Jammu: Two balloons with a Pakistani Rs 5,000 currency note and a US dollar attached to them were recovered from a forward village in the Akhnoor sector near Jammu on Monday, officials said.The aeroplane-shaped white and red balloons were found stuck on a tree at Gunara village in the Khour border belt, they said. The …
TEHRAN: Iran said Monday that any US attack, including limited strikes, would be an "act of aggression" that would precipitate a response, after President Donald Trump said he was considering a limited strike on Iran. "With respect to your first question concerning the limited strike, I think there is no limited strike," foreign ministry spokesman …
Dhaka: There was a major reshuffle at the top level in the Bangladesh Army on Sunday, including the appointment of a new Chief of General Staff (CGS), local media reported. The changes, issued by Army Headquarters, came days after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's new government assumed power on February 17, Dhaka Tribune reported. The reshuffle …
Beijing: Following a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States striking down most of Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff measures, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on Monday said that Beijing has consistently opposed unilateral tariff hikes in any form, Global Times reported. Commenting on the ruling, the MOFCOM spokesperson said China …
Venezuela: Venezuela's military held a mass funeral in the country's capital on Wednesday as it began to bury dozens of soldiers slain during the United States' weekend operation to capture former President Nicolás Maduro . Men carried wooden caskets cloaked in the Venezuelan flag past rows of uniformed officers. Singing echoed out from a nearby …
Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island, a Danish territory. Tensions escalated after the White House said Tuesday that the “U.S. military is always an option." President Donald Trump has argued that …
Lahore : Bangladesh has expressed a "potential interest" in procuring JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday. The JF-17 Thunder is a multi-role combat aircraft jointly developed by China and Pakistan. Pakistan claims that the fighter jet has proved its combat capabilities during the four-day military conflict with India in May …
Dubai : Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the …
DHAKA: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi was killed due to “political vengeance” at the behest of the Awami League of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh police said on Tuesday as they pressed formal charges against 17 people in connection with the murder. “Through public rallies and social media, Hadi had strongly criticised the past activities …
Aleppo: Renewed clashes broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the fighters with the national army have shown little progress. Syria ’s state-run SANA news agency said a soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an …
