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Iran says UN watchdog will not be allowed to inspect bombed nuclear sites
TEHRAN, JUN 23: Iran said Tuesday that inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog would not be given access to its nuclear sites that were bombed during the war with Israel and the United States last year. “We have not had a meeting with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, nor do we have any plans for the agency to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities damaged by the US and Zionist military aggression,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei at a press conference in Tehran attended by AFP.Read More
Iran will be ‘only country’ to determine how to use unfrozen assets: Ambassador
TEHRAN, JUN 23: Tehran alone will decide how to use its frozen assets once they are unfrozen under a US-Iranian deal towards ending the Middle East war, an Iranian ambassador said Tuesday, contradicting US claims. As part of the deal under negotiation, Washington has agreed to release $12 billion in frozen funds to Iran, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday, and temporarily suspend sanctions on oil from the Islamic Republic. US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that Iranian assets had not yet been unfrozen as part of theRead More
Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
NEW YORK, JUN 23: Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said on Tuesday. The report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel examined violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023. Around 30 percent of those killed in the Gaza war were children,Read More
FPCCI warns wind curtailment driving investors to bankruptcy
KARACHI, JUN 23 /DNA/ – Atif Ikram Sheikh, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has apprised that Federation’s Central Standing Committee on Renewable Energy, chaired by Convener Mr. Fawad Jawed, has expressed its grave concern over the intensifying curtailment of wind power plants. Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh stressed that this grid infrastructural failure is inflicting billions in revenue losses, driving green energy investors toward bankruptcy, and forcing inflation-weary consumers to bear the brunt of expensive imported fuel. FPCCI Chief elaborated that, despite definitive sovereignRead More
Timely action: Security Forces foil major terrorist plot in Panjgur
QUETTA, Jun 23: Security forces successfully foiled a major terrorist plot through a swift and intelligence-based operation in the Panjgur district of Balochistan. According to security officials, acting on credible intelligence, security personnel carried out a targeted operation in the Jeerak area of Panjgur. During the raid, they recovered a significant cache of weapons, explosives, and communication equipment. The seized materials included four rocket fuses and several improvised explosive devices (IEDs) discovered inside a vehicle. The explosive material was meant to be used in a possible major terrorist attack, theRead More
Pak-Russian JWG discusses terrorism threat emanating from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, June 23: Pakistan-Russia Joint Working Group to Counter International Terrorism, Tuesday, discussed the regional terrorist threat, with particular focus on terrorism emanating from Afghanistan and the risk it posed to the neighboring states and the broader regional security. The 12th meeting of the JWG was held in Islamabad. Additional Secretary (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Ambassador Muhammad Khalid Khan Jamali and Russian Federation Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmitry Lyubinsky led the dialogue, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release. The delegations also reviewed the state of bilateralRead More