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Occupied Palestine (QNN)- While Israeli forces were attacking worshipers at Al Aqsa mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan, and attacking residents and activists in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood during the last few days, social media giants have been preventing and banning pro-Palestine and...

The United States wants to "stay in the game" in Afghanistan and sees a role for Pakistan within this game. However, it wants Islamabad to realise that it is in its own interest to do so. This is how US State Secretary Antony Blinken outlined his strategy for maintaining peace and stability in...

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Thursday awarded a $354.6 million worth of contract to Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd (PCCCL) for civil works of the 1,530MW Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project after completion of an international competitive...

The Biden administration’s top Asia official has warned about the absence of a crisis-communications channel between the US and China at a time of rising military tensions over Taiwan and the South China Sea. Military and leadership hotlines have been established at various points in the...

Japan is ramping up its commitment to developing cutting-edge new capabilities in outer space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic domain – which includes communications and data collection and analysis – as a result of security challenges that have altered dramatically in the last decade...

One is a centre-left avowed secularist who says the Palestinians should get a state. The other is a firebrand of the religious hard right who wants to annex most of the occupied West Bank. Meet the men from Israel's opposite political poles who could topple Benjamin Netanyahu. If Israel's...

We are now approaching the outer limits of the hybrid experiment that was launched back in 2018. You don’t have to look far to see what is driving this. Start with the election results to see what the electorate is trying to say. Of the last 16 by-elections for national and provincial assembly...

Experts say containing the coronavirus in the short term will be hard, but emphasize that much can still be done. They point to improved government messaging and streamlined medical distribution as possible solutions. Ashok Jain (name changed) tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30. When his...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s top defense procurement official, Ismail Demir, said in an April 30 TV interview that the government will prioritize the production of its indigenous TF-X fighter jet amid an estimated loss of $1.4 billion for the local industry following the country’s expulsion from...

PARIS — Egypt has bought 30 more Rafale aircraft from France, according to statements issued on Tuesday by the Egyptian and French defense ministries as well as Dassault Aviation, the aircraft’s manufacturer. The new acquisition complements the first Egyptian purchase of 24 Rafales six years ago...

US Army tactical radio and networked communications specialists demonstrated, for the first time, the ability to integrate Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) capability to mounted and dismounted radio platforms. The implementation of MUOS capability into the army’s tactical manpack radio...

The United Kingdom is to deploy the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria when the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier sails into the eastern Mediterranean later in May. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 3 May that F-35Bs...

The federal cabinet has approved two ordinances in line with its efforts to bring about reforms in the country’s electoral process, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said Tuesday. One ordinance pertains to electronic voting, whereas the other aims to facilitate overseas...

LAHORE: Reacting to yesterday's episode in which she scolded the Assistant Commissioner Sialkot Sonia Sadaf, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan defended her actions, saying public representatives were answerable to the masses. The Punjab chief minister's advisor spoke on the incident, saying that the...

KABUL: The Afghan government says that the roots of the al-Qaeda network are still alive in Afghanistan and the group still poses a threat to the country and the world and is collaborating with the Taliban. But the Taliban has rejected any type of relations with al-Qaeda. The US presence in...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Tareen has said that he did not have any contact with anyone including PPP and PML-N. Talking to the media after hearing the case in the banking court, he said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and his friends The meeting was a good one, our people...

PIA has issued a new travel guideline for passengers coming to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia, under which corona test has been made mandatory for passengers coming to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia from May 5, however, children under 12 and disabled Individuals will be exempted from the condition of...

The government has failed to formulate a better strategy on the issue of sugar in the last two and a half years. It is our misfortune that the concerned ministries in Punjab and Center have failed to perform well. It would not be wrong to say that the relevant ministries in Punjab and Center...

In an inquiry report released by Australian Defence Force, has said that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan war. The much awaited report after finding the credible evidence recommended investigations against nineteen current or ex-special forces soldiers...