The long awaited ceasefire agreement and release of hostages between Hamas and Israel will come into force in less than 24 hours, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Majid al-Ansari posted on X that the ceasefire would begin at 1:30 a.m. EST on Sunday, 8:30 a.m. local time in Gaza. He … Read more
This representative image shows a boat carrying migrants. — AFP/File The FIA claims that officials erased the boat victims’ travel documents. He says smugglers have built shelters in Marutania. 3 smugglers including a woman arrested. After at least 44 Pakistanis reportedly lost their lives in the Morocco migrant boat tragedy, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) … Read more
Listen to the article A high-level defense delegation from Bangladesh visited Pakistan on Wednesday and met Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu. The delegation, led by Lieutenant General SM Qamarul Hassan, Principal Staff Officer, Bangladesh Armed Forces Division, expressed keen interest in Pakistan’s advanced military equipment, particularly the JF- … Read more
A power generation unit in Sukkur. — Sepco Website/File The CEO of Sepco will be director of DSU, co-director of the sector commander. The DSU will report directly to the Power Division Secretary. DSU was also mandated to reduce non-technical losses. ISLAMABAD: Personnel of Pakistan Army, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) have … Read more
The black boxes of airliner that crashed in South Korea Last month, 179 people were killed. The recording was stopped about four minutes before the accident, South Korean officials said Saturday. After analyzing the devices, the Conclusion of the United States National Transportation Safety Board that flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about … Read more
Genetic testing of charred bodies found near an Ecuadorian military base confirms that they are four boys kidnapped by soldiers three weeks ago, officials said Tuesday. The disappearance of the boys, aged 11 to 15, sparked protests in the South American country, which is in the grip of an armed struggle between narco gangs and … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that U.S. officials were in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that led the attack. overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad government but is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States and others. Blinken is the first U.S. official to publicly confirm contacts between … Read more
Conakry, Guinea — Fifty-six people were killed and several injured in a stampede at a football stadium in southern Guinea following clashes between supporters, the West African country’s military government announced Monday. Authorities were investigating who was responsible for Sunday’s stampede, Communications Minister Fana Soumah said in a statement read on national television. Several children … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin budget plans approved, bringing military spending for 2025 to record levels as Moscow seeks to assert itself in the war in Ukraine. About 32.5% of the budget published on a government website on Sunday was allocated to national defense, or 13.5 trillion rubles (more than $145 billion), compared to 28.3% this … Read more
US officials hope for ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. officials say progress is being made toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. But as these negotiations progress, the deadly fighting continues. Debora Patta has the last one. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, … Read more