Many of Israel’s largest banks are providing financial services that help support, maintain and expand illegal settlements by funding their construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Lebanon has started exploration of oil and gas at its offshore energy reserves in the Mediterranean waters disputed by the Israeli regime.

Afghan forces mistakenly killed nine people, most of them civilians, during raid on a house in eastern Nangarhar province which has been a base for the militant Daesh group and other militants, officials said Tuesday.

The meeting of Federal Cabinet was held in Islamabad today with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair.

In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership has emphasized that the people of Kashmir cannot become part of any ambiguous talks process, which has no clarity and direction.

A suspected terrorist attack in the Belgian city of Liege has left a total of four people dead, including the attacker.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday urged people to keep the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) achievements in mind when they vote in the general elections later this year.

Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday credited democracy with turning Pakistan into an atomic power, saying it was an elected prime minister who initiated the country's atomic programme and another elected prime minister who saw it through its final stage.

Two female suicide bombers suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists killed at least three people in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said Monday.

Iran’s president will attend a summit with his Chinese and Russian counterparts next month, officials in Beijing said Monday, amid efforts to salvage the nuclear deal thrown into upheaval by Donald Trump.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says only Syrian government forces should maintain presence on the Arab country’s southern parts, which is close to Jordan and the occupied territories of Palestine.

Acting United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Pernille Dahler Kardel has held meetings with senior Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, during her visit to Tehran.

Israeli forces raid a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, injuring more than a dozen during a search for alleged killers of a soldier.

A veteran Israeli lawmaker has announced his support for the annexation of the settlement blocs in the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians want as part of their future independent state.

Britain’s former envoy to Bahrain says the Persian Gulf island has almost turned into a vassal state for the US and Saudi Arabia out of fear for its existence in the face of popular protests.

The Leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are puppets of Washington and Tel Aviv.

Former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (retd) Nasirul Mulk was named caretaker prime minister on Monday.

Lieutenant General (retd) Asad Durrani, the former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), will be probed by a Court of Inquiry for views attributed to him in his book ‘The Spy Chronicles’, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday.