A major terror attack has been foiled by police in Pakistan’s Punjab province and 13 militants, mostly belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have been arrested, a spokesperson for the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said on Saturday (May 22, 2026). “The CTD conducted 58 intelligence-based operations in different cities of the province during the…
Rescuers work amid debris of a destroyed dormitory building of the Starobilsk College of Luhansk Pedagogical University following an overnight attack in the Luhansk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, on May 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from a Ukrainian strike on a college and its dormitory in a Russian-occupied town…
An Iranian woman who lost two of her children in the Minab school strike on February 28 | Photo Credit: Reuters — A four-week United Nations conference reviewing the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons ended Friday (May 22, 2026) without agreement as the United States and Iran sparred over Iran’s nuclear program….
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with the Chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran, May 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran said on Saturday (May 23, 2026) it was finalising a 14-point framework for a deal with the United States, signalling some convergence in positions while cautioning that…
U.S. arms sales to Taiwan unrelated to Iran war, source says U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran, a source familiar with the matter said, after a senior U.S. official suggested there was a pause due to the need to have enough arms for the…
Demonstrators holding Spanish flags take part in a protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government in Madrid, Spain on Saturday (May 23, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A small group of protesters tried to break through barriers around the residence of Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday (May 23, 2026) during a mass…
U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. arms sales to Taiwan take years to process and are unrelated to the war with Iran, a source familiar with the matter said, after a senior U.S. official suggested there was a pause due to…
Maldivian health workers carry recovered bodies of two of the four Italians who died deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll earlier this month, at Alimathaa Island, after being brought back to Male, Maldives, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP “The remains of four Italian divers who died deep inside an underwater…
“Estonia can be the gateway to northern European markets for India once the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) comes into effect,” Indian Ambassador Ashish Sinha has said, asserting that the bilateral relationship is on an upswing. In an interview with PTI, Mr. Sinha said there is a robust base of existing…
Five gang members jailed in the U.K. for a large-scale drugs conspiracy. (File photo used for representational purposes only). | Photo Credit: Gettyimages/iStockphotos An Indian-origin man is among five gang members jailed in the U.K. for a total of 84 years for their involvement in what the Metropolitan Police described as a large-scale drugs conspiracy. Jagjit…