LONDON — Britain has witnessed another major political shift. On Monday, Keir Starmer travelled to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to King Charles III. The King subsequently invited Andy Burnham to form a new government, and Burnham was formally sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.Before submitting his resignation, Starmer…
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has introduced a one-year multiple-entry Umrah visa aimed at facilitating pilgrims from around the world.Under the new visa scheme, pilgrims will be allowed multiple entries into the Kingdom over the course of one year, with a total permissible stay of up to 90 days. According to Saudi authorities, the initiative is…
ISLAMABAD — Report by Muhammad Saleem Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Capital Police, Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, has ordered a comprehensive audit and physical verification of all police wireless communication sets in a bid to enhance the efficiency and transparency of the force’s communication network.According to police sources, the IGP has directed officials to…
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said that despite US attacks, diplomatic contacts between the two countries are continuing through mediators, and that talks with the United States can only take place on the basis of national interests.According to French news agency AFP, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told a press conference in Tehran that…
Thousands of people are attempting to march to India’s parliament after the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called a protest demanding reforms to the education system. The group, which is not a real political party, started out as satire. But on Monday, it held its biggest protest yet. BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri, who attended the group’s…
Ukraine is struggling to mobilise men to fight in the war against Russia as the conflict enters into its fifth year. The reasons many people are hesitant to sign up range from plain fear of the front line to a reluctance to fight in a war with no end in sight. This has led to…
The US military says a service member was killed after an Iranian attack in northern Iraq on Saturday, a day after an attack on a base in Jordan killed two US soldiers and left another missing. US Central Command (Centcom) said the individual was killed during “a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance” from a downed…
A sample of iceberg lettuce from the food supplier Taylor Farms has tested positive for the parasite that caused an explosive diarrhoea outbreak affecting thousands of people in the US, officials said. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that Taylor Farms, which supplies the Taco Bell food chain, had confirmed the sample was taken…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik has said that the government has accelerated exploration of domestic oil and gas reserves in order to reduce the country’s energy dependence on the Strait of Hormuz. He stated that the new mechanism for pricing petroleum products would put an end to unjust profiteering and provide relief…
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has stated that Pakistan remains a target of Israel even today, and that the aim of the PTI founder is to weaken the country. In a statement, he said that no leniency will be shown to those who play with Pakistan’s stability, adding that no compromise will…
