International

AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing to match China and Russia—just minutes before opening a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi…

AFP/APP Melbourne: A promising 17-year-old Australian cricketer has died after being struck by a ball, with his family saying they are “utterly devastated.” Ben Austin was practising in the nets with a helmet on before a Twenty20 game…

APP/Reuters Busan: US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he had agreed to cut tariffs on Chinese imports to 47% from 57%, following a high-stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the South Korean city of Busan.…

Fareena Abbas  Islamabad: When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, they promised reform — respect for women’s rights, opportunities for education, and no return to the past. But within months, those promises unraveled. Schools and…

AFP/APP Washington: Microsoft cloud customers faced major service disruptions on Wednesday after the company said an "inadvertent configuration change" affected its widely used Azure platform. The issue, which began around 1600 GMT,…

AFP/APP Port-au-Prince: At least 20 people have been killed and 10 others remain missing after severe flooding triggered by Hurricane Melissa swept through parts of Haiti, officials said on Wednesday. Emmanuel Pierre, head of the…

AFP/APP  Paris:  Climate change is ravaging global health, with policy failures leading to “millions” of preventable deaths each year, according to The Lancet’s Countdown 2024 report released on Wednesday. The international team of…

News Desk  Islamabad: Gmail users have been warned of a major security breach that may have left as many as 183 million email accounts vulnerable. The leaked data, which includes both email addresses and associated passwords, could…

News Desk  Tokyo: US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for preventing a potential war between India and Pakistan, saying his intervention helped end the military confrontation in May that saw the loss of several Indian…

AFP/APP Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa ripped up trees and knocked out power after making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, inundating the island nation with rains that threaten flash floods and…