CHARLEVOIX: Host Canada called on Thursday on the Group of Seven powers to back Ukraine against Russia’s “aggression” as a more conciliatory approach toward Moscow by Donald Trump’s United States split the club of wealthy democracies. Canada, the current G7 president, is gathering its foreign ministers for three days of talks inside a rustic hotel…
PARIS: On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare images of the red planet’s mysterious small moon Deimos, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. Europe’s HERA mission is aiming to find out how much of an impact a Nasa spacecraft…
WASHINGTON: The US government, already shaken to its core by Donald Trump’s radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely at the weekend as Democrats face the stark option of opposing the president’s federal funding plans — even if it blows up in their faces. With a Friday night deadline to fund the government or allow…
• Foreign Office says India involved in sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan• No indication from US about possibility of travel ban ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that intelligence reports and operational findings had confirmed that the perpetrators of the attack on the Jaffar Express remained in touch with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the…
WASHINGTON: Muslim and Jewish advocacy groups in the United States criticised President Donald Trump on Wednesday for referring to the top Senate Democrat, Senator Chuck Schumer, as a Palestinian, with the organisations saying the president used the term as a slur. Trump, a Republican, was asked by reporters at the White House about US corporate…
• Rich nations struggle to meet $300bn pledged at COP29 summit last year• EU is under budget strain, facing US tariffs and trying to ramp up military spending to defend itself and Ukraine• COP30 presidency says recent cuts to foreign aid budgets represent a renewed challenge PARIS: There are growing doubts about a pledge by…
LAHORE: Armed guards of a private security company reportedly fired shots on a car rider at Dharampura Underpass, thrashed him and fled the scene, leaving a vehicle and some weapons on the spot. A video clip of the incident went viral on social media, showing the armed security guards escorting a luxury vehicle blatantly violating…
KARACHI: The full moon and harvest time, when the agriculture fields are lush with bright yellow mustard flowers swaying in the breeze, was also an occasion for the Hindu community to celebrate the Holi, the festival of colour. As members of the Hindu community arrived in huge numbers at the main gate of the Shri…
• Foreign Office says India involved in sponsoring terrorism against Pakistan• No indication from US about possibility of travel ban ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that intelligence reports and operational findings had confirmed that the perpetrators of the attack on the Jaffar Express remained in touch with their handlers in Afghanistan throughout the…
“WE HEAR about the protests almost daily; another one is planned [today] at different locations along the mighty Indus in Sindh. We will be doomed if water flows downstream shrink further.” Thirty-something Shaukat Mallah is a fisherman who is desperately awaiting monsoon rains, as they will restore flows in the river. With the rising water…