Former ISI chief’s brother arrested
Former ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hamid’s brother has been arrested on charges of corruption in Pakistan’s Punjab province, anti-graft authorities said on Monday, as the new government appears to take revenge against those who targeted the Sharif family under Imran Khan’s regime. “Revenue officer Najaf Hamid, brother of former ISI...
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S Korea says North has supplied 7,000 containers of munitions to Russia
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Chinese FM meets New Zealand counterpart to start diplomatic tour
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‘Russia ready to scrap contracts of Nepalese nationals who joined Russian Army’
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Pakistan conducts airstrikes inside Af; 8 people killed
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Maryam visits Kot Lakhpat Jail
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Imran’s party seeks probe into undeclared foreign bank ac/s
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Putin extends rule in preordained Russian election
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Colombia suspends ceasefire
(): Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday suspended a ceasefire with one of a handful of armed groups with which he hoped to negotiate peace accords, saying its fighters violated the truce by attacking an Indigenous community. The government said that starting Wednesday it would resume military operations against Estado Mayor...
Indian student dies in US, probe rules out foul play
In yet another tragic incident, an Indian student died in Boston and initial investigation has ruled out any foul play, officials said on Monday.“Deeply saddened to learn about the unfortunate demise of Mr. Abhijeeth Paruchuru, an Indian student in Boston,” the Consulate General of India in New York said in...
First flight carrying US citizens from Haiti lands in Miami
A charter flight carrying dozens of US citizens fleeing spiralling gang violence in Haiti has landed in Miami, US State Department officials said. More than 30 US citizens were on the government-chartered flight that landed on Sunday, officials said in a statement. It arrived at the Miami International Airport after...
Economy turning corner: UK PM Sunak attempts optimistic reset
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday attempted an optimistic reset amid reports of growing unrest within his own Conservative Party ranks as he unveiled a new package of reforms for small businesses and insisted the UK “economy is turning a corner”. The British Indian leader referenced his family-run pharmacy...
N Korea resumes missile test
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Monday morning, its neighbours said, days after the end of the South Korean-US military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. The launches were North Korea’s first known missile testing activities in about a month. Outside...
Bulgaria’s foreign min to form next government in power-sharing deal
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Monday tapped the largest group in parliament, the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition, to form the country’s new government. Radev handed the mandate to Maria Gabriel, the prime minister-designate under a power-sharing deal by the two main political parties, according to which each would hold the top...
Israel launches another raid on Gaza’s main hospital
Israeli forces launched another raid on the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital early Monday, saying Hamas militants had regrouped there and had fired on them from inside the compound, where Palestinian officials say tens of thousands of people have been sheltering. In a separate development, the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell,...