International

Tacoma: A US judge in Washington state has blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump's order banning transgender people from serving in the military, the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks. The order Thursday from US district court judge Benjamin Settle in...

Beijing/Dhaka: Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus here Friday, official media reported. Yunus, on a four-day visit to China, took part in the country's Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Hainan after his arrival there Wednesday. He arrived in...

United Nations: US President Donald Trump is pulling the nomination of firebrand Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to be the permanent representative to the UN because of the party's slender lead in the House of Representative. He said in a Truth Social post Thursday that he...

Cairo: A recreational submarine taking 45 tourists on an underwater cruise of coral reefs in the Red Sea sank off the Egyptian resort town of Hurghada Thursday, leaving six Russians dead, the provincial governor said. The remaining tourists, more than two dozen of whom were...

Washington: President Donald Trump said he was placing 25 per cent tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains. “This will continue to spur...

Islamabad: The Pakistan Foreign Office (PFO) has taken serious note of a bipartisan bill introduced by US lawmakers in the House of Representatives seeking sanctions against the country's state officials, including the Army Chief, over alleged human rights violations. Pakistan dismissed the bill Thursday, calling...

Islamabad: At least six labourers hailing from the Punjab province were killed in a firing incident in the Kalmat area of Balochistan's Gwadar district early Thursday after unknown gunmen blocked the main highway and offloaded them from a Karachi-bound passenger bus after checking their IDs....

Islamabad: A suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack killed three people and critically injured at least 21 others in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, Thursday. Police sources confirmed that the explosives were planted in a motorcycle parked near the Barech Market in Quetta City....

New York: Wildfires sweeping through the US states of North and South Carolina have forced evacuations and prompted a state of emergency. In North Carolina's Polk County, the hardest-hit area, about 250 households have been evacuated, and at least 20 homes and outbuildings have been...

Islamabad: The people of Pakistan should brace for more taxes as carbon levy is on the cards following a fresh deal of USD 1.3 billion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to tackle climate change, officials said. Under the Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) with the fund...