The major announcement will not involve any US boots on the ground in the Palestinian enclave, as military personnel will stay offshore while other allies are involved, officials said. “Tonight the president will announce in his State of the Union address that he has directed the US military to undertake an emergency mission to establish a port in Gaza,” a senior administration official told reporters. “This port, the main feature of which is a temporary pier, will provide the capacity for hundreds of additional truckloads of assistance each day,” the official said on condition of anonymity. US officials said the…
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Rajapaksa was forced into temporary exile after protesters stormed his official residence in 2022, following months of street protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. In a self-published account of his downfall, “The Conspiracy”, Rajapaksa defends his government’s economic policies, which forced an unprecedented foreign debt default and saw months of severe food and fuel shortages. Instead, he said “Chinese funded infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka after 2006 brought in an element of geopolitical rivalry” that precipitated his overthrow. “It would be extremely naive for anyone to claim that there was no foreign hand in the moves made to…
Two years after Russia’s invasion began, tens of thousands of its soldiers have been killed in Ukraine and Moscow is on a global quest for more combatants. The foreign ministry in New Delhi said last month that it was working to secure discharges for around 20 Indian nationals “stuck” in the Russian army. The embassy did not state the circumstances behind Mohammed Asfan’s death but said it was in touch with his family and Russian authorities. “Mission will make efforts to send his mortal remains to India,” the embassy wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Asfan’s brother Mohammed Imran said in…
CAIRO: Hamas said its delegation had left Cairo on Thursday amid ongoing negotiations on a ceasefire accord in Gaza that mediators hope to achieve before Ramazan early next week. After four days of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure a 40-day ceasefire ahead of the fasting month there is still no sign of progress on key sticking points, with both sides blaming the other. “Hamas’s delegation left Cairo this morning for consultation with the leadership of the movement, with negotiations and efforts continuing to stop the aggression, return the displaced and bring in relief aid to our people,”…
India has freed up a contingent of 10,000 soldiers, previously deployed at its western border, to strengthen its disputed border with China, according to several media reports. The two countries have previously agreed to maintain dialogue through military and diplomatic channels, and recently held a constructive meeting on resolving border issues in the western section of the China-India border. India has deployed 10,000 soldiers from its western border to guard its 532 kilometre-border with China in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, bordering the Himalayas, according to Indian media. “China is committed to working with India to safeguard the peace and stability of the border areas,” Mao…
Inaugurating lawyers’ wing of his party, he insists if the establishment sabotages the electoral process and interferes in the democratic procedures, resolutions of Corps Commanders’ Conference cannot deter criticism of it. The army as a defender of Pakistan is respected, but not as a political decision-maker. Berating the judiciary, he wonders how can this judicial system accept 100 cases in a week’s time against a person fallen out of favour of the military establishment and decide in favour of another 100 against a person, who has won favour of the army? The judiciary now says Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) was not given fair trial…
He was addressing as the chief guest at the inaugural session of the 16th CSR Summit and Awards-2024 organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) at a hotel on Wednesday. On this occasion, 77 companies were given awards for their outstanding philanthropic work in the last year for the welfare of the deprived communities in the country. While eulogising the role of private companies in the development of underprivileged communities, the former PM said that privatisation was the only way forward for the new government to overcome the economic crisis as the rulers and bureaucracy couldn’t run…
Talking to the media persons at Adiala Jail on Wednesday, Mr Khan demanded that the culprits be identified through CCTV footage, citing the example of the United States where protesters were held for insurrection and attacking Capitol Hill with the help of security footage. The former PM, however, regretted that no one was apparently interested in an independent and fair probe into the May 9 violence. “May 9 narrative could not work for Feb 8 [election],” he emphasised, adding that only three political parties were the beneficiaries of rigged elections. He also criticised the ECP for depriving his party of reserved seats, terming the…
ISLAMABAD: The PTI leadership alleged on Wednesday that the Form-45s published by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on its website were heavily tampered, with the results being changed in favour of PTI’s rivals and voter turnout crossing 100 per cent at several polling stations. Addressing a press conference, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan said that after the elections, one tried to forget the past and move forward, but if the elections were rigged on such a large scale, it became next to impossible to move forward. Flanked by PTI senior leaders Taimur Khan Jhagra and Salman Akram Raja, Mr…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to hold a rally in the main city of India-held Kashmir on Thursday, on his first visit since the disputed region’s semi-autonomy was cancelled in 2019. Modi’s government stripped the Muslim-majority disputed territory of its special constitutional status, splitting the former state into two territories directly ruled from New Delhi. The move, widely welcomed across India, angered many in the densely militarised territory. Thousands of armed police and paramilitary forces were deployed, and new checkpoints were set up across India-held Kashmir’s main city Srinagar, where the Hindu nationalist leader is scheduled to address a public gathering around midday.…
