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Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (Photo/ANI)

"We paid tens of millions in cash as rewards to the Pakistani intelligence service": Former CIA officer

Oct 25, 2025

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou revealed that the CIA funded Pakistan's ISI, tracked al-Qaeda targets, and linked Lashkar-e-Tayyiba to al-Qaeda. He highlighted mistrust within ISI, US-Pakistan transactional ties, post-9/11 strategies, and his whistleblowing on CIA torture, which led to his prosecution and eventual vindication.

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US President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping (File Photo/Reuters)

US, China hold talks in Kuala Lumpur to avert trade war escalation

Oct 25, 2025

US and China officials met in Kuala Lumpur to prevent trade war escalation ahead of Trump-Xi talks. Discussions focus on tariffs, technology controls, and US soybean purchases. Recent US export blacklists and China's rare earth controls have strained a truce, with outcomes uncertain for both economies.
Representative Image of a school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (File Photo/ Reuters)

Pakistan: Blast destroys under-construction girls' school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Oct 25, 2025
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou (Photo/ANI)

"Not confronting AQ Khan head-on was a mistake": Ex-CIA agent speaks on US policy failure

Oct 25, 2025

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Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra with US Department of Energy Deputy Secretary James Danly (Photo/X@AmbVMKwatra)

"Fruitful discussion": India-US discuss energy trade, ties

Oct 25, 2025

Indian Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, held discussions on India-US energy security partnership and discussed the...
US President Donald Trump (File Photo/Reuters)

Trump departs for Asia trip, to attend ASEAN summit and meet China's Xi Jinping

Oct 25, 2025

US President Donald Trump departed for a three-nation Asia trip, visiting Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea. He will...
US President Donald Trump (on left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (File Photo/Reuters)

Trump optimistic ahead of meeting with China's Xi, to discuss Taiwan and Russia-Ukraine

Oct 25, 2025

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying, "...We have...
Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit (File Photo/X@prdthailand)

Thailand's Queen Mother Sirikit passes away at age of 93

Oct 25, 2025
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (File Photo/Reuters)

Zohran Mamdani condemns 'racist, baseless attacks' in heartfelt Bronx speech on Islamophobia

Oct 25, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (on left) and US President Donald Trump (File Photo/Reuters)

Trump rules out meeting Canadian PM over "dishonest" ad, says "I can play dirtier than they can"

Oct 25, 2025
Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson (Photo/ X@SwedishPM)

Swedish PM backs Ukraine in virtual meet, announces potential export deal for Gripen fighter jets to Kiev

Oct 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Image: X/@ZelenskyyUa)

"Sanctions remain one of the most painful blows for Putin," says Zelenskyy, urges US to widen Russian oil sanctions

Oct 25, 2025
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Taiwan records 9 PLA sorties, 4 PLAN vessels around its territory

Oct 25, 2025
BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain (Photo/ANI)

Exiled leader Tarique Rahman will return to Bangladesh soon, says BNP' Khandaker Mosharraf

Oct 25, 2025
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Image: X/@mfa_russia)

Russia condemns EU 19th sanctions as illegal, warns Brussels isolating itself

Oct 25, 2025
Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish (Photo/ X@IndiaUNNewYork)

Pakistan should end grave, ongoing human rights violations: India at UNSC calls J-K an "integral and inalienable part"

Oct 25, 2025
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Nepal continue to remain in FATF'S greylist

Oct 25, 2025
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North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar continue to remain on FATF's blacklist

Oct 25, 2025
FATF president Elisa de Anda Madrazo (Photo/X @FATFNews)

Exit from Greylist not bulletproof: FATF warns Pakistan against terror financing

Oct 24, 2025