Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for action against climate change that has caused cataclysmic floods in Pakistan as he said that “it’s time to act, act now.” The prime minister was addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS), where he spoke about the climate catastrophe that has devastated مزید پڑھیں

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has expressed sincere condolences and sympathy to King Charles, the royal family and to the British people on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Saudi monarch congratulated Charles on his accession to the British throne during a phone call on Thursday, wishing the new King success مزید پڑھیں

Iran has moved a step closer towards becoming a permanent member of a central Asian security body dominated by Russia and China, as Tehran seeks to overcome economic isolation imposed by US sanctions. Foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Thursday said Iran had signed a memorandum of obligations to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which is مزید پڑھیں

 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that pipeline gas supplies to Pakistan are possible, and that part of the necessary infrastructure is already in place. President Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met today on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The high-level meeting came after the مزید پڑھیں

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Armenia’s capital accusing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of betraying his country by trying to appease Azerbaijan. According to international media, they included relatives of those who lost their lives in the 2020 Second Karabakh War. The demonstrators, on Wednesday, demanded that Pashinyan not be given a مزید پڑھیں

The United States announced that it would transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets into a new Swiss-based trust fund that will be shielded from the Taliban and used to help stabilise Afghanistan’s collapsed economy. According to international media, the Afghan Fund, managed by a board of trustees, could pay for critical imports like مزید پڑھیں

Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the holy city of Makkah to perform an Umrah pilgrimage on behalf of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The man, a Yemeni national, on Monday published a video clip of himself on social media at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Islam’s holiest site, مزید پڑھیں

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sought to end fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan after border clashes killed at least 49 Armenian soldiers and raised fears of another fully-fledged war in the former Soviet Union. Russia, the United States and France called for restraint after the most deadly fighting since Armenia and Azerbaijan waged a مزید پڑھیں

 A regional summit this week where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet China’s Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders will showcase an “alternative” to the Western world, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Putin and Xi will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and several other countries for the summit of the Shanghai مزید پڑھیں

Azerbaijan and Armenia have reported new border clashes that left an unknown number of Azerbaijani troops dead. According to international media, the fighting, which broke out early on Tuesday, marks the latest flare-up between the arch foes, who fought a war in 2020 over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Each side blamed the other for the مزید پڑھیں