The United States has vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution that calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a media report said on Thursday. The 15-member council voted 14-1 in favour of the resolution but it could not be adopted because of the US veto, the Guardian reported. It said the resolution More
Ukraine has fired US-supplied missiles into Russia for the first time, reports the BBC. Russia’s defence ministry said the strike targeted the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine on Tuesday morning. It said five missiles were shot down and one caused damage – with its fragments igniting a fire at a military facility. But two US officials More
Amid escalating violence, more than a dozen security personnel have been killed in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least eight security personnel were killed and three others wounded in fierce gun battles with suspected militants in Tirah valley. Nine alleged fighters were also killed in the heavy exchange of gunfire, following an attack on a More
Unidentified militants have kidnapped seven policemen from their check post in the Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported on Tuesday. District Police Officer Ziauddin told GEO News unidentified gunmen seized control of the Rocha check post and kidnapped seven police personnel along with their weapons. According to the private TV channel, More
Dozens of American legislators have urged US President Joe Biden to push Islamabad to release Imran Khan and other political prisoners. In a letter, the second such communication in less than a month, 46 Democratic and Republican MPs called on the outgoing president to help secure the release of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman. The More
A former student went on a stabbing rampage at a vocational college in eastern China, killing eight people and injuring 17 others. According to Reuters, the knife attack occurred at the Wuxi Vocational College of Arts and Technology in Yixing, located in Wuxi city within the eastern province of Jiangsu. The 21-year-old suspect was arrested More
Two incendiary bombs have been fired into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters reported: “Two flash bombs were fired towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday and fell into the garden”. The media outlet said neither Netanyahu nor his More
At least 10 elderly people were killed as a result of a fire at a retirement home in northern Spain, a media report said on Saturday. Reuters reported: “At least 10 people were killed after a fire broke out in a retirement home in the northern Spanish town of Villafranca de Ebro early on Friday”. More
Save the Children says 4.9 million children die every year form preventable disease across the country. The British charity wrote on X: “A shocking 4.9m children die every year from preventable diseases …” It noted climate change, conflicts and global health emergencies were threatening child survival across the world. “It’s time for action, not words,” More
Five people, including four children, were killed and 14 other persons injured in a bomb blast in the North Waziristan District of Pakistan on Thursday, a media report said. Mashal Radio reported the blast happened early morning in Meransha’s Tapi locality inside a house. “Some people put explosives in a Mazda vehicle when a blast More
