At least one soldier has been confirmed dead and seven others missing as a US military CV-22 Osprey crashed in Japan. The Special Operations Command of the US Air Force said the plane crashed out of the Yokata Airport in Japan on Wednesday. Seven on board are still missing while one of them was found More
Qatar says the provisional ceasefire between Middle Eastern foes Israel and Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza will be extended by a day. In Doha, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement: “Palestinian and Israeli sides reached an agreement to extend the humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional day More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) head has underlined the need for a sustained truce in Gaza, as the pause in fighting is set to end. In a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a continued ceasefire was a matter of life and death for civilians in the embattled Palestinian enclave. The WHO director-general added: More
The people of Waziristan, just like Chaman residents, have rejected the condition of visa and passport for entry into Afghanistan, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chairman said on Tuesday. PTM chairman Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen made these remarks at a gathering attended by tens of thousands of protesting people in the Chaman town of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. More
Qatar has announced a two-day extension in the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, says a media report. Each day since the four-day truce began on Friday, Hamas has released some of hostages while Israel also freed some Palestinians, Reuters reported. “The State of Qatar announces that, as part of the ongoing More
Foreign ministers from five Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, the Palestinian Authority and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, among others, visited Beijing and met the top Chinese diplomat there. Urging an end to the hostilities in Gaza, the More
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid access. The 15-member council overcame a standoff, which saw four unsuccessful attempts to take action last month, to adopt a resolution that also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all More
At least 25 people were killed and 51 others sustained burn injuries when a fire broke out in a coal’s company office building in northern China, media reports said on Thursday. The fire broke out at 6:50 am Thursday in the second floor on the four stories high building in the northern province of Shanxi. More
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas in Gaza. The UNGA also demanded “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news reports suggest Israel has expanded ground operations More
At least 22 people have been killed and nearly 60 wounded in mass shootings in the Lewiston, Maine, a media report said on Thursday. City Councilor Robert McCarthy told CNN that the death toll had risen to 22 in the shooting spree that took place at a bowling alley and also at least one other More
