A pregnant New Zealand journalist says she turned to the Taliban for help and is now stranded in Afghanistan after her home country has prevented her from returning due to a bottleneck of people in its coronavirus quarantine system.

Minister Juma, in a recent interview with Al Arabiya, stated that Iraq signed a contract with a Pakistani company to purchase combat aircrafts. The Minister also said the aircrafts from Pakistan will be used for "anti-drone" operations.

In the streets around a revered religious site in the Indian city of Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly empty or shuttered.

Her face was blackened, her head was tonsured and a garland of shoes was tied around her neck. As the woman was dragged along the streets by another woman, she cried for help and mercy. The video of the incident has sparked outrage across social media.

Israel rarely comments on the air strikes it carries out in Syria but has said repeatedly it will not allow its archfoe Iran to extend its footprint in Syria.

The president has said the US won’t consider recognizing Taliban rule in Afghanistan until an American is released

Fearing a Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its NATO allies have committed more troops and military personnel to Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, says that its activities are necessary for its security interests and that it has no plans to attack Ukraine.

The defence ministry said it destroyed the Huthi missile launcher in Yemen, without specifying its location.

The internal threat to Pakistan's security is the extension of its external threats or vice versa. We all know that moving forward from the Cold War period, India-Pakistan rivalry has shifted to a lower dimension where proxy operations against each other have replaced conventional warfare

According to a media report, Pakistan wants a loan from China to stabilize its dwindling foreign exchange reserves. PM Khan will request Chinese support in areas of finance, trade and investment, reported the publication citing government sources.

Since the Taliban seized Kabul on August 15, the UN mission in Afghanistan has received more than 100 reports of such killings that it deems credible, the report said.

This is the first time a full Marathon 42.2KM, along with half marathon, 21.1km, 10km and 5km categories running event was organized in Islamabad.