30+ min ago   (809+ words) New attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and on a Saudi oil pipeline escalate Middle East tensions, threatening global energy supplies and driving up oil prices. ADEN/DUBAI: Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (217+ words) LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari said that those who call people imposed on the Pashtuns as Pashtuns are, in fact, insulting the Pashtun community. “These are dirty, despicable savages and, unfortunately, they have been imposed on…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (211+ words) NEW DELHI: Members of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement. Chinese President Xi…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (158+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly condemned the ‘reprehensible drone attacks’ on the East-West Pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, causing damage to the pipeline and injuries to civilians, the Foreign Office said in a statement…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (815+ words) ADEN/DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world’s largest crude oil exporter said it…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (247+ words) KINSHASA: More than 7,000 Ebola cases have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst outbreak of the deadly disease ever, according to figures from the Congolese authorities. Thought to have been spreading under the radar for weeks, the DRC…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (415+ words) LAHORE: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja announced on Saturday that the government is finalizing a plan to guarantee uninterrupted internet access for Pakistan’s IT sector, as part of a broader push to hit the country’s fifteen-billion-dollar…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (361+ words) NEW DELHI: India and China’s leaders pledged on Saturday to build up business and transport links, New Delhi said, as both rebuild ties badly damaged by a 2020 military clash on their disputed Himalayan border. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (684+ words) HONG KONG: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan held a series of bilateral meetings with regional counterparts on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit, focusing on trade, connectivity, food security and emerging technologies. The Commerce…...

14+ hour, 20+ min ago   (230+ words) Chinese entities reportedly provided Iran with satellite images of a US base in Jordan before a deadly attack, potentially escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing. WASHINGTON: Chinese entities supplied Iran with satellite images of a base in Jordan before and…...