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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has intensified diplomatic consultations with key regional partners on President Trump’s Gaza peace plan and its next phase that envisages among other things the deployment of multinational force in one of the world’s most protracted hotspots. On Sunday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foriegn Minister spoke to his Turkish and Iranian counterparts with focus … Read more
Nick Reiner was diagnosed with schizophrenia several years ago and was receiving treatment for the condition before the killings of his parents, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the case. The sources said his medication was changed or adjusted at some point prior to the deaths, though it is not clear how soon … Read more
India stunned after entering final unbeaten; Opener Sameer Minhas scripts history Pakistani players celebrate with the trophy after defeating India in the U-19 Asia Cup final in Dubai. Photo: NNI Pakistan’s Under-19s delivered a night to remember, sweeping past arch-rivals India with a thumping 191-run victory in the final of the U-19 Asia Cup at … Read more
. MOGADISHU: Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week’s local elections — the first direct polls in nearly 60 years — the security minister said on Sunday. The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent … Read more
Responses to Dhurandhar, Bollywood’s latest film promoting an anti-Pakistan narrative, have been divided in India and Pakistan alike. Although some viewers conceded that the film is technically accomplished, many were unconvinced by its glossy, high-budget treatment, viewing it instead as another attempt by Indian cinema to portray its neighbour in a hostile and unfavourable light. … Read more
. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as Rustem Umerov speaks while leading Ukrainian delegation during a meeting in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Photo: AFP MIAMI: The Kremlin toned down expectations ahead of a third day of Ukraine settlement talks in Miami Sunday, saying proposed changes to the plan to end the war were a … Read more
[Sharyn Alfonsi, a “60 Minutes” correspondent, criticized the network’s decision to remove her reporting from Sunday’s edition of the show.
. US Senator Lindsey Graham. PHOTO: Reuters JERUSALEM: US Senator Lindsey Graham called on Sunday for renewed military action against Hamas and Hezbollah if they fail to disarm and accused the Palestinian Islamist group of consolidating its power in Gaza. The Republican politician, on a visit to Israel, is a staunch ally of US President … Read more
. ABUJA: Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month. “Another 130 abducted Niger state pupils released, none left in captivity,” Sunday Dare said in a post on X, accompanied by a … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood icon Harrison Ford will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award from SAG-AFTRA, the main union representing film and television actors, the organization has announced, recognising a career that has spanned more than five decades and produced some of the most enduring characters in cinema history. Ford, whose work across both the … Read more