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. Russia bombing. Photo: AFP KYIV: Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine’s capital, setting apartment blocks alight and killing at least four people, Kyiv’s police said Friday after Moscow rejected the latest post-war peacekeeping plan. Ukraine and its Western allies, scrambling to bring an end to the war as it approaches the four-year mark, … Read more
Security forces say six militants were killed in North Waziristan and five in Kurram during IBOs Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from killed khwarij over two IBOs. Source: ISPR At least 11 khwarij belonging to what the military described as Indian proxy Fitna Al Khwarij – a reference to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) … Read more
President Trump’s retaliation against top officials at the International Criminal Court has shut them out of American services and made even routine daily tasks a challenge.
[The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles.
. US federal agents. Photo: AFP LOS ANGELES: US federal agents shot and wounded two people in the western city of Portland, Oregon on Thursday, local police said. “Two people are in the hospital following a shooting involving federal agents,” a statement from Portland Police said, one day after an American woman was shot dead … Read more
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MUZAFFARABAD: Under the leadership of AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government is fully committed to eliminating public deprivations in the region, as it accelerated development efforts across AJK, said the region’s Minister for Information, Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Nair on Friday. He said that since the … Read more
[The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office.
. Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutiah has called on strongman Nicolas Maduro to ‘step aside’ PHOTO:AFP MADRID: Exiled Venezuelan opposition figurehead Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia on Friday said any democratic transition in the country must recognise his claimed victory in 2024 presidential elections declared to be won by seized strongman Nicolas Maduro. A deadly … Read more
[ Remittances. Photo: Reuters (file) KARACHI: Pakistan’s remittance inflows maintained strong upward momentum during the first half of FY26, providing continued support to the country’s external account amid a declining export environment. According to data issued by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis rose 11% year-on-year (YoY) to $19.7 billion … Read more