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Says Tehran, Muscat still discussing statement; full restoration of security in waterway depends on end of US actions Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Saturday that Iran has reached an agreement with Oman on a shipping route map for the Strait of Hormuz after weeks of technical negotiations. Baghaei told Defa Press that … Read more
PML-N strengthens its position to form AJK government as final Bagh results give it 25 seats against PPP’s 12 PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz wave to supporters during an election rally in Mirpur ahead of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly elections on Friday. Photo: X The electoral process … Read more
Police did not release names, ages, genders of victims, saying next-of-kin notifications were underway A man suspected of shooting and killing five people in northern Michigan on Friday was found dead after a manhunt, Michigan State Police said in a statement on social media. One victim remained hospitalised in critical condition, the police said. Troopers … Read more
[An air traffic controller noticed that two planes — one departing, one landing — were both flight 2482. He acted quickly to avoid confusion.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has sought to appease young Indians after major protests. PHOTO: AFP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday his government would provide free online coaching lessons for competitive exams, weeks after massive youth-led protests forced the education minister to resign. Modi said the initiative was aimed at easing the financial … Read more
Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman addressing an event in Lahore. Photo: X/file Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday announced sit-ins outside the chief minister’s house in Lahore and governors’ houses in other provinces from August 16 (tomorrow) against the rising fuel prices. Speaking at a press conference at JI central headquarters in Mansoorah … Read more
Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as in control even as aid and rights groups warned of escalating crises. Outside the former United States embassy in Kabul, armoured Taliban vehicles took part in … Read more
New Delhi intends to open a tightly guarded sector to private and foreign investors India’s Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in Tamil Nadu, is the largest nuclear power station in the country which suffered a data breach in June 2026. Photo: Express/file India has proposed a tightly supervised approval regime for private nuclear power generation, opening the … Read more
Urges PM Shehbaz to fund roads, hospitals and jobs in AJK, saying AJK should progress at same pace as Punjab PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at a party convention in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. SCREENGRAB With political tensions heating up between the ruling PML-N and its coalition partner, the PPP, PML-N … Read more
Musab Abu Rukbah, a former police chief, left Austria after appealing his eight-year sentence for crimes committed during Syria’s civil war.