The United States has asked Iran to put an immediate stop to sending military supplies to Houthi rebels in Yemen, reports CNN. President Donald Trump claimed Iran was still sending large levels of supplies to the Yemeni militants. Iran must stop sending these supplies, he stressed. He also cited reports that the Islamic republic had More
Iran last month, a media report said on Thursday. The fatalities indicated a 23 percent increase in casualties compared to last year, with negligence being the primary cause of accidents, IRNA reported. It said the fatalities resulted from incidents related to the making, storing and using fireworks between Feb. 19 and March 18. The report More
Over 400 Palestinians have been killed and more than 660 others wounded as a result of a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, reports said on Wednesday. According to the BBC, the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said more than 400 people had been killed in airstrikes by the Israeli military. The Palestinian group More
Russia has agreed to stop attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, ruling out a complete ceasefire, the BBC reported on Wednesday. In a phone call with his US counterpart Donald Trump late on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine. At a recent meeting in Saudi Arabia, top US and Ukrainian officials More
The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) chief has called on the international community to take immediate action to stop the persecution of millions of innocent Pashtuns and other oppressed communities in Pakistan. On Tuesday, PTM leader Manzoor Pashteen delivered a historic speech at the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, exposing the More
More than 300 Palestinians, including a top Hamas official, have been killed in new Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, shattering a fragile ceasefire, media reports said on Tuesday. At least 330 people were massacred in the overnight carnage in the enclave, the BBC reported, citing the Hamas-run health ministry. Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the senior More
At least 53 people have been killed and 98 others injured as a result of fresh US airstrikes in Yemen, media reports said on Monday. According to the BBC, the US said it launched air strikes on Houthis’ hideouts, killing more than 50 people, including a number of leaders of the rebel group. Houthi-run health More
Full-time workers of the Voice of America (VOA) and some other US government-funded media outlets have been put on leave following a decree signed by President Donald Trump, reports said on Saturday. According to Reuters, Trump issued an executive order that put the country’s state-run media, including more than 1,300 employees of the Voice of More
Fierce tornadoes have claimed nearly three dozen lives in several south-eastern states in the US, the BBC reported on Sunday. At least 34 people lost their lives, including 12 in Missouri alone, the report said, adding the cyclones flipped cars and razed homes. Over 55 vehicles were involved in a pile-up due to a dust More
Five paramilitary troops were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday. Officials said the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel suffered the casualties in an explosion near their convoy in Noshki area on the national highway. The blast was a suicide attack, local police officer Zafarullah Sumalani More
