Pakistan strikes terrorist hideouts along Afghan border, kills 26 militants: minister

Pakistan has carried out strikes on terrorist hideouts along its border with Afghanistan and killed 26 terrorists, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday.

“In the aftermath of recent terrorist incidents in Pakistan […] precise and calibrated strikes were carried out along Pakistan-Afghanistan border areas on hideouts and safe havens of masterminds and planners belonging to…

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VIDEO -- California: Coworker Accused of Tossing Hot Oil in McDonald's Employee's Face, Causing Severe Burns

A 20-year-old McDonald's worker in Yuba City, California, was left with severe burns after a coworker allegedly attacked him with hot oil.

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Pakistan's 'resolute response' during May 2025 conflict debunked notion of space for war in South Asia: military official

A military official from Pakistan has said that the country’s “resolute response” to India during the May 2025 conflict had effectively debunked the notion of space for war in South Asia.

Commander I Corps Lieutenant General Nauman Zakria made these remarks during a special session at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.

In May 2025, a four-day conflict between Pakistan and India…

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Pakistan's 'resolute response' in May 2025 conflict debunked notion of space for war in South Asia: military official

A military official from Pakistan has said that the country’s “resolute response” to India during the May 2025 conflict had effectively debunked the notion of space for war in South Asia.

Commander I Corps Lieutenant General Nauman Zakria made these remarks during a special session at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday.

In May 2025, a four-day conflict between Pakistan and India…

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Climate Minister Musadik Malik warns against water aggression, urges India to respect IWT

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik on Tuesday warned against “water aggression” and efforts to undermine international water-sharing agreements, urging India to respect the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) of 1960.

Addressing a high-level international water conference — the Fourth High-Level International Conference on the International Decade for…

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From Charlottesville to San Diego : While Trump Brands Anti-Fascism “Terrorism,” Fascists Murder People in the Streets

On May 18, 2026, against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia, two teenagers attacked San Diego’s largest mosque. They murdered three people before killing themselves. This is not just another episode of gun violence; it is an aspect of the joint terror campaign that the Trump administration and its supporters are waging against us from both within the state and outside it.

All evidence suggests…

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Pakistan hails PCA's decision in IWT proceedings, says it affirms limits on India’s water-control capability

Pakistan expressed on Sunday “utmost satisfaction” over a supplemental award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that it said affirmed Islamabad’s position of the Indus Waters Treaty placing “substantive limits on India’s water-control capability” on Indus River system’s western rivers.

The decision pertained to maximum pondage — a technical term for the maximum volume of water that…

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Pakistan-UAE ties unaffected by external engagements, says FO

The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday said Pakistan’s relations with the United Arab Emirates remained unaffected by any external engagements the Gulf state may have, expressing confidence in the strength of bilateral ties. It said the relationship was based on mutual trust, adding that this sentiment was also shared in Abu Dhabi.

“Pakistan – UAE relations are strong, brotherly, built on strong…

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FO says voices in India calling for dialogue with Pakistan a 'positive development'

Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said on Thursday that calls in India for dialogue with Pakistan were a positive development and expressed hope that “warmongering” and “belligerence” being witnessed in the neighbouring country for a long time would “fade away”.

He made these remarks during a weekly FO briefing, where he was asked to share views about voices in India calling for dialogue…

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PM orders inquiry after PML-N MPA injured in attack in Toba Tek Singh

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday ordered an inquiry into an attack in Toba Tek Singh that left PML-N MPA Col (retired) Sardar Ayub Gadhi injured and four of his aides dead.

The incident occurred on Sunday night, when Gadhi was sitting with his friends in his outhouse (Dera) in Chak 184-GB. Subsequently, unidentified gunmen opened indiscriminate fire.

In a statement on Monday, PM Shehbaz…

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'Not a nation that bows': Bilawal hails Pakistan's victory against India during Marka-i-Haq

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday hailed Pakistan’s “victory” against India during last year’s military conflict, affirming that the country was “not a nation that bows”.

He was addressing an event in Karachi organised by the Sindh government to commemorate Marka-i-Haq, where Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also spoke.

The term “Marka-i-Haq” is used by the state to refer to the 2025…

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US Secretary of State Rubio to visit Vatican, Rome after Trump's row with Pope

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, an Italian government source said on Sunday, just weeks after a clash between Donald Trump and Pope Leo.

Rubio, who is a Catholic, is expected to meet Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the source told _AFP._

Italian media reported that he would also meet Defence…

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Police in Peshawar allegedly open fire during protest by Khyber residents

PESHAWAR: Police in the provincial capital allegedly resorted to firing and tear gas early on Tuesday to disperse a protest by tribesmen from Khyber district against a suspected quadcopter strike that killed a minor girl and injured six others.

The protesters had gathered at the Hayatabad toll plaza to protest the death of a teenage girl in a suspected quadcopter strike in Bara’s Akkakhel area.…

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Trump media dinner shooting: President speaks of religious motives

Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said authorities are investigating the attack at a media dinner hosted by President Donald Trump, Politico reports. Blanche said the gunman, who was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, was not cooperating with authorities. Neither Trump nor anyone else at the dinner was injured, but one Secret Service […]

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In letter to UNSC president, Dar draws attention to 'grave' consequences of Indus Waters Treaty suspension by India

WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Thursday urged the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take up the dispute over the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), warning that India’s continued unilateral suspension of the treaty carries “grave peace and security, and humanitarian consequences” for South Asia.

