacked a new Israeli division with assault drones in Illit in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon’s southern villages. “In response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks … the fighters of the Islamic Resistance launched an air attack with a squadron of assault drones on the headquarters Command of the newly created 91st […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces have confirmed that they killed Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip late last week. In a statement, the Israeli military and Shin Bet internal security agency said on Sunday that Salameh was killed in the area of Khan Younis, Xinhua news […]
GAZA — At least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli air raid on a school housing displaced people in the central Gaza Strip, said Palestinian security and medical sources. Israeli aircraft bombed a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]
