Israel launched strikes across Iran on Friday, saying they targeted the “heart” of Iran’s nuclear programme. The strikes killed Hossein Salami, chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards – a powerful branch of the country’s armed forces – other senior military figures and nuclear scientists, Iranian state media reported. Civilians, including children, were also among those…
Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65, was known for taking a hardline stance against Iran’s rivals, including Israel and the US. Just last month, he had warned that Tehran would “open…
When Donald Trump was sworn in as US president for a second time in January, he made a promise. “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier,” he told his audience at home and far beyond. Then, a little more than a hundred days on, during his first foreign tour – which…
Wide range of bilateral, regional, and global issues of mutual interest to be discussed during premier’s visit ISLAMABAD/ABU DHABI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on an official one-day visit where he was welcomed by the host Abu Dhabi’s Deputy Ruler and National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed…
Experts have started to rejoice in Meghan Markle’s ‘mayhem era’ possibly coming to an end Almost a week after Meghan Markle released her bonus episode for Confessions of a Female Founder podcast with Beyonce’s mom, social media is still up in arms about her business sense. This has prompted royal commentator Daniela Elser to go…
Decision was made “peacefully and mutually”, says Pakistani singer in late-night announcement on social media Pakistani singer Asim Azhar has announced his separation from his fiancée, Pakistan actor and model Merub Ali, nearly three years after the couple publicly disclosed their engagement. Azhar shared the news late last night in an Instagram story, stating that…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because “it could be a dangerous place”, adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday that the US is preparing a partial evacuation of its Iraqi embassy and…
• Langrial says new 15pc tax rate on passive income aims to address disparity with active business earnings• Political leadership and intel agencies’ help enlisted to ensure compliance, root out corruption KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial on Wednesday detailed a sweeping overhaul of the country’s tax compliance system, vowing to…
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group’s wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 82. The statement on Instagram did not give a cause. Wilson was placed under a legal conservatorship last year due to a “major neurocognitive disorder.” “We are at a loss…
Asessions court on Wednesday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of model-turned-actor Nadia Hussain in a multi-million-rupee embezzlement case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had booked Atif Muhammad Khan, the model’s husband and former CEO of Alfalah Securities, along with others, on the complaint of the private trading company. Earlier, Hussain had obtained interim bail from the…
