<p>Interim president says unrest will not break out despite anger at official response to the 24 June disaster</p><p>Venezuela’s interim president has defended her country’s emergency response to the twin earthquakes that have killed more than 3,000 people, vowing the country would not descend into social unrest.</p><p>Many Venezuelans have expressed anger at what they see as the US-backed government’s inadequate response to the 24 June disaster before international teams arrived.</p> <a h

<p>Solomon Islands prime minister says he doesn’t want to see more countries testing ICBMs in Pacific, adding ‘be our friend but don’t threaten us’ </p><p>Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has said China’s weapons test in the Pacific risks fuelling dangerous nuclear proliferation, with the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired on Monday capable of causing “considerable damage” if weaponised.</p><p>International condemnation has grown overnight after China’s sta

<p>Outgoing PM will stress British commitment to defence spending at meeting in Ankara to counter Trump rebukes</p><p>Keir Starmer will seek to work with European allies to shore up support for Nato at its summit in Ankara on Tuesday amid concerns that Donald Trump could further destabilise the military alliance with threats over defence spending.</p><p>Downing Street said the prime minister and other international leaders would be focused on “building a stronger and more European Nato” as t

<img src='https://i.cbc.ca/ais/396e8807-b6d2-4cfb-8f45-67dd2dc5fd30,1783371599556/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C720%2C405%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29' alt='A young man with brown hair is seen standing at the edge of a river, wearing a camouflage jacket.' width='620' height='349' title='Patrick Mazerolle, 24, was killed while volunteering on the front lines for the Ukrainian army in Eastern Ukraine. His father has started an international organization to try to help families like

<p>• Delay breaches July 1 structural benchmark under IMF $7bn EFF<br>• Officials blame legal issues over Ogra chief’s appointment and unresolved UFG targets</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: Amid over Rs3.44 trillion circular debt in the gas sector, the government has missed its July 1, 2026 deadline for notifying the biannual gas tariff as required under structural benchmark of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF).</p> <p>Under two new gas sector structural b

<p>FOR more than sixty-five years, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has stood as one of the world’s renowned, most enduring and successful transboundary water-course division arrangements between two nation states.</p> <p>Beyond its legal and international significance, it has also been the cornerstone of Pakistan’s water resources development.</p> <figure class='media w-full sm:w-1/2 media--right media--embed media--uneven' data-original-src='https://www.dawn.com/news/2012355'>

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<p>TWO senior officials, one each from Pakistan and India, have laid their arguments before an international readership. Dr. P.K. Saxena, former Indian Commissioner for Indus Waters, <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://indianembassyberlin.gov.in/pdf/Article_English_14052026.pdf">published </a>a two-part indictment of the Indus Waters Treaty in May 2026, now circulating through Indian embassies worldwide. Syed Mehar Ali Shah, Pakistan’s ser

<p>Pakistan has made “meaningful” progress on fiscal federalism since 2010; however, deviations from “international norms” and “good practices” remain, including in the current federal–provincial transfer arrangements, the World Bank said in a report released on Tuesday.</p> <p>In its report titled “<a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099060626042014186">Strengthe

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said on Thursday it was closely monitoring internet traffic disruptions caused by a fault in the SEA-ME-WE 5 (SMW5) international submarine cable system, which was likely to cause intermittent degradation in service quality and connectivity.</p> <p>The telecom authority added that Transworld Associates (TWA) is coordinating with the SMW5 consortium to “identify the root cause of the fault” and determine the estimated time for resto