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American woman flies home after abandoned love quest in Karachi

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KARACHI: The American citizen, Onijah Andrew Robinson, who traveled to Pakistan for love, has finally returned to the United States after spending several months in Karachi. The 33-year-old arrived in the city on October 11, 2024, after developing a relationship with 19-year-old Nidal Ahmed Memon. However, due to family pressure, Memon declined to marry her, leaving Robinson stranded in Karachi. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFyHZJ9vJN6/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=14&wp=594&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fapnetn.thenews.com.pk&rp=%2Foldimages%2Fcontent%2Fposts%2Fedit%2F1280639%3Fpost_type%3D1#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4081.5%2C%22ls%22%3A3322.5%2C%22le%22%3A3746%7D Despite her visa expiring on November 10, she refused to return to the US and remained in Karachi. In mid-January, she attempted to enter Karachi airport, but Airport Security…

NKorea dismisses US-Japan talks, stresses commitment to nuclear build-up

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SEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday that its nuclear weapons are meant solely for combat use against enemies threatening its people and world peace, and not for negotiations. The statement comes after US President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House on Friday. The two leaders expressed their commitment to ensuring North Korea ends its nuclear weapons programme. KCNA did not mention the meeting between the US and Japanese leaders but instead cited reported comments by officials of NATO and the EU that reiterated demands…

Trump demands USAID shutdown, accuses agency of ‘unprecedented corruption’

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday called for the shutdown of USAID, escalating his unprecedented push to dismantle the humanitarian agency.  In a post on his Truth Social app, he claimed the agency was deeply corrupt, writing, “THE CORRUPTION IS AT LEVELS RARELY SEEN BEFORE. CLOSE IT DOWN!”  The move has sparked chaos across the agency’s global network and fuelled concerns over the decline of US influence on the international stage. In the three weeks since he began his new term, Trump has launched a crusade led by his top donor…

Iran slams latest US sanctions as ‘illegal’, ‘unjustified’

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Iran on Friday condemned Washington’s move to impose sanctions related to shipping Iranian crude oil to China worth hundreds of millions of dollars, calling them as “illegal” and “unjustified”. “The decision of the new US government to exert pressure on the Iranian nation by preventing Iran’s legal trade with its economic partners is an illegitimate, illegal and violative measure,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement. The US move was “categorically unjustified and contrary to international rules”, Baqaei added. The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced…

US aid cut cripples global hunger relief efforts

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The Trump administration’s measures to cut and restructure American foreign aid is severely damaging the complex international system that attempts to avoid and respond to hunger. The international famine monitoring and relief system, which was already struggling to handle the food crises that were sweeping the developing world before US President Donald Trump returned to the White House, has taken several hits as a result of the abrupt halting of US foreign aid. The spending freeze, which Trump ordered upon taking office on January 20, is supposed to last 90…

Protesting Hyderabad lawyers continue sit-in for second day on National Highway

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HYDERABAD: Protesting lawyers continued to stage sit-in on Friday for the second consecutive day on the National Highway in Hyderabad, halting commute to and from interior Sindh and Punjab, following escalation of hostile disposition between police and the legal fraternity in the city. The lawyers have been holding demonstration at Wadhu Wah area for over 20 hours, resulting in formation of long queues of vehicles on the major thoroughfare, putting transporters and passengers into trouble. Meanwhile, the lawyers have ended their protest from near KPT Underpass in Clifton, Karachi, and…

Karak police checkpost attacked: Two officers martyred, six injured

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At least two police officers were killed and six others wounded when armed militants launched an intense gun assault on a police checkpost in Karak during the early hours of Thursday, authorities confirmed. The attackers, armed with heavy weapons, launched a heavy barrage of gunfire at the police station in the city area of Bahadurkhel. The deceased officers have been identified as driver Naqeeb and Adnan. Four injured personnel were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital in Karak for treatment. Two of the wounded are reported to be in critical…

Rubio reveals plans to exempt key programmes from USAID shutdown

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The Trump administration is working to identify and exempt specific USAID programmes from a sweeping freeze on foreign aid, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday. His remarks come after President Donald Trump’s decision last month to halt most US foreign assistance, a move that has already placed all directly hired USAID employees globally on leave and recalled thousands of overseas personnel as part of his “America First” policy. Trump and his aides have stated they aim to ensure that billions of dollars in US assistance, including humanitarian…