International

Islamabad: The Trump administration has approved USD 1.25 billion in US Export-Import (EXIM) Bank financing for Pakistan's Reko Diq copper-gold mine in restive Balochistan, the mineral-rich but poor province hit by militancy and insurgencies. In a video message posted on X Wednesday, US Charge d'Affaires...

San Francisco: The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by California officials...

Jerusalem: Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the US-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military's figures. Under the October ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks of...

Kyiv: Ukrainian officials were expected to hand their latest peace proposals to United States negotiators Wednesday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who also said Ukraine would be ready for elections within three months if partners can guarantee a safe vote during wartime and if its...

Islamabad: Lahore has been ranked at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 300, according to the Swiss air quality monitor IQAir, which labelled it as an extremely unhygienic and polluted air prevails in various cities of...

Oslo: Venezuelan Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will miss the ceremony to award her the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Wednesday, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Institute said. Machado last appeared in public 11 months ago. Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken told public...

Istanbul: The close relationship between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brought the countries closer to resolving issues that led to Turkiye being kicked off the F-35 fighter jet programme, the United States ambassador to Ankara said Wednesday. “The positive...

Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult. Parents reported distraught children discovering they’d been shut out...

New York/Pennsylvania: US President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan “were going at it” and he ended the conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, repeating the claim once again. Trump has so far repeated the claim nearly 70 times that he stopped the conflict in...

Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister Aleema Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members Tuesday held a sit-in outside Adiala jail in Rawalpindi after jail authorities once again did not allow them to meet the founding PTI chairman, local media reported. In video statements...