An-26 slams into cliff on planned flight over peninsula; technical malfunction suspected, no survivors reported The An-26 is a Soviet-era aircraft designed primarily for military use. PHOTO: BBC A Russian An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea, killing 29 people on board, due to a ​possible technical malfunction, Russia’s defence ministry said … Read more

. A general view of Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem. PHOTO: PIXABAY ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, along with seven other Muslim countries, has strongly condemned ongoing Israeli restrictions on the freedom of worship for Muslims and Christians in occupied Jerusalem, particularly measures preventing Muslim worshippers from accessing Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif. A joint statement issued by the foreign … Read more

Smoke rises above the city skyline in Riyadh, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. Photo: Reuters A new Israeli law that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks, but not Jewish extremists accused of similar crimes, would constitute a war crime if enacted, according to one of the UN’s … Read more

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Tuesday that four of its personnel were killed and two wounded during combat in southern Lebanon. An army statement named three soldiers from the same battalion who “fell during combat”. In a separate statement, it said another soldier had been killed in the same incident and two others wounded, … Read more

Tells Europe to get own oil, fight as US ‘won’t help’ France closes airspace to US military, Italy denies Sicilia BRUSSELS/ WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump sharply rebuked key European allies on Tuesday as divisions within NATO widened over the expanding war with Iran, even as the conflict intensified on multiple fronts, disrupted global energy flows … Read more

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview at the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: The federal and provincial governments on Tuesday agreed on a working framework outlining the broad contours of a possible targeted subsidy mechanism, as part of efforts to … Read more

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed authorities to take strict action against the smuggling and illegal hoarding of petroleum products, citing the evolving regional situation. The development came a day after President Asif Zardari and the prime minister assured in a high-level meeting that adequate fuel stocks … Read more

Jointly call for ceasefire, peace talks Urge civilian protection, safe shipping Beijing eyes larger Middle Eas ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Tuesday jointly proposed a five-point initiative aimed at restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and the broader Middle East. The plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, urgent diplomatic engagement to prevent further escalation, … Read more

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government told the Centre on Tuesday that it could file a petition in the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) against all parties for not giving its due share on account of the merger of 6.1 million population of the tribal districts with the province. K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi raised the issue … Read more

OGRA increased HSD and Petrol prices from March 01. PHOTO: PEXELS ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has notified a 35% increase in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) rates, jacking up the cost of an 11.8kg domestic cylinder by Rs924 for April as a consequence of a surge in the global market In a … Read more