Heavy monsoon rains of up to 200mm caused severe flooding across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with Nullah Lai reaching 29 feet and several roads submerged.
Islamabad Police has clarified that a viral driverless car crash involving a police van was caused by human error, with no offence found after a detailed investigation.
Christian schools in Jerusalem have been forced to indefinitely delay the start of the new academic year after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for more than 70 teachers and staff living in the occupied West Bank.
A knife-wielding woman killed one person and wounded another in an apparently random stabbing attack in Times Square in New York City before being shot dead by police.
A US lawmaker listed the names of prominent Jeffrey Epstein-linked figures in an extraordinary attempt to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully release government materials on the millionaire who provided sex services to the global elite.
The real cost of corruption in Pakistan is not simply the money stolen from the state, but the human potential, institutional capacity and economic opportunities lost along the way.
The Taliban is seeking US investment in Afghanistan’s mining and agricultural sectors, putting the country’s estimated $1 trillion in untapped mineral wealth back in the spotlight.
Saudi Arabia will host the secretariat of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, with a Pakistani secretary-general set to lead it for an initial three-year term.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Kyrgyzstan for a three-day official visit to attend the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting, participate in the World Nomad Games and hold bilateral talks with President Sadyr Japarov.
U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. Iran swiftly vowed to retaliate for what it called a deadly attack.
After weeks of relative calm, the U.S. and Iran have resumed military action, with strikes and drone activity reported across the Gulf. The latest escalation has drawn in the UAE and Jordan, raising fresh concerns over a wider regional conflict.
Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolas Maduro said on social media Sunday that he was "standing firm" with photographs that appear to show him in the detention center where he has been held since his capture by US forces.
A record number of instances of artificial intelligence (AI) lying, ignoring users’ commands or acting in harmful ways to achieve its goals were registered last month, The Guardian has reported, citing a monitoring group.
US President Donald Trump has urged Canadian businesses operating in the American market to relocate south of the border “immediately,” amid an escalating trade war between the two neighboring nations.
Pakistan’s new defense agreement with Kuwait highlights the country’s expanding security role in the Gulf, as regional states increasingly formalize military ties with Islamabad amid growing geopolitical uncertainty.
Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad broke down during an emotional interview while defending jailed former prime minister and cricketing legend Imran Khan.
Pakistan has lodged a formal complaint with Sky Sports after it aired an interview with Imran Khan’s sons during coverage of the England-Pakistan Test at Lord’s.
US President Donald Trump has claimed to have more than doubled America’s oil reserves through a sweeping agreement giving Washington majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan crude.
US President Donald Trump is apparently suffering from “schizophrenia” and “delusions” over his claims that the Strait of Hormuz belongs to Washington, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has said.
The Islamabad hospital fire that killed newborns is more than a story of individual grief. It raises deeper questions about collective trauma, institutional betrayal, public trust and the unequal risks borne by ordinary citizens.
Iran warned the United States on Friday that "pressure doesn't work" against the Islamic republic, calling on Washington to honour its commitments, after six months of conflict between the sworn enemies.
Pentagon investigators reviewing the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan have uncovered classified documents that they say were deliberately hidden from previous probes.
Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal is facing backlash over remarks perceived as dismissive of grieving parents following the deaths of 14 newborns in the PIMS fire.
Iran has praised China for rejecting US threats to impose sanctions on countries that continue to trade with the Islamic Republic, with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf saying on Wednesday that Tehran’s strategic partnership with Beijing “needs no one’s permission.”
The cause of the deadly landslide and flood along the Nepal-Tibet border isn't yet certain, but experts say the dangers associated with such events are compounded by the region's extreme topography, with risks rising due to climate change.
Parents who lost their days-old babies in a fire that killed 14 infants on Wednesday at a maternity ward in Islamabad described how they cried desperately for help that took hours to arrive.
A devastating fire at Islamabad’s PIMS hospital killed 14 newborns, triggering conflicting accounts over the rescue response and serious concerns about inadequate fire safety arrangements.
US grain farmers have been plunged into their worst financial crisis in four decades as the war with Iran drives up diesel and fertilizer costs, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The latest price shock compounds years of weak crop prices and falling incomes.
