Three Pakistan Army soldiers were killed in gun battles with suspected militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tirah Valley. Fire was traded between security forces and the alleged extremists at three different locations in the remote Tirah Valley of Khyber district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) More
More than 100 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s civil defence agency said three Israeli rockets hit the al-Tabin school, located in al-Daraj district, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre”, according to Al Jazeera. “The occupation army directly More
At least 61 people have been killed in a plane crash in the São Paulo state of Brazil, media reports said on Saturday. The twin-engine turboprop, an ATR 72-500, was en route from Cascavel in Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city when it crashed in the town of Vinhedo, the Voepass airline said. More
At least 10 people have been killed and 35 others wounded in a Russian strike on a supermarket in the Ukraine’s eastern industrial city of Kostyantynivka, a media report said on Saturday. The town is about 13 kilometres (eight miles) from the nearest Russian positions, the Vice of America (VOA) reported. The Russian missile attack More
A state of emergency has been declared in the Russian border region of Kursk as troops continue to battle an alleged Ukrainian incursion, a media report said on Thursday. The troops fighting in the region were supported by 11 tanks and 20 armoured vehicles, the BBC reported. President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a More
Muhammad Yunus has been named the interim leader of Bangladesh following the ouster of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country amidst escalating protests. The 84-year-old Nobel laureate was appointed as chief adviser to the interim government after Hasina’s departure, according to the BBC. The protests, which began in early July with university students More
A Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran has been arrested and charged with plotting a murder-for-hire scheme targeting US government officials and politicians, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. Asif Merchant, the man, 46-year-old, is accused of planning to assassinate current and former government officials across the political spectrum, including former President and GOP More
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will convene an open-ended extraordinary meeting of its Executive Committee at the foreign ministerial level at its secretariat in Jeddah on Wednesday. The ongoing crimes of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people, including the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and its aggressions against Iran’s sovereignty will come More
At least five US personnel have been wounded in a rocket strike on an American military base in Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Al Asad airbase in western Iraq came under attack amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, US officials confirmed, saying the damage was still being assessed. Two Katyushia rockets were More
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its intention to join the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan made the statement following a meeting with Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty, as reported by Anadolu News Agency. Fidan revealed Turkey planned to submit its application to join the More
