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UNSC emergency meeting to be held 4 PM, New York time; Britain to chair as presidentA view during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran at the request of the United States at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 15, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The United Nations Security Council will meet on Saturday after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the Middle East into a new conflict. UN diplomats said the 15-member body would meet at 4pm in New York (2100 GMT). The meeting will be chaired by Britain, which holds the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there are growing signs that Khamenei is ‘gone’A handout picture provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him addressing a meeting with local champions and medalists of sports and world science awards in Tehran on October 20, 2025. PHOTO: AFP Iranian authorities said on Saturday that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “safe and sound” and called on the people to remain vigilant and not be swayed by what they described as the enemy’s “mental warfare” after reports that he was allegedly killed in an Israeli air strike on…
A staff member checks information tags for corn seeds at Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2026. Heilongjiang Province, dubbed “grain barn” of China, has entered a new farming season. In Shuangyashan City, staff members are engaged in clearing snow and securing plastic coverings for greenhouses for paddy rice seedling breeding. Maintenance and inspection of agricultural machinery are also underway. (Xinhua/Wang Song)Staff members perform equipment maintenance at a weather station of Youyi Farm Co., Ltd. under Beidahuang Group in Shuangyashan City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 28, 2026. Heilongjiang Province,…
Qatar condemns Iranian missile strike, calls it sovereignty breach, says reserves right to respond Saudi Arabia strongly condemned Iranian missile attacks on United States military bases in the Gulf on Saturday and said it was ready to defend its fellow brotherly states as open conflict broke out in the Middle East. Earlier in the day, the US and Israel jointly launched strikes on Iran that pushed the Middle East into renewed military confrontation and further dimmed hopes for a diplomatic solution to the West’s long-standing effort to denuclearise Iran, despite Tehran’s repeated assertions that it will not pursue nuclear weapons.…
Provincial governor says rescue operations underway and security situation in the city under control The death toll has risen to 85 in a strike on a girls primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab, according to the local prosecutor cited by state media. Minab’s provincial governor, Mohammad Radmehr, confirmed to IRNA that the Shajareye Tayabeh school had been directly attacked and that many students had been martyred. He said rescue and aid operations were underway at the school, adding that the security situation in the city was under control. The Iranian foreign minister vowed that the “crimes against…
US, China, Russia, Iran urge restraint as Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq escalates along borderA Pakistani army tank stands at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, 2026, following overnight cross-border fighting between the two countries. Photo: AFP Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Saturday that security forces had killed 352 Taliban terrorists in a major military operation launched after what the federal government described as unprovoked cross-border attacks from Afghanistan, as regional and global powers urged restraint amid rising tensions. The government said “Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq” was launched late on Thursday following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In a statement posted on…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for an immediate ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan United States President Donald Trump hailed Pakistan’s strikes against the Afghan Taliban regime under ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’ on Friday, saying the country was “doing terrifically well”. Earlier on Friday, Pakistani forces targeted key military installations of the Afghan Taliban regime in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia through effective airstrikes. The military spokesperson said the ongoing operation was producing the desired results, with insurgents effectively repulsed at 53 locations along the border, inflicting heavy losses while exercising restraint to avoid civilian harm. The government later updated that a total of 297 enemies were killed,…
The Pakistani government said there was no official confirmation from Pakistani authorities of any aircraft loss. [Source:X] The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday dismissed as “false” reports circulated by Afghan Taliban officials and amplified by Indian media claiming that Afghan forces had shot down a Pakistani fighter jet in Nangarhar and captured its pilot. Videos were seen circulating on social media platforms, including X. JUST IN 🇵🇰 🚨Afghan forces have shot down another Pakistani regime fighter jet in Nangarhar Province today, marking the second aircraft brought down. pic.twitter.com/RlKLLucZBj — S Haidar Hashmi (@sHaidarHashmi) February 28, 2026 Pakistani security…
Defence minister says Afghan soil must not be used against Pakistan amid deadly border clashesDefence Minister Khawaja Asif. PHOTO: APP/ File Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has publicly accused figures linked to the Haqqani Network of betraying decades of Pakistani support and allowing terrorists to operate from Afghan territory against Pakistan. In a post on X, Asif recalled Pakistan’s backing of Afghan fighters during the Soviet-Afghan war after the 1979 invasion by the Soviet Union. He said Pakistan had stood “wholeheartedly” with Afghan resistance leaders and hosted millions of refugees, many of whom still live and work in Pakistan. “You…
In this illustration, the Claude AI app is seen in the app store on a phone on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás Maduro.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesAnthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence assistant app jumped to the No. 2 slot on Apple’s chart of top U.S. free apps late on Friday, hours after the Trump administration sought to block government agencies’ adoption of the startup’s technology.The rise in…