Author: Barry

Web Desk | June 21st 2025 As tensions in the Middle East increase, critics are drawing parallels between Israel’s recent military actions against Iran and America’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 – both interventions being justified on “threat-based pretexts”, even without concrete evidence suggesting an immediate danger. Fawaz Gerges, an esteemed Middle East scholar, warned...

Pakistan has issued a formal travel advisory to its citizens regarding non-essential travel to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria due to escalating tensions in the Middle East. This advisory was released by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday citing “evolving security situations and increasing risks of regional conflict”. As hostilities between Israel and Iran...

Amid growing concerns over a possible Iranian strike in response to the ongoing Israel–Iran military exchanges, the U.S. military has reportedly dispersed numerous aircraft from its largest Middle East hub at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. The precautionary maneuver took place over the weekend and is seen as a strategic measure to protect critical...

June 18, 2025 — Kandahar, Afghanistan — In a bid to enforce stricter control over education and social discipline, provincial Taliban authorities in southern Afghanistan have implemented an outright ban on smartphones within all schools and madrassas, effective immediately, local educators and students confirmed to AFP on Wednesday . According to the Kandahar provincial Education...

Islamabad/Tehran on June 17, 2025. According to Pakistani officials and media reports, Pakistan has announced the evacuation of diplomats’ families and non-essential embassy staff from Iran due to rising tensions between Iran and Israel that present serious security risks. Pakistan’s Foreign Office confirmed that on the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistani embassy operations...

Iran’s state television station IRIB was hit by an Israeli missile strike during live broadcast on Monday but managed to quickly resume broadcasts shortly thereafter, according to reports by AFP. Staff quickly regrouped at their backup studio and continued programming from that location. Hassan Abedini, senior official for IRIB and Senior official at Dhaka Tribune...

As tensions between Iran and Israel escalate toward full-scale conflict, Tehran is seeking diplomatic support from regional allies Qatar and Oman to mediate an end to Israel’s ongoing air campaign. Meanwhile, the US is pushing Iran back towards negotiations, demanding deeper nuclear concessions as an assurance for de-escalation. Recently, Israeli airstrikes under “Operation Rising Lion”...

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote today on a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. This vote comes following U.S. vetoing of similar resolution at Security Council last week that caused widespread global outrage. What Does the Resolution Propose? Conceived as an expression of mounting international tensions, the draft...

On Wednesday, Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb provided an post-budget press conference where he stressed the significance of customs duties reform to its ambition of transitioning towards an export-driven economy. Speaking a day after unveiling the federal budget for FY 2025-26, Aurangzeb dubbed these reforms “most significant” since 30 years, noting they could help lower...