PM reaffirms Pakistan’s strong support for multilateralism, UN role in global affairs

PM reaffirms Pakistan’s strong support for multilateralism, UN role in global affairs

ISLAMABAD: Paksitan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday emphasised that Pakistan would continue to render strong and abiding support for multilateralism and the role...
PM concludes Kyrgyzstan visit; President Japarov personally drives him to airport in gesture of warm hospitality

Kyrgyz president personally drives PM Shehbaz to airport at end of Bishkek visit

By APP BISHKEK: Paksitan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Kyrgyzstan concluded on an unprecedented note of hospitality, as Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov personally...
Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions with Donald Trump

Saudi Arabia says Iran attacked vessel in Hormuz, killing two sailors

By Reuters Saudi Arabia: The world's biggest crude exporter, said on Wednesday that an Iranian attack on an oil tanker owned by its national shipping...
US-Iran conflict, Iran, United States, Donald Trump, Strait of Hormuz, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC, Gulf tensions, US airstrikes, Iranian attacks, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, civilian casualties, oil prices, Middle East conflict, sanctions, military strikes

US and Iran exchange attacks as lull in war appears over

By Reuters WASHINGTON: The U.S. ​and Iran found themselves back on a war footing on Wednesday after the most significant exchange of fire in weeks,...
Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan, India, Indus Waters Treaty, IWT, water disputes, water weaponisation, political coercion, SCO, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Bishkek, SCO Plus, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Kashmir, hydropower projects, UN reform, Gaza, Palestine, Afghanistan, terrorism, regional security, regional peace, Islamabad MoU, Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Pakistan foreign policy, international diplomacy, UN Security Council

Water must not be weaponised for political coercion, PM Shehbaz says

By APP BISHKEK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, calling water a “lifeblood” of the region to sustain millions of lives and secure the future...
Japan provides 21m yen grant for TB screening in Islamabad, Punjab

Japan provides 21m yen grant for TB screening in Islamabad, Punjab

Islamabad: The Government of Japan, under its Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) Program, has decided to provide grant assistance of 21...
Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

By Reuters KATHMANDU: Nepal's rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, stepped up efforts on Monday to reach ​hundreds of people believed to be...
North Carolina girl, 17, charged in role in California mosque attack

North Carolina girl, 17, charged in role in California mosque attack

By Reuters Carolina: Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill told a press conference that officials decided to bring state charges because in ​North Carolina the...
PM Shehbaz Sharif-TNT Photo

PM Shehbaz, Pezeshkian discuss regional tensions, bilateral cooperation

BISHKEK: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan and Iran, as brotherly and neighbouring countries, would continue working together to promote...
US, Iran exchange fire in flare-up; Bessent signals more sanctions

US, Iran exchange fire in flare-up; Bessent signals more sanctions

By Reuters WASHINGTON: U.S. forces struck two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, a ​U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes...