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Islamabad; Seven security personnel were injured in a blast in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the police said. The incident occurred when roadside-planted explosives hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps…

Islamabad: Sindh Tourism Minister Zulfiqar Ali Shah on Thursday proposed the development of a Kartarpur-like religious corridor from contiguous areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan to Umarkot and Nagarparkar in his province to enable Hindu and…

Gaza: The Palestinian Mayor of central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, Iyad al-Mughari, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, Palestinian medical and security sources have said. The mayor was killed, along with a number of his family…

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said in a statement that it destroyed a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The statement issued on Wednesday added that the 2-km-long tunnel "was used by terrorists for force build-up…

Manila: Two people died, one was critically injured, and three others were missing after a fishing vessel caught fire off the waters of Cebu province in the central Philippines Wednesday night, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Coast…

Kabul: Eleven historical sites are being repaired and reconstructed in Afghanistan's southern and eastern regions, an official with the country's Ministry of Information and Culture said. "Two projects are in the southern Kandahar…

Kabul: More than 300 Afghan refugee families have returned home from Pakistan and Iran over the past couple of days, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency on Tuesday. A total of 303 families who used to stay as refugees for years…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers, on Tuesday, authorised the investigation of the cause of the recent floods, which left 17 dead and thousands displaced as heavy rains and strong winds lashed out across many parts of the country.…

Ramallah: Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli army gunfire in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. The victims were identified as Abdel Fattah Jabara and Ahmed Rajab, the…

Baghdad" The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that its forces had arrested some individuals responsible for attacking branches of American and UK companies in the country's capital, Baghdad. According to a ministry statement,…

Colombo: As India has completed its elections and results are out, foreign policy experts and academics have viewed the results as proof of India’s strong democracy while the re-election of Prime Minister Modi’s government is proof of…

Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that they have confirmed the deaths of another four Israeli hostages taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas on October 7, 2023, claiming the Gaza-ruling group is still holding their bodies.…

Seoul: The inaugural summit between South Korea and African nations kicked off on Tuesday to discuss expanding economic ties and cooperation in supply chain and development with the resource-rich countries. The Korea-Africa Summit…

The five-day registration period will close on Tuesday, and the Guardian Council is expected to issue its final list of candidates within 10 days.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff called on the public to stay away from the rubbish heaps, though "no hazardous substances have been found."

The Democratic president in remarks from the White House called the proposal "a road map to an enduring cease-fire and the release of all hostages."

Jerusalem; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he accepted the invitation to address a joint meeting of the US Congress in Washington. In a statement, the Israeli Prime Minister said on Saturday that he plans to speak…

Seoul: North Korea has sent around 600 balloons carrying trash to South Korea, Seoul's military said on Sunday, despite a warning that South Korea would take "unendurably" painful measures against such provocative acts. South Korea's…

Islamabad; Pakistani security forces successfully killed two wanted terrorists and injured two others two days ago in an intelligence-based operation conducted in the northwest Peshawar district, the military said. The Inter-Services…

Baghdad: The Iraqi government has welcomed the UN Security Council resolution to end the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) by the end of 2025. The government spokesman Basim al-Awadi said on Friday in a statement that the Iraqi…