Pakistan — news through its media
Stories followed in this country, with their framing set against the rest of the world.
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King Charles III's State Visit to the United States: The 'Special Relationship' Under Its Greatest Strain Since Suez
On April 27, 2026, King Charles III and Queen Camilla begin a four-day state visit to the United States despite a shooting at the previous evening's correspondents' dinner. The visit—which includes a state dinner at the White House, an address to Congress, and a wreath-laying at the 9/11 memorial—comes as the American-British relationship faces its gravest crisis since the Suez crisis in 1956, with Trump repeatedly criticizing Prime Minister Starmer for refusing to support the American war against Iran.
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White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting: Cole Allen Targeted Trump and Cabinet Members
On April 26, 2026, an armed man attempted to force his way into the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, wounding a Secret Service agent and forcing Donald Trump and JD Vance to be evacuated. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a California tutor with a Caltech background, sent a manifesto to his family ten minutes before the attack, identifying himself as the 'Friendly Federal Assassin.' Authorities determined he targeted Trump and members of his administration.
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Pakistan Steps In as Mediator Between the US and Iran — Then Trump Cancels His Envoys
A second round of US-Iran talks was supposed to take place in Islamabad, with Pakistan hosting both sides as a neutral broker. Donald Trump abruptly cancelled the trip of Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, saying negotiations could happen by phone. Iran had already denied any direct meeting was planned. Pakistan's prime minister vowed to remain an 'honest and sincere facilitator.' The episode exposes the fractures in American diplomacy and the growing ambitions of Global South nations as conflict mediators.
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Firing squads, electric chair and gas chamber: Washington resurrects 19th-century execution methods
The Justice Department publishes a 48-page memo to restart the federal death machine — using methods the rest of the world is abolishing.
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56 days of war and 1,100 Tomahawks fired: American arsenals running dry, NATO fractures
U.S. missile stockpiles are depleting at a pace that alarmed the Pentagon — and an internal email proposed suspending Spain from NATO.
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An American soldier bets $33,000 on the raid he was planning himself: Polymarket, the exchange where everything has a price
A Green Beret bets on Maduro's fall using classified information—and opens Pandora's box of prediction markets in wartime.
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles amid Iran war: Pyongyang exploits global chaos
Pyongyang launches multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, including a potential submarine-launched missile, while the world focuses on the Iran crisis. Japan protests, Seoul convenes emergency meeting.
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Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire: Ten Days to Transform a Truce into Historic Peace
Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon and invites their leaders to the White House—a first in 34 years—while Iran negotiates the handover of its enriched uranium.
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Asim Munir in Tehran: Pakistan positions itself as the pivot of US-Iran peace
Pakistan's military chief arrives in Tehran with a message from Washington while Prime Minister Sharif begins a tour of Riyadh-Doha-Istanbul — Islamabad is playing all sides before the ceasefire expires.
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Trump vs. Pope Leo XIV: When the President Thinks He's a Doctor and Defies 1.4 Billion Catholics
Trump posts an AI image of himself as a Christ figure, attacks the first American pope in history, then claims he saw himself as a doctor — even his evangelical allies are no longer following him.
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The Strait of Hormuz Blockade Put to the Test: Chinese Tankers, Round 2, and the Price of Defiance
A sanctioned Chinese oil tanker forces passage through the strait while Washington and Tehran negotiate behind closed doors for a second round—the blockade reveals its flaws before it has even truly begun.
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