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NEW YORK, Oct 21 : Amid its escalating attacks, the Israeli army shelled the southern Lebanese town of Kafr Shuba with internationally banned phosphorus munitions, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported Sunday. The report also said that Israeli forces shelled the nearby town of Al-Qantara, but […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 :Pakistan has stressed the need for clarifying the “rule of law”, saying the much-advocated principle that it applies equally to everyone is being obliterated by the actions of some countries, especially Israel, which is currently engaged in its “genocidal war” against […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 : More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed and livelihoods decimated during the ongoing Israeli military offensive, a UN-backed food security assessment released on Thursday has […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 : UN Scretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced alarm at the catastrophic levels of hunger in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. Famine looms. This is intolerable, the UN chief posted on X on Friday. Reiterating his call on Israel to open Gaza border […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 :Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, visited Italy and attended the Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium (TRSS). He delivered a talk on ‘Preserving the Underwater: The Secure and Sustainable Use of the Underwater.’ The Naval Chief also held meetings with naval leaders […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 : Indian Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and the Government of Pakistan for the hospitality accorded to him during his participation in CHG-SCO […]

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 16 : Deadly Israeli airstrikes hit targets across Lebanon on Wednesday, prompting renewed condemnation from top UN negotiators and humanitarian officials, who warned that essential services in the south of the country are close to collapse. “Today, Israeli airstrikes hit the town […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 : Pakistan and Iran, on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2024 summit here on Wednesday, discussed ways for strengthening trade relations, enhancing industrial cooperation and cultural exchange. According to press release issued by commerce ministry, , Federal Minister for Commerce, […]

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 : In what was seen as an overly delayed action, the United States has put Israel on notice that it could risk losing access to American weapons unless it allows more humanitarian aid to flow to Palestinians in the war-shattered Gaza Strip. […]