The image shows a speeding car striking people in Karachi on June 21, 2026. — Screengrab via Geo News KARACHI: A girl succumbed to her injuries on Monday after a speeding car veered off the road and crashed into a tent set up for a religious gathering near Saba Avenue in DHA Phase 6, injuring…

A displaced Afghan woman receives cash aid from an NGO employee at a cash aid distribution centre for displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan. — Reuters/File The Taliban regime’s morality police detained about 20 aid workers near the Iran-Afghanistan border because their beards were not long enough, three sources from aid organisations told AFP on Monday….

QatarEnergy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar March 2, 2026.— Reuters/File Investigation launched into “technical accident”. LNG export operations remain unaffected. Qatar faces ongoing post-war recovery challenges. Thirteen people were killed and dozens injured after an explosion at Qatar’s massive Ras Laffan liquefied…

A Richter scale measuring earthquake. — AFP/File Epicentre traced to Hindu Kush mountain range in Afghanistan. Rescue authorities urge public to call 1122 in emergencies. Tremors felt in Wana, South Waziristan and surrounding areas. PESHAWAR: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook large parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Punjab on Monday, with the epicentre traced to…

President of Iran Dr Masoud Pezeshkian receives Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif upon his arrival at Sa’dabad Palace. — APP/File PM Shebaz says discussions ⁠held in constructive atmosphere. PM departs Switzerland after completion of official visit. ‘Very good foundation’ laid for successful final deal: JD Vance. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement on his future outside 10 Downing Street on the morning of June 22, 2026, in London, UK. — AFP Starmer says he will stay in office till next person elected. Burnham due to return to Westminster on Monday. Minister says Starmer had reflected on political reality. Prime…

A file photo of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police. —APP PESHAWAR: Police have rescued a 54-year-old French woman and her children from a house in Khyber district’s Bara tehsil after receiving information that she was allegedly being subjected to domestic abuse, officials said. According to Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Dr Mian Saeed, Khyber Police acted on…

Keir Starmer was once hailed as the leader who would bring pragmatism and stability to Britain after years of political chaos. When he quit as prime minister on Monday, the very lack of ideology that propelled him to power drove his downfall. After guiding the Labour Party into power in 2024 with the biggest parliamentary…

Security personnel patrol a street during a procession of Ashura in the Islamic month of Muharram in Karachi. — AFP/File KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday announced public holidays on the 9th and 10th of Muharram on account of Ashura. The holidays will fall on June 25 and 26 as Pakistanis and Muslims across the…

US Vice President JD Vance looks on as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks while holding the hand of Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. — Reuters Iranian officials left negotiating room, used mediators instead. Negotiations…