MANHATTAN (NPTV/UN): UN is cutting spending, freezing hiring, and scale back some service due to lack of funds. According to UN officials this risks eroding the UN’s credibility and its capacity to fulfil mandates entrusted to it by Member States. Switzerland, speaking also on behalf of Liechtenstein, said the issue goes beyond accounting. “Each delay […]
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BALOCHISTAN: Two IBOs were carried out by security forces in Harnai and Panjgur districts on Thursday (29th Jan, 2026), during which 41 militants were neutralized. The first operation was conducted on the outskirts of Harnai district and 30 militants were killed. Security forces destroyed the cache of ammunition and explosives recovered from their possession. During […]
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday (28th Jan, 2026) made 73-year-old Ali Akbar (the last hawker of Newspapers here), a knight in the national order of merit in recognition of his service to France. In Pakistan, Ali Akbar started working at the age of 5, polishing shoes and herding buffalos… Due to extreme poverty, […]
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN (KP): Police and security forces have neutralised three militants and injured several others during operations carried out in the mountainous terrain of Akbar Ali Khan Village, Asparka and Domel here on Thursday (29th January, 2026). Militants incessantly attack the LEA personnel in KP and Balochistan. In retaliation security forces keep on retaliating: […]
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ISLAMABAD: The US Embassy here launched its Freedom 250 lecture series to engage the Pakistani public on key priorities such as entrepreneurship, the digital economy, and critical minerals. As part of this series, Donna Carpenter, co-founder and chair of the board of directors of US company Burton Snowboards, and Samar Khan, a Pakistani professional athlete […]
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BEIJING: PM Keir Starmer, arrived here Wednesday (28th Jan, 2026) accompanied by sixty British entrepreneurs and cultural leaders, for a 4-day visit, during which they will endeavour to augment trade relations. Here the PM said, they were resolute about being outward-looking…“and always being absolutely focused on our national interest.” It is pertinent to mention here […]
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MADRID: While ICE is killing Americans in Minneapolis, Austria, Denmark and Germany etc are cracking down on migrants, Spain is set to regularise half a million sans papier. Commenting on the development, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pointed to migrants’ contribution to the social security system and said that they represented wealth, development and prosperity of […]
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NEW DELHI: Bewildered by the Trumpian Tariffs and capricious ties with the US, India and (the 27 nation) EU have finalised long pending Mother Of All Deals (they had been pondering over since 2005) here on Tuesday (27th Jan, 2026). Ursula von der Leyen, President, EU took to the X to inform: “Meeting with the […]
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QUETTA: Miscreants have once again attacked the Jaffar Express train by detonating an IED fitted on the railway track between Sultankot and Jacobabad in the province of Sindh on Monday (26th Jan, 2026) night. According to details Quetta-bound Jaffar Express train originated from Peshawar. The bomb blast derailed it on the track between Sindh and […]
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PUERTO LA CRUZ: Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez, while talking to a group of oil workers said on Sun (25th of Jan, 2026), “Enough already of Washington’s orders over politicians in Venezuela.” “Let Venezuelan politics resolve our differences and our internal conflicts. This Republic has paid a very high price for having to confront […]
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