British Muslim student with valid visa refused entry to US after 23-hour detention
Laith Alani, who had booked a week-long trip to visit theme parks and family, believes US border force profiled him on arrival in Orlando A British student who was detained…
China’s Yantai Port sees surging general cargo shipments to Africa
A drone photo taken on Aug. 16, 2026 shows China-produced trucks bound for Ghana being loaded onto a ship at Yantai Port in east China’s Shandong Province. Yantai Port’s general…
Erdogan urges Trump to pursue talks with Iran, offers support
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call to pursue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, and offered Ankara’s support for…
As 60-day deadline for peace deal expires, U.S., Iran further apart over way forward
A 60-day window that Washington and Tehran set for themselves to hammer out a final peace agreement expired on Monday, ending not with progress but with the two sides further…
FO rubbishes India’s ‘baseless assertions’ linking Pakistan to arrests of terror suspects
Says unfounded Indian insinuations cannot divert international attention away from India’s state-sponsored terrorism Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi speaking at the FO weekly press briefing in Islamabad. — SCREENGRAB The…
Chinese national flag flies at half-mast at Tian’anmen Square to mourn the death of Comrade Zhu Rongji
A Chinese national flag flies at half-mast to mourn the death of Comrade Zhu Rongji at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China, Aug. 18, 2026. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong) A…