ISLAMABAD: The United States hinted on Tuesday that it would revive some of the post-9/11 counter-terrorism programmes to help Pakistan combat the resurgent danger of terrorism posed by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other groups.
A joint task force of Aldi, Coles and Woolworths, three major supermarket retailers in Australia, has released a roadmap plan, aiming to resume soft plastic collection following the suspension of the previous REDcycle program.
Ukraine pledged on Monday to bolster its defences in frontline Bakhmut, after reports that Kyiv was withdrawing from the city that has become a symbolic prize in the war.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Doha on Sunday for a two-day official visit. He will attend the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries there (LDCs).
According to Iranian news agencies and social media footage, worried parents protested on Saturday in Tehran, the country’s capital, and other towns in response to a wave of suspected poison attacks that have afflicted schoolgirls in dozens of schools.
UNITED NATION: During the 67th Session of the UN Committee on the Status of Women, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will travel to New York for a four-day visit. At that time, he will preside over a conference on “Women in Islam” (CSW)
UKRAINE: After the deadliest fight of the war, Russian artillery hammered the final exits from Bakhmut on Friday in an effort to encircle the besieged Ukrainian city and push Moscow closer to its first significant victory in half a year.
The Global Soft Power Index 2023, which was issued on Thursday, places the UAE among the top 10 soft power superpowers in the world for the first time.
WASHINGTON: According to the US State Department, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s demand that a Palestinian hamlet be “erased” amounted to inciting violence, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must publicly denounce it.
India imposed by far the most internet shutdowns in the world in 2022, according to internet advocacy monitor Access Now, as the country topped the list for the fifth year in a row.
The health minister reported “minor poison” attacks on hundreds of Iranian girls in various schools during the past few months. Some MPs speculated that the attacks may have been the work of religious organisations opposed to females’ education.
At least 26 people were killed and another 85 injured after a collision between two trains caused a derailment near the Greek city of Larissa late Tuesday night, authorities said.  Â
