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A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon of the 52nd Fighter Wing based at Spangdahlem. PHOTO:WIKIMEDIA COMMONS A US F-16 fighter jet crashed on Tuesday near Spangdahlem Air Base in western Germany, military authorities said in a statement. The jet, assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing, went down at about 2:30pm local time (1230GMT), according … Read more
South Korea’s leader is seeking a new approach to North Korea.
A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a speeding car in the limits of RA Bazaar Police Station, but the emergence of CCTV footage has raised questions about whether the incident was a genuine road accident. Police have registered a case against the unidentified driver under the relevant section for causing death and launched … Read more
President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.
Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, said the world is now at a point ‘that comes once or twice a century.’
QUETTA: Two police officers providing security to a polio vaccination team were killed after unidentified armed men opened fire in Noshki district of Balochistan, officials said on Tuesday. The incident came as a week-long sub-national polio vaccination campaign was underway in 115 districts across Pakistan. More than 31 million children under the age of five … Read more
Yemeni official says forces seized Jabal Zalat after clashes with Houthis, putting Al-Omari camp in firing range Armed tribesmen, loyal to the Huthi rebels, brandish their weapons at a gathering in the capital Sanaa to mobilize more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government forces in several Yemeni cities, June 20, 2016. PHOTO: AFP Yemeni government … Read more
Some leaders criticized the global impact of the war and called for negotiations to resume, but they stopped short of criticizing President Trump’s remarks.
. NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met a number of world leaders on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), including those from Kuwait, Kenya and Somalia. During his meeting with Kuwait Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah, Shehbaz reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong … Read more
[Qantas Airways said the 18-hour flights, part of its Project Sunrise program, would come months after its 22-hour direct flights from Sydney to London begin.