“We are grateful to Allah Almighty for destroying evil intentions of the enemy,” said Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif while welcoming Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s decision to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. She added, “Today is not just a day of gratitude but a day of pride, courage, and victory of national unity.” She highlighted, “Pakistan […]
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Turkey opposes NATO membership for Finland, Sweden
Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey did not have a “positive opinion” on Finland and Sweden joining NATO and accused Scandinavian countries of harbouring outlawed Kurdish militants. “We do not have a positive opinion. Scandinavian countries are like a guesthouse for terror organisations,” Erdogan told journalists after Friday prayers in Istanbul. Erdogan […]
Russian jet alarm interrupts Spain PM’s press briefing
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was forced to interrupt a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania on Thursday when jets there were scrambled to intercept Russian warplanes. Sanchez and Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda were speaking to reporters at the Siauliai air force base, which hosts air policing fighter jets from various NATO member […]
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea to “secure shipping lines”, the presidency said. “It is the latest Egyptian military base on the Mediterranean, and will be focused on securing the country’s northern and western front,” the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. The ceremony was attended […]
Italy completes troop pull-out from Afghanistan
Italy has completed its troop pull-out from Afghanistan, Rome announced on Wednesday, ending a 20-year deployment there as part of an accelerated withdrawal of NATO forces. Members of the US-backed alliance agreed in April to wrap up their 9,600-strong mission in Afghanistan after US President Joe Biden made the call to end Washington’s longest war. […]
Ukraine, US launch Black Sea drills after warship incident
Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises in the Black Sea on Monday in a show of Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off with Russia. The drills come just days after the British navy’s HMS Defender passed near Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea, with Moscow saying it fired warning shots […]
Trump threatens veto of House defence bill over spending levels, wall
US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday threatened he would veto a massive defence bill being considered by the House of Representatives, saying it provides less money than he wants for the military and disagreeing with some of its policy provisions. The version of the National Defence Authorization Act, or NDAA, up for a vote […]
Understanding Modi’s defence doctrine
On February 14, a convoy of Indian Central Reserve Police Force was attacked on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Pulwama district of Occupied Kashmir. As many as 40 CRPF personnel were killed in the attack. Government leaders and many people in Pakistan condemned the attack. However, the Indian government chose to make it the justification for […]