World news from The Thursday Times' foreign desk.
Pakistan has “only one expectation” of Kabul, Dar told the SCO Council of Heads of Government, as he pushed for an SCO development bank and set out Islamabad’s plans for its chairmanship and the 2027 summit.
At a joint stakeout with Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Shehbaz Sharif also offered Pakistan’s data-centre know-how and set a target of lifting trade from $13.9 million to $200 million in two years.
India’s sweeping voter-roll revision asks citizens to trace themselves back to the 2002-03 lists. More than 133 million names have been cut, and critics say the poor, women and Muslims are paying the price.
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's first visit to Pakistan in 11 years yields 20 agreements spanning defence, maritime security, trade and tourism, as Shehbaz Sharif pledges to strengthen ties.
The 125-year-old mosque's imam says electricity and water were cut and the premises ordered vacated within six days; Owaisi and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq demand the Centre intervene.
Italy approves a security decree creating a new offence for violent participation in protests and making parents liable for damage by their children, after a weekend of riots in Milan.
Marco Rubio says Pakistan is a country the US "has to have a relationship with," citing its nuclear arsenal and geography, as his India trip skips New Delhi with no Modi meeting announced.
Pakistan, Türkiye, Qatar and Indonesia are expected to sign a defence industry cooperation memorandum in Doha as Qatar plans a local defence production hub.
Suspected militants shoot dead at least two Meitei men collecting firewood near Imphal East-Kangpokpi border; residents lay the bodies outside the chief minister's residence as police fire tear gas.
Lt Gen (Retd) Mazhar Jamil, adviser to Pakistan's National Command Authority, tells an IISS London audience India's No First Use policy is a "diplomatic ruse" and defends Pakistan's response to the May 2025 crisis.
