US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has reached a ‘framework’ understanding with NATO on Greenland and wider Arctic security, while making clear that scheduled US tariffs will not be imposed on Greenland as part of the understanding. Speaking from World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said the proposed arrangement focuses squarely on security...
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Lahore has been ranked at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 450, according to the Swiss air quality monitor IQAir, local media reported on Wednesday. Lahore, with an AQI of 452, was ranked in the first spot among the most polluted cities...
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Trump’s plane, Air force one, was forced to return to joint base Andrews in Washington, DC, around an hour after leaving for Davos to attend World Economic Forum (WEF) Summit on Tuesday because of “minor technical issue“. Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews around an hour after leaving for...
Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the conclusion of a journey defined by endurance, leadership, and scientific excellence....
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President J D Vance, has announced that she is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child, with the baby due in July. The announcement was made through a post on social media platform X, drawing congratulatory messages from across the political spectrum. “We’re very happy...
Trump shared the altered map of Canada, Greenland and Venezuela on Truth Social US President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted an altered map of the United States on his social media platform, Truth Social, depicting Canada, Greenland, and Venezuela as US territories. Minutes later, Trump shared another image showing himself planting a US flag in...
Updated: Jan 20th, 2026 France has decided not to take part in US President Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” which was launched to help rebuild Gaza after the war. According to reports citingsource close to French President Emmanuel, France does not plan to respond positively to the invitation. According to reports, the French officials...
Updated: Jan 20th, 2026 North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said its aircraft will soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to support a series of “long-planned NORAD activities”. The aircraft will join other assets operating from bases in the continental United States and Canada, said NORAD on X, adding that the...
Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 At least 12 students were killed on Monday when a minibus carrying students collided with a truck south of Johannesburg, police said, in the latest deadly road accident in South Africa, according to reports. The crash reportedly took place near the industrial city of Vanderbijlpark, about 60 km south of Johannesburg....
Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 The Nobel Foundation on Sunday clarified that a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be passed on or symbolically transferred, following Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado’s claim that she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House. In a...