Israeli forces martyred two Palestinians

Israeli forces martyred two Palestinians on Thursday in raids in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, during what the Israeli army described as “counterterrorism activities”. Hours later, the ministry announced the death of 45-year-old Palestinian father of six, who had been “critically wounded by Israeli bullets” on Wednesday in Beita, south of مزید پڑھیں

Russian warship attacked in Black Sea; Moscow accuses Kyiv of border strikes

Ukraine clai­med on Thursday to have hit Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea with missiles, igniting a fire that Moscow said “seriously damaged” the warship as it accused Kyiv of helicopter strikes elsewhere over its territory. Even as Ukraine pushed to restart civilian evacuations ahead of a feared major offensive in the east, Russia claimed مزید پڑھیں

US ‘agrees’ with DG ISPR’s statement on no ‘foreign conspiracy’ to oust Imran

US State Department spokesman Ned Price has said the United States agreed with the statement given by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) a day ago wherein he dismissed an impression of a foreign “conspiracy” to oust former prime minister Imran Khan’s government. The senior US official made this statement during a press مزید پڑھیں

Ukraine says restarting evacuations after halt over Russian violations

Ukraine said Thursday it was reopening humanitarian corridors allowing for the evacuation of civilians from war-scarred regions of the country after a day-long pause that Kyiv attributed to Russian violations. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a statement on social media that nine routes in the east and south of the country would be مزید پڑھیں

US congratulates Shehbaz on election as prime minister

US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Wednesday congratulated newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and vowed to continue its long-standing cooperation with Pakistan’s government. Shehbaz was elected the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on Monday after his predecessor, Imran Khan, was removed from office through a no-confidence vote last week. In a statement issued مزید پڑھیں

Russia closes on Mariupol as US warns of chemical threat

Russian troops intensified their campaign to take the port city of Mariupol on Tuesday as part of an anticipated massive onslaught across eastern Ukraine that the United States warned might include the use of chemical weapons. Moscow is believed to be trying to connect occupied Crimea with Russian-backed separatist territories Donetsk and Lugansk in Donbas, مزید پڑھیں

Ukraine braces for fall of Mariupol, broader Russian assault on east

Russia was poised Monday to take the strategic city of Mariupol and unleash a massive offensive in eastern Ukraine, as fresh diplomatic efforts with Moscow to broker a peace offered little hope of de-escalation. With the war grinding toward its seventh week, Austria s leader said he had raised alleged Russian atrocities as he became مزید پڑھیں