A number of people reportedly suffered casualties when Pakistani soldiers opened fire at protesters in Bannu districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. Tens of thousands of people staged a protest demonstration against a recently launched military operation in Bannu. The protesters said they would not allow their land to become part of a More
Ex-British defence official Patrick Turner has been appointed as head of the NATO Representation in Ukraine (NRU). On Wednesday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced Turner would take up the role in Kyiv in September 2024. He previously served as NATO’s assistant secretary-general for operations and as assistant secretary-general for defence policy and planning, as well More
US President Joe Biden has once again contracted corona virus, showing mild symptoms, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 81, was vaccinated and boosted after testing positive for Covid-19, the BBC quoted his press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as saying. After visiting supporters in Las Vegas and speaking at an event, the president scrapped a More
Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to state media. Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked the fire in the southwestern city of Zigong. The fire broke out around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday and took almost 10 hours to be extinguished, state media reported. More
At least 57 Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded in fresh Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, a media report said on Wednesday. Reuters quoted Palestinian health officials as saying: “Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.” At least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments More
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has been acquitted in a land-grab case. A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC), comprised of Justice Mohammad Ejaz Swati and Justice Amir Nawaz Rana, threw out the case on Monday. The court directed the provincial government to quash the FIR filed against the Pakhtun More
Eight security personnel and 10 alleged militants have been killed in Monday’s suicide attack in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Tuesday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the 10 terrorists tried to enter Bannu Cantonment in the early hours of Monday, but their effort was “effectively thwarted” by security personnel. Frustrated by More
Eight people were wounded in a powerful bomb attack on Bannu Cantonment in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday morning. Helicopters flew over the heavily-guarded area in the wake of the bombing and gunfire, local security sources told reporters. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one official said the explosive device went off between the More
At least three people have been killed and two others wounded as a result of a shooting in southwestern Germany. The Associated Press reported that a domestic dispute took place in the town of Albstadt on Sunday. The dead included the suspected shooter, another man and a woman, police spokesperson Ramona Döttling told a local More
US President Joe Biden says they will resolve their differences at the ballot box. Reuters reported: “In America we resolve our differences at the ballot box. Now that’s how we do it. At the ballot box. Not with bullets”. Biden added. “We can’t allow this violence to be normalized. The political rhetoric in this country More
