Five killed in air strikes as Israel flouts Lebanon ceasefire

BEIRUT: Israeli air raids across southern Lebanon killed five people as attacks continued on Saturday despite a United States-brokered ceasefire.

Lebanon’s _National News Agency_ (_NNA_) reported that one person was killed in an air strike targeting the town of Maarakeh, in the Tyre district.

Ali Badie, the mayor of Ar Rihan municipality, was killed in an Israeli attack on the area in the…

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27 terrorists killed in North Waziristan IBOs: ISPR

Security forces killed 27 terrorists in operations conducted in the Miranshah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district over the past 72 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday.

“In continuation of a series of intelligence-based operations, security Forces engaged multiple _khawarij_ locations in the general area Miranshah, North Waziristan District,” the…

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Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat

Donald Trump last year amassed one big beautiful rap sheet of scandal and criminality, with multiple instances of corruption that made Teapot Dome look quaint. But the president’s bogus new “settlement” with his own administration’s IRS, which he had sued in January for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns in 2020, hits scorching new heights of depravity. The deal’s contours were bad…

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‘Extended truce’ fails to stop Israeli attacks on Lebanon

• Strikes on Harouf medical centre kill six, including paramedics; at least five villages targeted
• Evacuation warnings trigger another wave of displacement; civilians dismiss ceasefire as ‘meaningless’

BEIRUT: Israel launched a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, striking at least five villages and prompting a new exodus of residents, despite a 45-day extension of a…

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Senators alarmed by ‘surge’ in violence against women; 5pc conviction rate termed ‘systemic failure’

ISLAMABAD: Senators on Friday voiced alarm over rising violent crimes against women and demanded stronger measures to improve the conviction rate, which the presiding officer, PPP Vice President Sherry Rehman, said stood at “only five per cent”.

The debate began after Balochistan Senator Naseema Ehsan raised the killing of Rubina Chandio for alleged ‘honour’ in Sindh’s Tando Masti.

“Rubina…

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Afghan Taliban condemn killing of Pakistani cleric Sheikh Muhammad Idrees

Senior leaders of the Afghan Taliban have condemned the killing of Pakistani religious scholar Sheikh Muhammad Idrees in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling his death a "great loss" for the region.

ISKP later claimed responsibility for the May 5 attack, in which gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on the cleric's vehicle as he traveled to his seminary.

What did the Afghan Taliban say…

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JUI-F holds second round of protests over killing of Maulana Idrees

PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Friday held a second round of protest rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the killing of prominent cleric Maulana Muhammad Idrees, according to a statement released by the party’s media cell.

On Tuesday, JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced that the party would hold two rounds of protest rallies — on Wednesday and Friday — against…

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JUI-F holds protest rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over killing of Maulana Idrees

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday held protest rallies across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against the killing of prominent cleric and former MPA Maulana Muhammad Idrees, said a statement issued by the party’s media cell.

On Tuesday, JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced that the party would hold protests all over the country on Wednesday and Friday against the “martyrdom” of…

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Paigham-i-Islam Conference awards title of ‘Greatest Victorious General of the Century’ to CDF Asim Munir

ISLAMABAD: The Sixth International Paigham-i-Islam Conference, held on Wednesday, awarded the titles of “Leader of Peace” and “Greatest Victorious General of the Century” to Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, in recognition of his role in promoting peace and strengthening stability across the Muslim Ummah.

The conference, organised by…

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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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Trump Fumes as Iran Ceasefire Somehow Already on Brink of Collapse

Donald Trump is not happy as a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is on the verge of collapsing.

On Truth Social Wednesday afternoon, Trump expressed frustration that “Numerous Agreements, Lists, and Letters are being sent out by people that have absolutely nothing to do with the U.S.A. / Iran Negotiation, in many cases, they are total Fraudsters, Charlatans, and WORSE.”

“There is only one…

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U.S. Troops Abandon Military Bases Amid Iran Strikes

Iran’s retaliatory strikes have rendered many of America’s 13 military bases in the Gulf region “all but uninhabitable,” forcing U.S. military service members to work remotely from hotels and office spaces, _The New York Times_ reported Thursday.

Within the first two weeks of the war, Iran’s attacks on U.S. military bases caused an estimated $800 million in damage, according to a report by the…

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Pakistan tops Global Terrorism Index with 6pc increase in terror-related deaths

Pakistan has ranked number one on the Global Terrorism Index for the first time, recording a six per cent increase in terrorism-related deaths, 1,139, in 2025, it emerged on Sunday.

The Global Terrorism Index 2026 published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) provides a comprehensive summary of the key trends and patterns in terrorism over the last two decades.

The report ranks 163…

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PM Albanese heckled, booed during visit to Australia’s largest mosque over stance on Israel

Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia’s largest mosque for Eidul Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

Some in Australia’s Muslim and Jewish communities are angry over a fine line walked by the centre-left government since Israel began its military campaign in Gaza, expressing concern for…

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Israeli strike kills 12 Lebanon medics amid peace push

A SITE in the Haret Hreik, a neighbourhood in southern Beirut which was struck by Israel.—AFP

• Death toll for paramedics this month rises to 31 after clinic bombing
• France offers to host negotiations in Paris; urges Israel to halt its offensive
• First direct talks since conflict expected in coming days, Haaretz reports

BEIRUT: An overnight Israeli strike on a healthcare centre…

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Iran to suspend strikes on neighbours unless attacks come from them: President Pezeshkian

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country would never surrender to Israel and the United States, as Middle East war entered its second week.

Iran’s enemies “must take their wish for the unconditional surrender of the Iranian people to their graves”, Pezeshkian said, in a speech broadcast on state TV.

Israel and the United States launched strikes against Iran on…

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Operation Epstein Fury: A Holy War With Shitty Toilets

Our latest senseless illegal war against brown people, born of ever-shifting lies and fought by the sons of the blithe un-rich, is Trump's ultimate Wag-the-Dog distraction from his crimes, failures and pedophilia at home. Having oafishly declared the Iran regime “a vicious group of very hard, terrible people” - pot/kettle if you add "inept"- his "warriors" are now being told this is "part of…

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Iran appoints Ahmad Vahidi as new IRGC chief

TEHRAN: Iran has appointed Ahmad Vahidi as the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), following the killing of several top military leaders including Defence Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and IRGC commander Gen. Mohammad Pakpour in US and Israeli airstrikes, state media reported.

Vahidi, a former defence and interior minister, replaces Mohammad Pakpour, who was killed on…

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Donald Trump, Warmonger-in-Chief

The United States is attacking Iran because Donald Trump was determined to drag us into war no matter what — and despite repeatedly insisting he would do the exact opposite.


Trump’s entire approach this term has been to do the exact opposite of what he promised people he would do. Perhaps nowhere have such lies been more blatant than in his attacking Iran. (President Trump via Truth…

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