Afghan FM defends exclusion of women journalists during presser in Delhi, calls it 'technical issue'
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:30 pm
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday sought to downplay the controversy surrounding the absence of female journalists from his earlier press conference in New Delhi, describing it as a “technical issue.”
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:27 pm
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has arrested an Indian-origin driver who was issued a commercial driver's license (CDL) by the state of New York to “No Name Given Anmol.”
Pakistan: Bomb explosion in Jaffarabad leaves 10-year-old boy dead
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:15 pm
A 10-year-old boy died and his brother was injured after a bomb exploded in the Jaffarabad district of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
Israel: Nova Festival survivor who saw partner killed by Hamas found dead near Tel Aviv
Oct 12, 2025, at 07:47 pm
An Israeli man, who survived the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and saw his partner being killed in front of his eyes on the deadly day, was found dead near Tel Aviv city on Friday.
Islamabad says 200 Talibans killed; Kabul claims 58 Pakistani soldiers dead in border fighting
Oct 12, 2025, at 06:53 pm
The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed that more than 200 Taliban fighters were killed during intense border clashes, just hours after Afghanistan’s Taliban government asserted that 58 Pakistani soldiers had died in the fighting.
Egypt: Three Qatari officials killed in road mishap in Sharm el-Sheikh
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:28 pm
Three Qatari officials were killed and two others injured after their vehicle crashed near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan statement on Jammu and Kashmir
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:17 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador to express its “strong reservations” over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier.
15 Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban retaliates after Kabul airstrikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 12:48 pm
Kabul: Taliban forces launched retaliatory attacks following Pakistani airstrikes in Helmand province, killing 15 Pakistani soldiers after strikes that also targeted Kabul, media reports said.
'I didn't say give it to me': Donald Trump says Nobel Peace Prize winner called him
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:10 am
US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to not winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, claiming that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, this year’s laureate, told him she accepted the award “in honour” of him.
Taliban, Pakistani forces clash along border after alleged air strikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 07:52 am
Armed clashes erupted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Saturday after the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes inside Afghan territory, escalating already fraught relations between the two neighbours, media reports said.
Nobel laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo to join University of Zurich in 2026
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:59 am
Renowned development economists and Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join the University of Zurich’s (UZH) Faculty of Business, Economics, and Informatics in July 2026.
Hamas to boycott Gaza peace deal signing in Egypt, calls Trump’s proposal ‘absurd’
Oct 12, 2025, at 12:20 am
Gaza: Palestinian militant group Hamas will skip the official signing of the Gaza peace deal in Egypt, a senior leader told AFP, citing disagreements with parts of Donald Trump’s plan — a move that throws the future of the long-anticipated accord into uncertainty.
Four dead, 12 injured in Mississippi mass shooting after high school football game
Oct 11, 2025, at 11:28 pm
Leland (Mississippi, US): At least four people were killed and 12 others injured in a mass shooting that took place shortly after a football game past midnight on Friday in the US state of Mississippi, the BBC reported.
Pakistan: Dascu workers protest against non-payment of wages
Oct 11, 2025, at 06:32 pm
The Dasu hydropower project workers demonstrated for the second consecutive day on Friday, demanding the release of their wages in line with the labour laws.
Giorgia Meloni’s party introduces bill to ban burqa, niqab in Italy’s public spaces
Oct 11, 2025, at 05:24 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has introduced a bill seeking to ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in public spaces, citing concerns over “Islamic separatism,” reports said.
Unintentional: Taliban spokesperson defends 'all-men' Muttaqi press conference
Oct 11, 2025, at 02:29 pm
Afghan Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen on Saturday defended the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference addressed by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, describing it as “unintentional” and not a policy decision.
Pakistan: Terrorists attack police training school in Dera Ismail Khan, seven officers killed
Oct 11, 2025, at 01:45 pm
At least six terrorists and seven police officers were killed after militants attacked a police training school in the Ratta Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan district, Pakistan, on Saturday, according to media reports.
Trump warns of imposing additional 100 percent tariffs on China
Oct 11, 2025, at 08:59 am
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional 100 percent tariffs on China, reigniting the trade war with the world's second-strongest economy.
Quran burning case: UK court overturns conviction of man in free speech ruling
Oct 10, 2025, at 11:38 pm
A British appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a man who had been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London, media reports said.
María Corina Machado dedicates Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelans, Donald Trump
Oct 10, 2025, at 10:42 pm
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado dedicated her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to the people of Venezuela and to US President Donald Trump, praising what she called his “decisive support” for her country’s pro-democracy movement.
Oct 10, 2025, at 09:27 pm
In a strong reaction following the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 to Venezuelan opposition leader and pro-democracy activist María Corina Machado, the White House alleged that it was “politics over peace”, saying US President Donald Trump will continue "ending wars".
Oct 10, 2025, at 06:04 pm
The protest camp of the Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP) has completed 5,962nd day outside the Quetta Press Club, with the organisation recording a new case of enforced disappearance involving a young man named Saqib Ahmed Buzdar.
Pakistan: Gwadar residents stage sit-in against severe water shortage
Oct 10, 2025, at 05:49 pm
Residents of Gwadar city recently staged a sit-in outside the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) office to demonstrate against the worsening water crisis in the region.
No Nobel for Trump, Maria Corina Machado awarded Peace Prize
Oct 10, 2025, at 03:06 pm
Venezuela's influential opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of her nation and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Pakistan strikes Kabul at a time Afghan Foreign Minister makes maiden India visit
Oct 10, 2025, at 01:26 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Pakistan carried out an airstrike in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Thursday night coinciding with Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's maiden India visit, media reports said.
Give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, says Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu amid Gaza deal
Oct 10, 2025, at 10:39 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday urged the Nobel Committee to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump, saying he “deserves it” for his role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Ukraine: Child killed, 12 injured in attacks on Russian cities
Oct 10, 2025, at 09:58 am
Oct 10, 2025, at 09:03 am
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday targeted former President Barack Obama, saying he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for doing nothing” and for “destroying the nation.”
Qatar Airways sued over passenger’s death onboard after crew tell him to ‘eat around’ meat
Oct 09, 2025, at 04:53 pm
An octogenarian passenger choked and died while flying with Qatar Airways after the flight crew told him to ‘eat-around’ the meat in the regular non-vegetarian meal served.
Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas agreed to first phase of Gaza truce deal
Oct 09, 2025, at 10:46 am
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump has announced Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of Gaza peace deal.