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Trump says Xi and Putin assured him China and Russia would not sell weapons to Iran US President Donald Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 21, 2026. REUTERS United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that he does … Read more
BUDAPEST: The Malaysian Grand Prix could return to the Formula One calendar as a stand-in this season as hopes of racing in Bahrain recede due to conflict in the region, informed sources said on Thursday. April grands prix at Sakhir and Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) were both called off due to the Iran war but attempts to reschedule … Read more
. ISLAMABAD: The allotment of Justice Babar Sattar’s official residence in the federal capital has been cancelled following his transfer from the Islamabad High Court to the Peshawar High Court, according to a notice issued by the registrar’s office. The notice stated that the Estate Office cancelled the allotment of the government residence on July … Read more
President Trump has said he would expand the war if the Iran-backed Houthi militants launched additional attacks.
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.
KARACHI: Pakistan’s growing presence on the international festival circuit has received another boost as filmmaker Umair Bilal’s debut feature documentary, ‘As Light as Air’, has been selected for the prestigious Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, where it will have its world premiere in August. The selection marks another milestone for Pakistani cinema, which has increasingly … Read more
Pakistan’s emerging batter Sameer Minhas has credited street cricket, family support, structured age-group programmes and a fearless mindset for shaping his development as a cricketer. “My journey began with street cricket and playing at home with my brother. My father later enrolled us at an academy and that is where my serious cricketing journey started,” Sameer recalled in the … Read more
Former prime minister and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Friday advised PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari not to take political remarks personally, emphasising healthy political rivalry over bitterness. Nawaz Sharif, accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, addressed an election rally in Mirpur, about 258 kilometres from Muzaffarabad. They criticised rival parties for making lofty … Read more
By collecting about 1,000 fragments and painstakingly assembling the pieces, archaeologists restored a scene depicting the popular love story of Dionysus and Ariadne.
[President Trump remains the evening’s keynote speaker, as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate.