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Karachi mob kills member of Ahmadi minority

A mob attacked a place of worship of Pakistan’s Ahmadi minority community in Karachi yesterday, killing one man, police said.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

US unveils new port fees for Chinese-linked ships

The United States unveiled new port fees on Chinese built and operated ships Thursday, in a bid to boost the domestic shipbuilding industry and curb China’s dominance in the sector.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Israel hits 40 targets in Gaza

Israeli airstrikes hit around 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said yesterday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Russia rains drones, missiles on Ukraine

Russia fired a fresh volley of missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, wounding dozens of people, Kyiv said yesterday, as the United States warned it could end efforts to broker a ceasefire if it did not see progress soon.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Us visa applicants: US orders Gaza-linked social media vetting

The Trump administration on Thursday ordered a social media vetting for all US visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travelers.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Study finds 17pc of world’s arable land contaminated

Up to 17 percent of cropland worldwide is contaminated with at least one type of toxic heavy metal, posing health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned Thursday.
18 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Myanmar junta, opposition set to extend ceasefire, Malaysia PM says

After the March earthquake, Myanmar's junta announced a 20-day ceasefire on April 2
18 April 2025, 08:25 AM

Chinese vent anger at Trump's trade war with memes, mockery

Trumps tariffs led to Washington and Beijing impose eye-watering duties on imports
18 April 2025, 07:38 AM

Gaza rescuers say 15 killed in Israeli strikes

Of the 15 people,10 were from the same family
18 April 2025, 07:32 AM

Two dead as police officer's son opens fire at US university

The campus was locked down as gunfire erupted, with students ordered to shelter in place as first responders swarmed the site moments after the lunchtime shootings.
18 April 2025, 05:53 AM

Deadly US strikes hit Yemen fuel port used by Huthis

The port lies along the west coast of Yemen on the Red Sea
18 April 2025, 04:56 AM

France hails 'positive process' as Europe, US discuss Ukraine ceasefire

Macron said the Paris talks were "a very important occasion for convergence," as everybody wanted "a robust and sustainable peace".
18 April 2025, 03:42 AM

Clashes in Sudan’s Darfur city kill 57

Clashes between Sudanese paramilitaries and the regular army have killed at least 57 civilians in the besieged Darfur city of El-Fasher, a medical source and a volunteer aid group said yesterday.
17 April 2025, 18:50 PM

40 Palestinians killed in wave of Israeli strikes

Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that a series of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its unrelenting military offensive in the Palestinian territory.
17 April 2025, 18:27 PM

Take steps to protect minority Muslims

The interim government yesterday strongly protested India’s attempts to link Bangladesh to communal violence in Murshidabad, West Bengal, and urged the neighbouring nation to take steps to protect its minority Muslim population there.
17 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Trump includes troop costs in tariff talks

The tens of thousands of US troops stationed in South Korea and Japan appear set to be part of President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations, despite efforts by both countries to separate security talks from trade.
17 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Strongest evidence yet of life found on alien planet

In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.
17 April 2025, 18:01 PM

Trump blocked Israeli plan to strike Iran nuke sites

US President Donald Trump scuppered an Israeli plan to strike Iranian nuclear sites, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, as Washington attempts to reach a deal to curb Tehran’s weapons program.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Over 130 students in US join federal lawsuit over revoked visas

More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully canceling their visas, jeopardising their legal status in the country, court documents show.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Resist protectionism’

China’s leader Xi Jinping urged Cambodia to “resist protectionism,” as he arrived in Phnom Penh yesterday at the end of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia, as US tariffs threatened the economies of both countries.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM