Israel orders Gaza City evacuation before bombing high-rise tower

The Israeli military told Palestinians in Gaza City to leave for the south on Saturday before bombing a high-rise tower as its forces advance deeper into the enclave’s largest urban area. Israeli forces have been carrying out an offensive on the suburbs of the northern city for weeks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered … Read more

President Maduro warns of armed struggle as Trump threatens Venezuela jets

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Friday that his country would move to a stage of “armed struggle” if it were attacked. Maduro said that while Venezuela is “still in the phase of unarmed struggle,” any attack would prompt a response from “the whole people against aggression, whether local, regional or national.” Maduro made the comments during … Read more

‘We’ve lost India, Russia to darkest China’

WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US President Donald Trump on Friday said India and Russia appear to have been “lost” to China, following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting hosted by Beijing this week where their leaders stood alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long … Read more

US judge blocks Trump from canceling legal status for Venezuelans, Haitians

A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration violated federal law by moving to cancel temporary protections from deportation for more than 1 million Venezuelans and Haitians living in the United States. US District Judge Edward Chen said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lacked the authority to end … Read more

how Pakistan won Trump over

By Naveed Hussain/Zeeshan Ahmad | PUBLISHED September 06, 2025 KARACHI: The sudden recalibration of Pakistan-US relations this year is a harbinger of a seismic shift in South Asian geopolitics. Partially triggered by the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, Washington and Islamabad are once again engaged in a cautious tryst that feels all too familiar to anyone … Read more