ISLAMABAD: Two years after former prime minister Imran Khan was jailed, Pakistan is caught in a dangerous political deadlock. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) marked the anniversary with nationwide protests on Tuesday, confronting an increasingly dominant military establishment led by Field Marshal Asim Munir.Demonstrators took to the streets in Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, and other cities, demanding […]
Former special counsel Jack Smith (Image credits: AP) Federal officials have launched an investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith after US President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers accused him of engaging in illegal political activity during his investigations into Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.The US office of special counsel (OSC), an independent federal agency, confirmed […]
Eric Trump, the second son of US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday suggested that someone from the Trump family could “certainly” run for president one day, though whether they would actually pursue it remains uncertain. In an interview with BBC Sport’s Dan Roan, Eric was asked if the Trump family could become the next political […]
A group of 28 countries, along with the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, has jointly called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, warning that the humanitarian crisis has reached devastating new levels. The joint statement, shared on the official website of Australian foreign minister Penny Wong, called for an […]
4000 guards had been stationed in Los Angeles The Pentagon has ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to leave Los Angeles, scaling down a deployment that began in response to protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.The decision to withdraw nearly half of the soldiers stationed in the city was made on Tuesday amid ongoing tensions.About […]
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, stands with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the West Wing of the White House, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) It’s a known fact that Benjamin Netanyahu is a huge fan of Winston Churchill — the cigars, the wartime posture, the myth of the iron-willed […]
Sheikh Hasina (File photo) Report by Ahsan TasnimDHAKA: The charge of “crimes against humanity” is inapplicable to former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina as the cases she is being tried for are part of a political conflict and not a war, her state-appointed lawyer argued on Monday in the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), which has set […]
Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person and the country’s biggest political donor, said on Saturday that he would create a new political party, an enormous and challenging undertaking that would test the billionaire’s newfound influence on American politics. “When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, […]
Former DOGE adviser writes to Tesla Board against Elon Musk after he launches ‘America Party’. Former DOGE adviser James Fishback wrote to the Tesla Board urging them to ask Elon Musk to clarify his political ambitions. Fishback said his investment firm Azoria Partners will defer the listing of its Azoria Texla Convexity exchange-traded fund after […]
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and until recently a close adviser to US President Donald Trump, has announced the formation of a new political party called the America Party. The move follows a dramatic split between the two over Trump’s controversial tax-and-spending bill, which Musk says will bankrupt the country.The Tesla and SpaceX CEO […]
