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Pakistan has called on Yemen’s Houthis to immediately cease attacks on merchant ships and seafarers in Bab al-Mandab, condemning the group’s attempt to weaponise the waterway. Speaking at a UNSC Arria-Formula meeting, Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, stressed the need to protect freedom of navigation and the safety of commercial shipping. This month, Yemen’s Houthis launched a lightning offensive to take over the country’s entire Red Sea coast, giving them control over the vital Bab al-Mandab strait. The group has declared a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, targeting Saudi-linked shipping in the Red Sea as…

The US military came close to intercepting and boarding a Chinese ship in the Middle East after an intelligence report falsely claimed the vessel was carrying components linked to a nuclear weapons programme, CNN reported, citing four sources familiar with the incident. The report was circulated across the US military this spring during the war with Iran, prompting preparations for an operation against the vessel. Armed US personnel were reportedly preparing to board the ship while military aircraft were already in the air. Officials only discovered shortly before the planned operation that the intelligence had been produced with the help…

US President Donald ​Trump plans to greet Chinese President Xi ‌Jinping at Joint Base Andrews, at the airport of the military base just outside Washington, DC, on ​his arrival next week for a White ​House visit, a senior US official told reporters ⁠on Friday. It is rare for the ​US president to greet visiting foreign leaders at ​the airport. Senior US officials who briefed reporters about the visit said it will include an arrival ceremony ​inside the White House, a Rose Garden ​military review and a state dinner in the evening. They said ‌among ⁠the guests for the dinner will…

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have ‌entered into an agreement for the US to develop a significant military presence on Greenland, while prohibiting US adversaries from building their own bases on the island, Donald Trump said on Friday. In a Truth Social post, the US president wrote that no US enemies would be able to make sensitive investments ​on the island without the approval of the United States and that the agreement had no expiry date. “At my direction, ​we worked with representatives of Denmark and Greenland to guarantee that the United States will FOREVER have ⁠the complete ability…

Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal said he has experienced racism “a thousand times”, with many people unaware that their ​comments or behaviour are racist. The 19-year-old has been the ‌target of racial abuse during his rapid rise to prominence. In October 2024, footage appeared to show Lamine, Raphinha and Ansu Fati ​being racially abused during Barcelona’s match against Real ​Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Spanish Observatory on Racism ⁠and Xenophobia said in a bulletin published in March ​that Lamine and Vinicius Jr were the most frequent ​targets of online racist abuse in Spain in the final quarter of 2025. Asked…

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is banning three major news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House in his latest threat to the independent press. The move is almost certain to face legal challenges as free speech experts said it conflicts with the US Constitution’s First Amendment protections for free speech and a free press. Trump accused the outlets of “reporting FAKE NEWS” in a social media post, and said they “shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States.” Trump…

LAHORE: Pakistan has moved up 22 places in the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI), improving from 179th in 2024 to 157th in the 2026 global ranking while India is placed at 176th among 177 countries assessed in the latest index, according to the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Pakistan recorded an EPI score of 29.03 in the 2026 assessment, compared with 22.46 for India. The 2026 EPI ranks 177 countries on 47 indicators across 12 environmental issue categories, grouped under three broad policy objectives – environmental health, ecosystem vitality and climate change. The improvement in Pakistan’s ranking comes…

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Sports Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar Friday unveiled the logo of Pak-China Friendship Summer Games 2026. Speaking at a press briefing at the National Hockey Stadium on Friday, Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar said that Pak-China Friendship Games would be held in Lahore to mark the 75th anniversary of Pak-China friendship. “Pak-China Friendship Games would be organized at multiple venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex from September 24 to 28.” He said that around 2,000 athletes from all divisions of Punjab would participate in Pak-China Friendship Games. “Around 70,000 athletes had appeared in Pak-China Friendship Games trials.” He…

akistan and China have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation under the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission, which held its inaugural meeting in Islamabad on September 16–17. The commission discussed border management, cross-border coordination, movement of goods and people, joint surveys and people-to-people linkages, with both sides signing minutes outlining a framework for future cooperation and agreeing to hold the next meeting in China. India objected to the commission, while Pakistan rejected the objections and defended the 1963 Pakistan-China Boundary Agreement.

An unspecified number of people have been reported missing after a mudslide struck near a village in Panzhihua City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Saturday. Search and rescue operations are underway.