Pakistan has hired a US lobbying firm led by former Republican Congressman Tom Graves under a two-year contract aimed at advancing Islamabad’s diplomatic, economic and strategic interests in Washington.According to documents filed with the US department of justice, Pakistan’s embassy in Washington entered into a two-year agreement earlier this month with Ervin Graves Strategy Group….
ICE agent Christian Castro has been arrested in Texas for his non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis in January, about which he lied. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still reeling from its missteps in Minneapolis as now an ICE agent, Christian Castro, has been arrested for his January 14 shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. The 52-year-old…
A Minneapolis-bound United Airlines plane made an emergency landing in Wisconsin after an unruly passenger wanted to storm the cockpit area. A United Airlines plane with 147 passengers and six crew members flying to Minneapolis had to be diverted Friday night after an unruly passenger wanted to enter the cockpit. The flight was diverted to…
A man carries a child who was injured in the accident (Picture credit: AP) At least 22 people, including 10 children and five women, were killed and around 36 others injured after a truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said.The accident occurred in Laghman…
A grandfather died while rescuing his nine-year-old granddaughter after a sudden change in sea conditions pulled members of his family into deeper water at a beach in Cornwall, UK.Phil Crow, 68, suffered a cardiac arrest in the sea at Tregirls Beach near Padstow on bank holiday Monday after helping save his granddaughter, Sia Briskham, and…
An Iranian ballistic missile strike on a US military facility in Kuwait damaged two MQ-9 Reaper drones and caused minor injuries to several American personnel, Bloomberg reported, citing a unnamed person familiar with the incident.The report said the Fateh-110 missile targeted Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait within the past 24 hours. Although Kuwaiti…
The US F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over southwestern Iran last month was likely struck by a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile, according sources cited by NBC.US officials are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the April shootdown, which marked the first time in decades that a US fighter aircraft was brought down by enemy fire.At the time,…
Counter-terror police charge Greek national in alleged London spy plot / Image: File A suspected espionage case unfolding in London has raised fresh concerns about foreign-linked surveillance operations in Britain after a Greek national was charged over allegations that he gathered information on an Iranian journalist living in the UK.The case centres on Ioannis Aidinidis,…
The UK government has reminded British pilgrims returning from Hajj to comply with Saudi visa regulations and leave the country within the permitted timeframe.In a message following the completion of Hajj 2026, the British Embassy in Saudi Arabia congratulated pilgrims on completing the annual Islamic pilgrimage and wished them a safe journey home.The embassy also…
UK wildlife success story as Dartford Warbler numbers recover from near collapse / Image: File Six decades ago, the future of one of Britain’s most distinctive birds looked bleak. A series of harsh winters pushed the Dartford warbler to the edge of extinction, leaving conservationists fearing the species could disappear from the UK altogether.Today, however,…
