At UN summit, PM Shehbaz warns piling up debt won’t solve climate crisis
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the Climate Summit 2025 at UNGA. —Screengrab/PTV PM says atomic energy capacity to be expanded to 1,200MW by 2030.Urges global support for states hardest hit…
Five killed in protests for statehood in ‘Indian-occupied’ Ladakh, say police
Smoke rises from a police vehicle that was torched by the demonstrators near the Bharatiya Janata Party office in Leh on September 24, 2025. — AFPProtesters torch BJP office and…
Planetary health check reveals oceans have breached critical acidification boundary
A barracuda, center, swims in the protected area of France’s Porquerolles National Park. Humans are pushing the planet “beyond the limits of a safe operating space” as yet another critical…
Trump’s UN visit marked by malfunctioning escalator and teleprompter
A UN official later said the mechanism was accidentally triggered by someone from the president’s entourage who had rushed ahead. The official, speaking anonymously, noted that the White House was…
MEPs urge support for Iranian civil society three years after Mahsa Amini’s death
A portrait of Mahsa Amini is held during a rally calling for regime change in Iran after Amini’s death, in Washington on Saturday 1 October 2022. MEPs are calling for…
European Commission dismisses NGOs’ call to stop financing of Libyan Coast Guard
An overcrowded wooden boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea The European Commission has dismissed a call from 42 civil society organisations for it to stop financing the so-called Libyan…
Kharkiv hit by waves of Russian drones in latest assault
The attack, according to a Czech TV reporter, struck the city’s industrial zone, where warehouses are located. The barrage, which began around 9 p.m., caused fires and destruction across critical…
Why Amsterdam’s embattled residents are suing the city over mass tourism
The legal action has been taken to denounce the municipality’s ineffective tourism management, the group says. Residents of Amsterdam have taken a pioneering step to express their frustration with the…
At least 15 killed as typhoon rains cause deadly flooding in Taiwan
Authorities said 152 people remained missing in eastern Taiwan as emergency teams struggled to access hard-hit areas. Premier Cho Jung-tai has called for an inquiry into possible failures in evacuation…