Pakistan

Iran Strikes Baluchi Militant Group in Pakistan

Iran carried out missile and drone strikes on Tuesday, targeting the headquarters of a Pakistani militant group, as reported by Iran's Tasnim news agency. Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Tuesday, on the headquarters of a Pakistani militant group, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. Two “important headquarters” of Jaish al-Adl ...

Pakistan Warns Iran against "Unacceptable Strike"

Pakistan said that the Iranian airstrike killed two children on its soil, while Iran's Nour News reported the strike targeted the Jaish al-Adl group's Pakistani headquarters. Pakistan denounced on Wednesday the Iranian air strike on its territory, which occurred less than 24 hours after Tehran launched similar attacks in Iraq and Syria against ...

Pakistan Recalls Ambassador After Iran Strike Kills Two Children

Pakistan withdrew its ambassador from Iran on Wednesday and prevented Tehran's envoy from re-entering Islamabad. This action was taken in response to an Iranian airstrike that resulted in the death of two children in the western part of the country a day earlier. Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran Wednesday and blocked Tehran's envoy from ...

Pakistan Strikes 'Terrorist Hideouts' in Iran

Pakistani air strikes on Iran killed nine people in a border region in the Islamic Republic's southeast on Thursday, state media reported, updating an earlier toll of seven dead. "Two men were also killed in the missile attack this morning in one of the border villages of Saravan, bringing the death toll to nine," the official IRNA news agency ...

Sistan-Baluchistan: A Little-Known Region

Pakistan carried out strikes on “terrorist hideouts” in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan early Thursday morning, killing nine people. In a statement, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that these strikes were in response to attacks launched by Tehran on Tuesday within Pakistani borders against an "Iranian terrorist ...

Gunmen Kill 9 Foreigners Near Iran-Pakistan Border

Gunmen in southeastern Iran near the Pakistan border killed nine foreign nationals Saturday, more than a week after the neighbors exchanged deadly cross-border fire, Iranian news agency Mehr reported. "According to witnesses, unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians this morning in a house in the Sirkan neighborhood of Saravan city" in ...

Pakistan and Iran Seek Diplomatic Normalization Amid Tensions

Pakistan and Iran committed to enhancing dialogue and exchanging liaison officers, to alleviate tensions following lethal cross-border attacks that jeopardized diplomatic ties between the two nations. Pakistan and Iran pledged on Monday to improve dialogue and swap liaison officers as both nations sought to ease tensions after deadly cross-border ...

IS Claims Twin Blasts on Eve of Pakistan Election

The Islamic State group carried out two lethal bombings on Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan, occurring just before a national election. The Islamic State group claimed two deadly bombings Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan on the eve of a national election. IS fighters detonated an explosives-rigged motorbike "in the middle of an election ...

Greek Court Dismisses Charges in Migrant Boat Tragedy Case

A Greek court dismissed charges on Tuesday against suspects accused of involvement in a migrant shipwreck that killed over 600 people, amid criticism of the coastguards' role in the tragedy. A court in Greece dismissed on Tuesday the charges against nine suspects in one of the Mediterranean's worst migrant shipwrecks, saying that it did not have ...

Greece, Pakistan, Somalia, Among Incoming UN Security Council Members

Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia were elected by secret ballot Thursday at the United Nations General Assembly to serve on the Security Council for the 2025-2026 term. The top UN panel, charged with maintaining international peace and security, is comprised of 15 nations, including five veto-wielding permanent members: Britain, ...

Pakistan Logs First Mpox Case as Fears Grow of Global Spread

Pakistan said Friday it had confirmed a case of mpox, a day after Sweden recorded the first infection outside of Africa involving a new, more dangerous strain of the virus that has killed hundreds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mpox surge in Africa -- which has also affected Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda -- prompted the World Health ...

More Than 60 Dead in Militant Attacks in Balochistan

More than 60 people were killed on Sunday, in Pakistan's province of Balochistan when separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways and security forces launched retaliatory operations, officials said on Monday. The assaults were the most widespread in years by ethnic militants fighting a decades-long insurgency to win ...