Pak leadership vows not to allow May 9 ‘executors’ to get away
Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership Thursday strongly condemned the unprecedented violence by the supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on May 9 last year and vowed not to allow its “executors” to get away with their acts which were aimed at establishing an “individual’s dictatorship”. On May 9...
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Spanish court shelves tax probe against Shakira
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Japanese aircraft makes emergency landing after glitch
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Taliban sound warning to journalists, experts
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Putin accuses West of fueling global conflicts
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Stormy Daniels to return to stand in hush money trial
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Passengers, crew evacuated after plane’s tyre burst
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim two attacks in Gulf of Aden
(): Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage, while also saying they targeted a ship in the Indian Ocean in a previously unreported assault. The claims by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree come as the tempo...
Trump-linked group unveils national security book for second term
Making future military aid to Ukraine contingent on the country participating in peace talks with Russia. Banning Chinese nationals from buying property within a 50-mile radius of US government buildings. Filling the national security sector with acolytes of Donald Trump. One of several groups trying to lay the groundwork for...
China criticises US for ship’s passage through Taiwan Strait
(): China’s military criticised a US destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the island’s new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges. Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command,...
UK PM Sunak asks university chiefs to fight antisemitism
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday urged university chiefs to address the rise in antisemitic abuse on campus and disruption of learning in reaction to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Sunak and his ministers will meet with university vice-chancellors to ensure a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitic abuse is adopted on all...
‘US won’t supply weapons for Israel to attack Rafah, in warning to ally’
President Joe Biden said that he would not supply offensive weapons that Israel could use to launch an all-out assault on Rafah — the last major Hamas stronghold in Gaza — over concern for the well-being of the more than 1 million civilians sheltering there. Biden, in an interview with...
First shipment of aid to floating pier in Gaza departs from Cyprus
A shipment of humanitarian aid left a port in Cyprus on Thursday morning and was on its way to the US-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’ foreign minister said. The relief is desperately needed, with the United Nations saying people in Gaza are...
Xi Jingping begins visit to Serbia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO’s air war over Kosovo. US jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in the Serbian capital on May...
