At least 147 people have been killed and 70 others wounded as a result of a fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria, a media report said on Thursday. The blast in Majiya, a village in Jigawa state, occurred after the vehicle crashed and while locals were attempting to retrieve the fuel, CNN reported. “The driver lost More
At least four policemen, including an officer, were wounded when a roadside blast ripped their vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pathunkhwa province on Wednesday, a media report said. The blast hit the police van en route to Kankwe area from Ameble. Four policemen, including an officer, were injured in the blast. The injured were evacuated More
Nine people, including four policemen, have been killed in an attack on a police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district. Five suspected burqa-clad militants, wearing suicide vests, were killed on Monday when they stormed the Police Lines, the district police officer said. The incident, in which four policemen were also killed, came shortly after the More
The entire region is in a dangerous situation, Iran says, asking the countries concerned to do all they can to stop Israeli aggression in Gaza and Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Sayyed Abbas Araghchi said this at a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani in Baghdad. A statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry said: More
Police have thwarted a third assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at a rally in California, a media report said on Monday. A Nevada man with a loaded handgun, ammunition and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside the venue of Trump’s rally on Saturday night in More
A well-attended Pakhtun jirga, featuring political figures from different parties, has asked the Pakistani army and armed groups to leave the former tribal belt within two months. Addressing the concluding session of the three-day assembly in Jamrud on Sunday evening, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen also proposed the resumption of movement across the More
The Pashtun Justice Tribal Jirga has kicked off in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, says a media report. The jirga entered its second day on Saturday with a speech from Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen, the BBC reported. Thousands of people from various parts of Pakistan have gathered at the event to discuss More
Pakistan is all set to host the 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government (CHG) of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on October 15 and 16 in Islamabad. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif would preside over the upcoming CHG meeting More
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashteen says Sunday marks the final day of the Pashtun Justice Tribal Jirga, whose decisions and demands will be announced today. This jirga commenced on Friday afternoon with the participation of thousands of people, including political figures, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces. PTM chief Manzoor Pashteen alleged in More
A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of CNN’s chief security correspondent for reporting from Ukrainian-controlled territory in the Kursk region. AFP reported the Putin administration had initiated several criminal proceedings against Western journalists reporting from the Kursk, charging them with crossing the border unlawfully. The Kursk-based court ordered Paton Walsh’s arrest, seeking his extradition More
