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Islamabad: Report By Muhammad Saleem Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday hosted Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President for South, Central and West Asia, Yingming Yang, in a high-level breakfast meeting that reviewed Pakistan’s multi-decade development partnership with the lender and mapped priority interventions under the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2026–2030.�Welcoming Mr Yang…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has appointed veteran diplomat Dr. Manal Hassan Radwan as advisor and special envoy for negotiations and peace efforts. With 25 years of diplomatic experience, Dr. Radwan will now represent Saudi Arabia in bilateral and multilateral peace talks at global forums. Saudi Ambassador to the US, Princess…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he is pleased that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have relocated back to the UK after six years in the United States. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he was never a fan of the couple, criticizing Meghan in particular as having been “very disrespectful”…

Iran has accused the United States of bombing a residential house during a wedding celebration in Sirik county, southern Hormozgan province, killing at least five people, including a child. The strike hit the town of Kuhestak early Wednesday morning.Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei called it a “barbaric attack,” saying more than 50 people —…

Iran’s armed forces have claimed retaliatory strikes on US military bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq, in response to American bombing raids across multiple Iranian sites. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said missiles and drones targeted the US command headquarters at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base, the Marine garrison at Camp Titin…

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been fined by a court for failing to pay tax on a 24-year-old blue Nissan Micra, registered in 2002. The vehicle’s tax lapsed in September 2025, and the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) began enforcement action after it was found untaxed on January 24.Official records listed the car…

Washington/TehranU.S. President Donald Trump has denied reports that his administration is pressing Iran to return to negotiations, asserting instead that Washington now has “almost total control” of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran’s economy is “totally collapsing.”  Meanwhile, Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to pushing for dialogue between Washington and Tehran despite a sharp…

KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned airlines, insurance companies and operators using Russia’s major airports that flights face a sharply increased risk due to growing drone activity in Russian airspace.Zelensky said that intensifying Ukrainian drone operations are making Russian airspace “completely dangerous.” He stressed that Ukraine does not target civilian aircraft, but that…

Following a lull of several weeks, the United States launched new strikes on Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation against U.S. bases in the Middle East. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to inflict “severe damage” on Iran. On Sunday, U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, in what…

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said on Tuesday that despite U.S. sanctions and mounting economic pressure, Iran holds substantial foreign currency reserves. Responding to claims by U.S. President Donald Trump, Hemmati said, “Iran has foreign currency, and it has plenty of it.”According to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency, speaking at a…