A gunman was shot dead and three policemen were injured after a shooting near the Israeli embassy in neighbouring Jordan, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters reported: “Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in theRabiah neighbourhood of Amman.” Witnesses said police and ambulances rushed to the Rabiah neighbourhood, where More
At least 120 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip over the last 48 hours, says a media report. The military strikes hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said on Saturday. Among the dead were seven members of More
At least 21 people were killed in overnight reprisal, arson attacks and gunfight in the Kurram district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a media report said on Sunday. The clashes are the continuation of an ambush on a convoy of vehicles that left over 40 people dead, taking the death toll in three days of violence to 64, More
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
