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United States President Donald Trump’s administration announced a major military offensive against the Houthis a few weeks ago.The United States has carried out more air strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, after targeting Kamaran Island and Marib governorate earlier, Houthi media outlets report. No details on casualties have been provided yet. In Sanaa, two US airstrikes targeted the area of Attan, which has been controlled by the rebel movement since 2014. US airstrikes also reportedly targeted a sanitation project in the Asir area, as well as the Furwah neighbourhood and a popular market in the Shoub district, according to Houthi media.…

The Israeli military has released details of an investigation into its own killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics and aid workers in Gaza last month, saying its code of ethics was not violated and only one soldier is dismissed, in an attack that sparked outrage in the international community. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the Israeli rights organisation Breaking the Silence rejected the findings of the Israeli probe on Sunday. PRCS’s president told Al-Araby TV that the Israeli narrative on the killings in Rafah was “contradictory”. “It is incomprehensible why the occupation soldiers buried the bodies of the paramedics…

PUBLISHED April 20, 2025 KARACHI: The United States-China tariff war is no longer a distant chess match between two economic superpowers — it’s now an open wound in global commerce, bleeding into the very mechanisms that kept global brand empires running smoothly. What began as a high-level dispute over trade deficits and industrial dominance has evolved into something far messier: a crisis of trust, exposure, and leverage. In 2025, the war has crept into the heart of the consumer economy, where American luxury brands, once insulated by confidentiality agreements and discreet manufacturing partnerships, are now facing an unexpected reckoning. Chinese…

Defending champions Real Madrid net an injury-time win in 1-0 victory against Athletic Club to keep pace with Barcelona.Federico Valverde’s superb 93rd-minute strike kept Real Madrid on Barcelona’s tail in Spanish football’s title race, earning the champions a 1-0 win over Athletic Club. Madrid stayed four points behind Barca after Valverde smashed into the top corner on Sunday with a sliced, swerving effort. After Champions League elimination by Arsenal, it looked like Madrid were set for another devastating result until the Uruguay international’s stoppage-time intervention. Athletic, who are based in Bilbao and reached the Europa League semifinals on Thursday by…

PUBLISHED April 20, 2025 KARACHI: The plight of the people of Tharparkar often goes unnoticed amidst the hustle and bustle of Karachi, with its 25 million (and counting) residents. Yet, it is important to remember that we are disconnected from the other 35 million people living in the rest of Sindh. The suffering endured by the inhabitants of Tharparkar manifests in four main forms, namely economic imperialism, cultural erasure, climate change and the low status of women. Despite being rich in resources, the region remains impoverished. Tharparkar is a part of Sindh that has been stretched beyond its limits in…

PUBLISHED April 20, 2025 KARACHI: In the heart of Pakistan’s largest metropolis, Karachi, a silent crisis has taken root – water scarcity. Not a household is unaffected, not a street is safe from it. While residents of cities around the world debate how tackle climate change and how to convert to green energy, Karachiites are struggling to secure access to a basic human necessity: clean, safe running taps in their homes. Many a resident comes home after a hard day’s work only to find no water in the house to bathe or even freshen up. The situation is not new…

Flooding hit parts of the US South and Midwest during the Easter holiday weekend.At least two people, including a child, have died in the US state of Oklahoma after their vehicle was stranded in floodwaters, police said, as severe weather and flooding hit parts of the United States’ South and Midwest during the Easter holiday weekend. Flood warnings, which suggest that a flood is occurring or is imminent, were in place across Oklahoma. The National Weather Service said on Sunday that severe thunderstorms were expected from east Texas into far southeast Iowa and Illinois, while the potential for strong tornadoes…

Traders say Syria has largely been relying on overland imports from neighbours this year.A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first such delivery since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December, the government said, as it pushes to boost an economy ravaged by nearly 14 years of ruinous civil war. Traders say Syria has this year been largely relying on overland imports from neighbours. Officials of the new government led by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa say that while imports of wheat and other basics are not subject to sanctions from the United States or United…

PUBLISHED April 20, 2025 KARACHI: Seventy years ago, the Bandung Conference marked a defining moment of postcolonial solidarity. Twenty-nine newly independent nations, including Pakistan, gathered in Indonesia to assert their place in a world dominated by Cold War superpowers. The message was bold and clear: sovereignty, self-determination and the pursuit of a multipolar world order. More than a diplomatic milestone, the summit offered a blueprint for a just and balanced global system, captured in the ten-point Bandung Declaration. Today, as we commemorate that historic gathering, the principles of Bandung are more relevant than ever. The world once again teeters on…

Palestinian Christians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have marked a second sombre Easter under punishing conditions and Israel’s war on Gaza. In the Gaza Strip, where no food or aid has been allowed in by the Israeli military for nearly 50 days, people observed Easter on Sunday at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City amid death and destruction. Easter celebrations were limited to religious rituals as families cancelled other gatherings fearing more bombs would be dropped by Israeli warplanes, which killed dozens of people in the besieged enclave on Sunday. Israeli forces bombed…