The US and Iran have traded strikes for the first time in weeks, with an attack on Larak Island leaving two dead and two injured.
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Japan is deploying fighter jets to India for the first time for joint military exercises, signaling a strategic response to China’s growing power.
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The Punjab Assembly passed the controversial Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2026, prompting a full walkout and sharp criticism from opposition lawmakers.
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Dan Driscoll, the youngest-ever US Army secretary, has stepped down roughly 18 months into the job, capping a tenure marked by persistent friction in Washington.
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Shifa International Hospitals says it now holds more Joint Commission International accreditations than any other healthcare provider in Pakistan, including a first for ambulance services.
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A woman was shot by police in New York’s Times Square after allegedly stabbing two people in what officials say does not appear to be terror-related.
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PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has dismissed swirling social media speculation about an engagement, saying any official family announcement would come from the Bhutto household itself.
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A revamped Russian school programme is pushing military-style training to children as young as 13, expanding on modules that were previously reserved for older high school students.
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Pakistan’s health minister Mustafa Kamal says government hospitals should drop permanent staff entirely in favor of contract-based hiring run by a private-sector CEO.
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As New Delhi prepares for the BRICS summit, a string of high-level visits has warmed India China economic ties, even as India remains deeply ambivalent about deeper engagement.