18+ hour, 37+ min ago   (638+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a “relief scheme” for users of motorcycles, autos and vehicles of up to 800cc to “alleviate the burden” of rising global oil prices. Renewed hostilities in the Middle East, which have resulted in disruption…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1109+ words) On August 27, 2026, 55 acres of land belonging to a long-closed textile mill in Faujdarhat, Chattogram, was handed over to the Bangladesh army. This site, some 245 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka, is being developed to produce modern weapons, ammunition and other…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (432+ words) • Manama refuses any talks with Tehran until diplomatic ties restored• Senior Iranian official signals no deal will be signed at tomorrow’s meeting• Pezeshkian says region doesn’t need US as ‘policeman’ MANAMA: Bahrain will not attend Monday’s meeting between Iran and…...

23+ hour, 16+ min ago   (892+ words) A ship was struck in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, killing one person and injuring three, local Iranian authorities said, as Tehran and Washington clash over the strategic waterway. “A merchant vessel was struck around 5am this morning off the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (385+ words) US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end “very soon”. Yet the facts on the ground belie this assumption. While speaking in Ireland on Saturday, the American leader repeated that in his calculation, the conflict would…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (666+ words) Ratko Mladi, the face of Serbian nationalism in the 1990s and one of the primary architects of the Srebrenica genocide, died in a UN prison in The Hague on August 27, 2026. Evil would be an understatement to describe the military leader who…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (581+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a Brics summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (314+ words) Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday defended Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz amid recent criticism of her use of a government jet for a private visit and her remarks on the province facing a terrorism threat from neighbouring provinces. “The…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (581+ words) Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in New Delhi on Saturday for a BRICS summit alongside leaders from India, Russia and Iran as wars, trade and energy test the divided grouping. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, along with…...