GENEVA, June 8 (Reuters) – Spending on nuclear weapons by the world’s nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost a fifth in 2025 to $119 billion, a report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said on Tuesday. The 19% increase from 2024 produced the highest expenditure on nuclear weapons since the campaign group began…
A nearly 180-year-old temple nestled in the heart of Wan Chai and Hong Kong’s only mosque inside a prison are poised to receive the city’s highest level of heritage protection under a government proposal. In a paper submitted ahead of a board meeting on Thursday, the Antiquities and Monuments Office recommended that Hung Shing Temple…
Washington: Pakistan has given lobby firm Erwin Graves Strategies a two-year contract worth $50,000 per month after previously scaling down a lobbying blitz it had initiated last year. This handout photograph released by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Office on September 26, 2025, shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left), Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir…
During a meeting between Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar and US secretary of state Marco Rubio in Washington on Friday, a reporter shouted a question about whether Pakistan was willing to recognise Israel. This comes after US President Donald Trump asked several Arab and Muslim nations to join the Abraham Accords and establish diplomatic ties…
Pakistan minister said that joining the Abraham Accords, as ‘mandatorily requested’ by United States President Donald Trump for peace deal with Iran, would be against Islamabad’s “fundamental ideologies,” Pakistani news channel Samaa TV reported. The Pakistani defence minister also questioned the possibility of engagement with Israel (Screengrab/Clash Report) Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, while…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says China and Pakistan are ‘iron brother’ countries. Published On 25 May 202625 May 2026 China’s President Xi Jinping has hailed Beijing’s “unbreakable” friendship with Pakistan as he met visiting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking to deepen their “all-weather” partnership. Pakistan is among an exclusive group of countries China regards as an…
As American and Iranian negotiators inch toward a deal to end months of conflict, President Donald Trump has dramatically raised the stakes, demanding that a clutch of Muslim-majority nations formally recognise Israel by joining the Abraham Accords as part of any final settlement. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner greet each…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday praised Donald Trump for his diplomatic efforts aimed at promoting peace and stability in West Asia, underlining that the US President held a “productive call” with different leaders, including Army chief field marshal Asim Munir. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised US President Donald Trump for his diplomatic…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Nations and empires have fought each other over territory for centuries. In March 1963, Pakistan did something rare: It offered land five times the size of Hong Kong to another country, China. Under a boundary agreement with Beijing, Pakistan transferred control of the Shaksgam Valley, roughly 5,180 square kilometres (2,000 square miles)…
By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s swift rejection of Iran’s response to a U.S. peace proposal sent oil prices surging higher on Monday amid concerns the 10-week-old conflict will drag on, keeping shipping through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed. Days after the U.S. floated an…