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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif early Wednesday termed the Indian missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab province as an "act of war" and said his country has every right to give a "befitting reply." In retaliation for the Pahalgam terror...

Islamabad: At least five paramilitary personnel were killed and six others injured in a roadside bomb attack targeting a security convoy in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province Tuesday, security sources said. The incident happened at about 11:45 am local time (0645 GMT) in the Kachhi district,...

Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Tuesday ordered the arrest of detained Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in four more cases, a day after the court took a similar action against him in a murder case. Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate SM Alauddin Mahmud issued the order after a...

Beijing: China Tuesday imposed anti-dumping measures on imported cypermethrin from India. These measures would be effective Wednesday. Cypermethrin, which is primarily used in the agriculture sector to produce insecticides for pests in crops such as cotton, fruit trees, vegetables. China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has issued a warning of an expected 21 per cent shortage of water availability in the country during the Kharif season amid the blockade of water supplies from India. IRSA said that after India blocked water supply to...

Canberra: Australia's re-elected Labor Party government will make the case that US tariffs on foreign-made films are "unjustified," a senior minister has said. Amanda Rishworth, the minister for social services, said Tuesday that the government's "whole team," including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, would present a...

Islamabad: Pakistan coalition government has endorsed an 18 per cent increase in defence spending to over Rs 2.5 trillion in the next budget due to tensions with India, according to a media report Tuesday. The government is set to unveil the 2025-26 budget in the...

United Nations: The UN Security Council discussed rising tensions between India and Pakistan at closed-door consultations, where envoys called for de-escalation and also asked Pakistan ‘tough questions’. Greece, president of the UNSC for the month of May, had scheduled the meeting Monday following a request...

Jammu: For the 12th consecutive day Tuesday, the Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked small arms firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The Defence Ministry spokesman said, “During the night of 05-06 May 2025, Pakistan Army resorted to...

United Nations: The Security Council met in a closed session on the tension between India and Pakistan, and its President Evangelos Sekeris described it afterwards as a ‘productive meeting’. As he left the meeting Monday, he told reporters, “The Security Council is always helpful in...