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad handed over a letter from…

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Pakistan rejects Indian propaganda on Pahalgam attack, deplores 'weaponisation of false narrative'

Pakistan rejected Indian propaganda linking it to the 2025 Pahalgam attack on Thursday, deploring that the neighbouring country was focusing on “weaponising its false narrative” in the midst on an ongoing regional crisis.

The April 22, 2025 attack in Pahalgam saw 26 people, mostly tourists, killed in what is being described as the deadliest armed attack in the disputed Himalayan region since the…

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A year on, India has failed to substantiate allegations against Pakistan over Pahalgam attack: info minister

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday said that even a year on, India has failed to provide evidence for its allegations against Pakistan over the Pahalgam attack.

The April 22, 2025 attack in Pahalgam saw 26 people, mostly tourists, killed in what is being described as the deadliest armed attack in the disputed Himalayan region since the year 2000.

“To this day, India has not…

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‘At the request of CDF Munir, PM Shehbaz’, Trump announces extension in ceasefire until Iran submits proposal

Key developments:

  • Trump has announced an extension in the ceasefire with Iran until Tehran submits a “unified proposal”; however, a naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place; JD Vance’s visit to Pakistan ’“not happening today”, says White House official
  • PM Shehbaz thanks Trump for the decision, hopes both sides will be able to conclude “a comprehensive ‘Peace Deal’ during…
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Iran foreign ministry spokesperson says Tehran yet to decide on participating in talks with US in Islamabad

Iran had not yet made a decision on whether to attend talks with the United States in Pakistan, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told Iranian state TV on Tuesday.

He said US moves against two Iranian vessels amounted to “piracy at sea and state terrorism” and questioned Washington’s seriousness in negotiating.

“The aggression against Iranian ships and the continued pressure…

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Pakistan says formal response from Iran regarding participation in 2nd round of talks ‘still awaited’

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday that a formal response from the Iranian side regarding its participation in the second round of peace talks with the United States was “still awaited”.

Pakistan remains in constant touch with Iranian side, but a formal response from Tehran regarding participation in the Islamabad Peace Talks had not been received as of 7.30pm PST, the minister…

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Diplomatic flurry as US-Iran truce deadline nears

• US team heading to Islamabad today; Iran also ‘considering’ sending negotiators
• Trump extends ceasefire by a day, says further extension ‘highly unlikely’
• Pezeshkian criticises ‘bitter, contradictory’ messages from US; Iran speaker says engaged in talks but also ready for ‘necessary measures’
• PM Shehbaz, European Council president stress continuation of dialogue; Dar speaks to Iranian,…

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MAGA Increasingly Believes Trump Assassination Attempt Was Fake

As Donald Trump’s MAGA base sours on him, some of them now think the 2024 assassination attempt on him in Butler, Pennsylvania, was staged.

_Wired_ reports that this conspiracy theory started to take hold after Joe Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration over the Iran war, went on conservative pundit Tucker Carlson’s show and asserted without evidence that investigations into the…

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Putin makes big gamble, Israel and Lebanon agree to ceasefire, Riyadh reportedly plans to halt funds for golf tour

Putin ups the ante – but should he?

Russia continues to bombard Ukraine, killing 17 people in a wave of drone and missile attacks overnight. But the Parliament also signed a law on Tuesday that would allow the military to attack any country that holds Russians captive. Europe fears that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use this as a pretext to attack other former Soviet states…

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President Zardari directs all possible efforts be made to minimise loadshedding across country

President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday directed that all possible efforts be made to minimise loadshedding across the country, according to a statement issued by the President’s Secretariat.

He issued the directive while chairing a meeting on water resource management at Aiwan-i-Sadr, the statement said, adding that the president also addressed the issue of energy shortfalls linked to the…

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4 cops among 9 injured in IED blast in KP’s Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: Nine people, including four cops, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in the Serai Naurang town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Wednesday, according to police.

District police spokesperson Qudratullah Khan told _Dawn_ that the explosion occurred on the busy Bannu-DI Khan Road near a fruit and vegetable market.

He said that according to…

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4 cops injured in explosion in KP’s Lakki Marwat

LAKKI MARWAT: Four cops were injured in an explosion in the Serai Naurang town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district on Wednesday, according to police.

District police spokesperson Qudratullah Khan told _Dawn_ that the explosion occurred on the busy Bannu-DI Khan Road near a fruit and vegetable market.

He said that according to initial information, the attackers targeted a police patrol…

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India planning false flag operation using Pakistani prisoners: security sources

Security sources warned on Monday that India was preparing for a false flag operation against Pakistan, which reportedly entails exploiting Pakistani citizens captured after inadvertently crossing the border.

Dozens of Pakistanis, including Kashmiris, are currently imprisoned in Indian jails. It is believed that these prisoners are now being shifted to execute a false flag operation, according…

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Avi Lewis Is the New Leader of Canada’s NDP

Avi Lewis will lead an NDP in dire straits — but also one with a strategic opening to the left of the Liberals, whose posture against Donald Trump has reshaped the political terrain.


The scale of the challenge that new NDP leader Avi Lewis faces in rebuilding the party is considerable. (Dominik Magdziak Photography / WireImage)

Over the weekend, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP)…

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