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SYDNEY: Australian police on Monday said the two alleged gunmen behind a deadly shooting at a Jewish celebration near Sydney’s Bondi Beach were a father and son, as the death toll rose to 16 in the country’s worst gun violence in nearly 30 years. Police said the 50-year-old father was […]
BANGKOK: Thailand imposed a curfew in its southeastern Trat province on Sunday as fighting with Cambodia spread to coastal areas of the disputed border region, two days after US President Donald Trump said both sides had agreed to halt hostilities. The Southeast Asian neighbours have clashed repeatedly this year following […]
PROVIDENCE: A shooting at Brown University in the US state of Rhode Island has left two people dead and at least eight others in critical condition, prompting a massive law enforcement response and a campus-wide lockdown. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley confirmed the deaths, while local authorities said the injured are […]
A massive artificial intelligence campus is rising out of the Abu Dhabi desert, marking the United Arab Emirates’ most ambitious effort yet to pivot from an oil-driven economy to one powered by advanced technology. Spread across an area roughly a quarter the size of Paris, the site will house data […]
Türkiye is planning to establish a facility in Pakistan to assemble combat drones, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter. The move is part of Ankara’s efforts to expand its defense industry in international markets. Türkiye’s defense exports rose 30% in the first 11 months of 2025, reaching a […]
A delegation of Pakistan Travel Mart visited Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the Kingdom of Thailand as part of their effort to strengthen Pakistan Thailand tourism relations. The delegation meet with Mr. Salman Pervez, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Pakistan in Thailand, and Col. Shahadat Hussain, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ambassador to Türkiye presented prestigious civil awards to a Turkish professor and the honorary consul of Pakistan in Izmir during a ceremony at Pakistan House in Ankara on Wednesday. Prof. Asuman Belen Ozcan, chairperson and head of the Department of Urdu Language and Literature at Ankara University, was […]
Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Indonesia, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have expressed deep concern over Israeli statements about opening the Rafah Crossing in one direction to transfer residents of the Gaza Strip into Egypt. The ministers strongly rejected any attempt to expel the Palestinian people from their […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to accelerate work on a long-delayed transit trade agreement to raise bilateral commerce to $100 million. The two countries have been seeking to deepen economic and energy cooperation, with Pakistan looking to secure new trade corridors through Central Asia and Kyrgyzstan aiming to expand access […]
LONDON: A growing number of UK universities have stopped accepting students from Pakistan and Bangladesh due to rising concerns over visa abuse and stricter Home Office compliance requirements, according to multiple reports. At least nine universities have introduced restrictions on applicants from what they now classify as “high-risk” countries. The […]