WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday met President Joe Biden a day after a deadly bomb attack on the US Afghanistan evacuation mission forced a postponement and cast a shadow on an Israeli charm offensive. The US had an “unwavering commitment” to Israel’s security, including replenishing Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system, Biden said after the two met …

LAHORE: The Punjab government will ‘temporarily’ house Afghan refugees who are arriving in Pakistan in the wake of the recent crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the neighbouring country. “Police and the city district administration are making arrangements on the orders of the Home Department for the stay of Afghans in hotels and sub-campus of some universities in …

RAWALPINDI: As many as 400 special flights carrying Afghan nationals and foreigners from Kabul have departed from and arrived at the Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) since the Taliban took on Aug 16. According to sources, 10,000 to 15,000 Afghan nationals and foreigners evacuated from Afghanistan are expected to arrive at the airport in the next couple of weeks as 2,000 …

LAHORE: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid says the Pakistan government has decided to offer 21 days transit visas to the diplomats, officials of the world organisations and non-government organisations and journalists stuck in Afghanistan. Such people have initially been allowed to land at two airports of Islamabad. Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, Mr Rashid said Pakistan had played …

KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif arrived here on Friday on a three-day visit, renewing his activism after months-long break with plan to address a rally that the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement alliance will be holding on Sunday, party sources said. A large number of party workers received the …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared that the policy of allotment of more than one plot to top bureaucrats and judges of the superior judiciary was illegal. IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, however, referred the matter for allotment of additional plots to serving and retired judges of the superior judiciary and federal secretaries to the government with …

The last weekend of August is upon us and it won’t be as hot as recent days. Highs will mainly be in the low 90s with a heat index approaching 100. Spotty afternoon and evening thunderstorms will be possible both Saturday and Sunday, but most areas will remain dry. Best chances will remain in the southern and eastern portions of …

The man arrested after authorities said he plowed his pickup into a car, a pedestrian and a Dallas police horse in Deep Ellum over the weekend had been celebrating his engagement and told officers he “never stopped drinking,” according to court documents. Adonis Tremayne Hartfield, 25, was arrested on charges of intoxication assault with a vehicle, accident involving serious bodily injury, …

The son of Little Elm’s mayor has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of two men at a restaurant at Grandscape on Thursday night, according to police in The Colony. Christian James Cornelious, 20, is accused of assaulting the men at Seven Doors Kitchen & Cocktails shortly after 6:30 p.m., police said. “Like many, I am shocked and saddened …

Tesla wants to provide energy directly to Texas households, taking steps to join a vast and fragmented industry of power providers that feed the Lone Star State’s largely unregulated grid. Its new subsidiary, Tesla Energy Ventures, submitted an application with the state’s public utility commission on Aug. 16 to become a retail electricity provider. The venture comes as Tesla already …