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President Volodymyr Zelensky urged United States counterpart Donald Trump to help Ukraine with air ‌defence systems and interceptors as Russia threatens new strikes, saying that ballistic missiles remain Moscow's "last major advantage on the battlefield". In a letter to Trump and the US Congress, seen by Reuters, Zelensky said: "I ask for your help in protecting Ukraine's skies from Russian missiles. We have ​already proposed that Ukraine is ready to purchase the number of Patriot systems and interceptor missiles we ​need." This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and… pic.twitter.com/FtHmdimd9A — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 27, 2026 Ukraine's only means to sh...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he was not yet satisfied ​on a deal with Iran, adding that the US ‌was not discussing easing sanctions on the country. Speaking to reporters at a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump said that ​Iran wants to make a deal. "Iran is very ​much intent, they want very much to make a ⁠deal. So far they haven't gotten there ... we're not ​satisfied with it, but we will be. We will ​be either that or we'll have to just finish the job," Trump said. He added that under a potential framework deal with Tehran, the ​Strait of Hormuz would open immediately but that it ​would not be controlled by anybody. "We'll watch over it, but nobody's ‌going ⁠to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters and Oman will behave ​just like everybody ​else or ⁠we'll have to blow them up," Tru...

A strengthening high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere is expected to intensify heatwave conditions across Sindh, while Karachi may experience extremely hot and humid weather during all three days of Eidul Adha. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, humidity levels in Karachi could rise to 80 per cent in the morning and 70 per cent in the evening, making temperatures feel up to five degrees Celsius higher than the actual reading. Although sea breezes are expected to remain active throughout Eid, the heat intensity could still feel as high as 42°C. On Tuesday, Karachi recorded a maximum temperature of 36.2°C, but due to 62 per cent humidity, the heat index reached an uncomfortable 42°C. Meanwhile, Jacobabad recorded the highest temperature in Sindh at 49.5°C during extreme heat conditions. The Met Office said the ongoing high-pressure system has become stronger, causing moderate to severe heatwave conditions in most districts of Sindh until Ma...

Mexican President Claudia ​Sheinbaum said on Monday her government agreed to allow ‌the Iranian national football team to stay in Mexico during the World Cup, adding that the United States did not want ​to host the team. Sheinbaum said football's governing body FIFA ​approached her government after the US said it ⁠did not want Iran's squad to stay in the ​country throughout the tournament, despite Iran playing all three of ​its group matches there. "We have no reason to deny them the possibility of staying in Mexico," Sheinbaum said during her daily press conference. The ​White House and the State Department did not immediately ​respond to a request for comment. Read More: Iran move WC base to Mexico Mehdi Taj, head of Iran's football ‌federation, ⁠said on Saturday the team's base would be moved from Arizona to the Mexican border city of Tijuana during the tournament. Taj added that the move would help avoid visa-related complications ​and ...

Tempers flared and proceedings descended into chaos in the Sindh Assembly on Monday as lawmakers from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) staged a fierce protest over Karachi’s deepening water crisis, turning the house into a shouting arena where slogans drowned out official business and even the Question Hour became impossible to conduct. The session, chaired by Deputy Speaker Anthony Naveed, witnessed unprecedented uproar as MQM lawmakers rose from their seats and chanted slogans demanding immediate restoration of water supply to Karachi’s parched neighbourhoods. The assembly floor resembled a fish market as opposition members refused to let proceedings continue, insisting that the city’s worsening water shortage be addressed without delay. Despite repeated appeals from the chair to maintain order and proceed with the scheduled agenda, MQM legislators continued their protest, arguing that Karachi residents were enduring unbearable conditions amid in...

Bangladesh's health authorities on Sunday recorded 16 more fatalities of children with measles-like symptoms, taking the death toll to 528 since mid-March. Of the new fatalities, 10 were from the Dhaka division, raising the total deaths to 224 in this division alone, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. During the past 24 hours, 1,434 new cases of measles and measles symptoms have been registered across the country. The South Asian nation of 175 million people has struggled to confirm infections promptly because of a shortage of testing kits. Since March 15, a total of 442 children have died in the country due to measles-like symptoms, with 86 losing their lives after being medically diagnosed with measles. Read More: BD measles deaths near 500 but vaccines offer hope As many as 63,813 children have reported symptoms of measles in the same period, 50,558 of them were admitted to the hospital, and 46,214 recovered. Measles is a highly contagious viral...