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NEW YORK : Pakistan has urged the United Nations Security Council to act decisively to uphold human dignity, ensure accountability and deliver justice, while underscoring a two-State solution for the Middle East peace. “The time for words has passed; the time for action is now,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar told the 15-member Council on the Middle East situation, especially in besieged Gaza. The meeting came on the heels of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, which on 22 September further galvanized…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with US President Donald Trump has been scheduled for tomorrow at the White House, with peace in Gaza at the heart of the discussions. The prime minister will travel to Washington from New York today, accompanied by top Pakistani officials. High-stakes meeting at White House Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump will hold formal talks tomorrow in Washington. The meeting comes after Sharif joined the most important gathering of Arab and Islamic leaders in New York, aimed at stopping what they described as the genocide of oppressed Palestinian citizens in Gaza. Trump…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President Ajay Banga on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York to discuss Pakistan’s economic reforms and future cooperation. During his meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, the prime minister appreciated the IMF’s longstanding constructive partnership with Pakistan, which, under Georgieva’s leadership, had strengthened further, read a statement. He acknowledged the IMF’s timely support under various instruments, including the Stand-By Arrangement for $3 billion in FY 2024, followed by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of $7 billion and…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced on Wednesday its largest ever artificial intelligence language model, the Qwen3-Max, doubling down on AI as a core business strategy. The model, Alibaba’s most powerful to date, contains more than one trillion parameters, or variables that determine how an AI system processes information, and shows particular strength in code generation and autonomous agent capabilities, Zhou Jingren, chief technology officer at Alibaba Cloud, said at the company’s annual conference. Autonomous agent capabilities mean the AI system requires fewer human prompts than a chatbot like ChatGPT, and can make decisions and take action independently towards a goal…

Qatar has issued a stern warning in response to the latest Israeli attack on Doha, declaring that it will retaliate under any circumstances. Speaking to Arab TV at the United Nations, a spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry stressed that Doha will not stand by silently in the face of aggression. Qatar: ‘We will respond to Israeli attack’ The Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson made it clear that Doha will not back down without responding to what it described as an attack on Qatar’s sovereignty. “We want to make it clear that we will respond to the attack on Qatar’s sovereignty,”…

Super Typhoon Ragasa, the world’s most powerful tropical cyclone this year, lashed Hong Kong with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain on Wednesday, while heavy downpours in Taiwan resulted in the deaths of 14 people. A barrier lake in Taiwan’s eastern Hualien county overflowed and sent a wall of water into a town, as heavy rains from Ragasa battered the island, the Taiwan fire department said on Wednesday. Taiwan has been hit since Monday by the outer rim of Ragasa, which has brought torrential rains to the island. In Hong Kong, huge waves crashed over areas of the Asian financial hub’s…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with US President Donald Trump has been scheduled for tomorrow at the White House, with peace in Gaza at the heart of the discussions. The prime minister will travel to Washington from New York today, accompanied by top Pakistani officials. High-stakes meeting at White House Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump will hold formal talks tomorrow in Washington. The meeting comes after Sharif joined the most important gathering of Arab and Islamic leaders in New York, aimed at stopping what they described as the genocide of oppressed Palestinian citizens in Gaza. Trump…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah on the sidelines of the 80th Annual Session of the United Nations General Assembly. PM Sharif conveyed his best wishes to the Emir and Crown Prince of Kuwait and expressed satisfaction over the historic friendship between the two countries. He thanked Kuwait for its generous support during Pakistan’s devastating floods and emphasized the importance of expanding cooperation in key sectors such as trade, investment, agriculture, health, and manpower. Highlighting the need for closer engagement, Shehbaz Sharif invited the Kuwaiti Crown Prince to visit Pakistan later…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with the United States, declaring that talks under pressure would serve no purpose for Tehran. In a recorded message, he stressed that Iran would not abandon uranium enrichment despite mounting Western pressure. Khamenei insisted that nuclear weapons were neither necessary nor part of Iran’s strategy, but reaffirmed the country’s right to enrich uranium up to 60% for domestic needs. No concessions under pressure The Supreme Leader dismissed Washington’s insistence that Iran abandon uranium enrichment altogether, calling it an affront to national dignity. “Accepting negotiations under threats would not be…

At the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, dismissed climate change as the “greatest scam,” and claimed credit for averting wars, including between India and Pakistan, while criticizing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump opened his speech by demanding an urgent end to the conflict in Gaza, where Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians. “We have to stop the war in Gaza immediately. We have to stop it,” Trump said. “We have to get it done. We have to negotiate peace.” He stressed the return of hostages, saying: “We want…