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BENGALURU: An Indian rocket carrying 16 payloads, including an earth observation satellite, went off track shortly after liftoff on Monday, dealing another setback to the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The PSLV-C62 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at […]
MINNEAPOLIS: Protesters clashed with law-enforcement officers in Minneapolis on Thursday after the fatal shooting of a woman by a US immigration agent triggered widespread outrage, intensified by the Trump administration’s insistence that the victim was guilty of “domestic terrorism”. Federal officers armed with pepperball guns and teargas confronted a large […]
CAMBRIDGE: Two Pakistani Muslims have been elected to key leadership positions in Cambridge, Massachusetts, marking a significant milestone for representation in the US city’s local government. Sumbul Siddiqui, a lawyer originally from Karachi, has been elected mayor of Cambridge for the 2026–27 term by the city council, securing her third […]
DUBAI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, accompanied by his son-in-law Ali Dar, met prominent members of the Pakistani and Emirati business community during a private visit to the United Arab Emirates, sources said. During the visit, Nawaz Sharif was pictured with Naseer Lootah and his […]
Washington: India reportedly hired a US lobbying firm to arrange meetings for Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with senior American officials during the May 2025 conflict with Pakistan, according to a report by Indian news outlet The Hindu. Citing filings on the US Department of Justice’s Foreign Agent Registration Act website, […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that the United States could launch a second military strike on Venezuela following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, saying further action could be taken if remaining members of the Maduro administration do not cooperate with Washington’s efforts to “fix” the country. […]
Washington: The final report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has laid bare the scale, costs and failures of America’s 20-year war and reconstruction effort in Afghanistan, concluding that corruption, flawed policies and structural weaknesses ultimately undermined state-building efforts. According to the report, the decision to […]
Beijing: China has called on the United States to immediately release Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, urging that the crisis in Venezuela be resolved through dialogue and negotiations rather than the use of force. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed strong concern over […]
A sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in the foothills of Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, near Maidan Shar in Maidan Wardak province. This incident has emerged as one of the most geopolitically significant drone events in South Asia in recent years. Forensic analysis of wreckage imagery has confirmed that the drone […]
Virginia: Dr Faiqa Aftab Qureshi, a 75-year-old Pakistani-origin pediatric emergency specialist, daughter of former Air Marshal Nur Khan was killed in a fatal car accident in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States, on Friday, authorities said. According to Virginia State Police, troopers were dispatched around 9am on December 26 to investigate […]