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Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Tuesday invited China to invest in solar parks to support Pakistan’s fight against climate change and help reduce Pakistan’s energy import bill. The interim premier reached Beijing on Monday to participate in the 3rd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for Inter­national Cooperation. At the airport, he was received by Chinese Min­ister of Science & Techno­logy …

GAZA STRIP: More than one million people have been displaced by sustained Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip over the past week, the UN said on Sunday, as it termed the situation in the besieged enclave an ‘unprecedented human catastrophe’. Seven days of relentless bombing have left almost 2,500 people dead, the majority ordinary Pales­tinians. Another 10,000 people have been …

ISLAMABAD: A weak stance from Pakistan or the rest of the Muslim world on the situation in Gaza could lead to a public backlash, experts and former diplomats have opined. The former ambassadors were speaking at a roundtable conference titled ‘Geostrategic Conundrums: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Hamas-Israel Conflicts Impact on Pakistan’, organised by Islamabad-based think tank, the Pakistan Institute for Conflict …

WARSAW: Poles voted on Sunday in parliamentary elections that will determine the country’s future ties with the European Union and neighbouring Ukraine, as the ruling populists bid for a third consecutive term in power. Opinion polls indicate the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will get the most votes but may struggle to build a governing coalition, giving a chance …

CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to Israel on Monday, a senior State Department official said, extending his Middle East shuttle diplomacy by a day. Earlier in Riyadh, Blinken was invited for a dawn closed-door meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday. “Very productive,” Blinken said when asked about the meeting with the Saudi prince, …

WASHINGTON: As the flames of war burn in the Middle East and Ukraine, the US Congress is immobilised by a brawl among Republicans, a dysfunction that even some in Donald Trump’s party worry is giving comfort to the nation’s adversaries. The House of Representatives has drifted leaderless for 12 days since eight of its 221 Republicans ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That has …

BEIRUT: Israel’s northern border with Lebanon is often tense, the legacy of past conflicts. But as Israel readies to invade Gaza, its army faces the threat of a two-front war. Repeated fire in recent days has claimed lives on both sides of the UN-patrolled border between Lebanon and Israel, which remain technically at war. If Israel does invade Gaza Strip, …

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday left for China to attend the “Third Belt and Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation”, being held in Beijing from October 17 to 18. The forum in Beijing marks the 10th anniversary of President Xi’s ambitious global infrastructure and energy initiative, billed as recreating the ancient Silk Road to boost global trade. …

ISRAEL’S aggression against Gaza has split the journalistic community worldwide, but US media seems particularly torn. In a development that has shaken the industry, prominent MSNBC anchor Mehdi Hasan was suspended alongside two of his Muslim colleagues; Ayman Mohieddine, and Ali Velshi. But although the US network denied any intention to sideline these presenters, Arab News carried a report saying that it had …

An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights activists said on Sunday. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) …