CAIRO – 16 October 2024: Egypt and Saudi Arabia have signed an accord to establish a supreme Egyptian-Saudi coordination council along with an agreement to encourage and protect mutual investments between the two countries, said the Egyptian Presidency in a statement. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown…
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin arrived here on Tuesday to attend the twenty-third meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) On arrival at the airport, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif welcomed the distinguished guest. Russian Ambassador in Pakistan, Albert P. Khorev, Additional Secretary Shafqat…
Elon Musk gave around $75 million to his pro-Donald Trump spending group in the span of three months, federal disclosures showed on Tuesday, underscoring how the billionaire has become crucial to the Republican candidate’s efforts to win the Nov. 5 presidential election. America PAC, which is focused on turning out voters in closely contested states that…
The United States is “concerned” by reports of North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week accused North Korea of transferring personnel to Russia’s armed forces, saying his intelligence agencies had briefed him on “the actual involvement of North Korea in the war” in…
North Korean state media on Wednesday said around 1.4 million young people including students and youth league officials joined or returned to the army this week. The young people are determined to fight in a “sacred war of destroying the enemy with the arms of the revolution,” the KCNA report said. North Korea’s claim of having…
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of a key city and three other localities in northeastern Kharkiv region on Tuesday as Russian forces press closer and officials face difficulties in providing services through the winter. The order applied to Kupiansk, a rail hub lying astride the Oskil River, as well as the town of Borova, further…
China will not promise to renounce the use of force over Taiwan but this is aimed at external interference and a small minority of separatists, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said on Wednesday following the country’s latest war games around the island. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills…
RAWALPINDI – Pakistan and Russia are holding joint seventh exercise counter terrorism domain, Druzhba-VII, in Pabbi. The two-week long drills between the armies of Pakistan and Russia commenced on 13 October 2024 at National Counter Terrorism Centre, Pabbi. Light Commando Troops of Pakistan Army and Russian Military contingent are participating in the joint exercise. Commandant…
The United Nations Security Council on Monday expressed strong concern after several UN peacekeeping positions in southern Lebanon came under fire amid clashes between the Israeli military and Iran-backed Hezbollah. In a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member council also urged all parties – without naming them – to respect the safety and security of the personnel…
Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters. Palestinian health officials said at least 11 people were killed by Israeli fire near Al-Falouja in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic…
Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, said on Tuesday Israel deliberately chose to expand what he called its “aggression” to implement pre-planned schemes in the West Bank and Lebanon. Israel had done so “because it sees that the scope for that is available,” he said in his annual speech to open the Shura Council….
The Arab American Political Action Committee said on Monday it will not endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican former President Donald Trump citing what it called their “blind support” for Israel in wars in Gaza and Lebanon. The Nov. 5 US elections will mark the first time AAPAC has chosen not to endorse a candidate…
Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it shot down 12 out of 17 Russian drones during an overnight attack. Four of the drones that were not shot down were “locationally lost”, likely due to active electronic warfare, the air force also said via the Telegram messaging app. The air force also said Russian forces used seven…
Iran condemned new EU and British sanctions on Tehran and denied providing ballistic missiles to Russia, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Esmaeil Baghaei, said in a post on X on Tuesday. The European Union agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on seven people and seven organizations, including airline Iran Air, for their links to Iranian transfers of…
Iranian commander Esmail Qaani on Tuesday appeared in public after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed last month in Lebanon. Nilforoushan, a general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The funeral procession for the slain…
