Foreign Ministers of the Group Seven (G7) countries have called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to avoid actions that could lead to an escalation, a media report said on Monday. During a video conference chaired by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, the G7 ministers expressed “strong concern about the More
Amid deadly protests against the job quota system, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid stood down and left the country on Monday, media reports say. Reuters quoted a government source as saying Hasina and her sister had been taken to a “safe shelter” away from her official residence in Dhaka. Law Minister Anisul Huq told More
Republican presidential runner Donald Trump has congratulated Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a prisoner swap agreement with several Western countries. Putin had sealed another great deal, the former US president told supporters in Atlanta, referring to the exchange of prisoners Eight Russian nationals, detained/convicted in several NATO countries, as well as two minors, returned home More
At least 32 people have been killed and 63 others injured as a result of an armed attack on the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, the Voice of America reported on Sunday. The assault took place on Friday night on a beach frequented by businessmen and government officials, the report said. It added 32 civilians More
Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir has once again been arrested by Islamabad police. Following his arrest in connection with an accident on Saturday, he was later produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) that remanded him in police custody for six days. Two motorbikes collided before one of them hit the vehicle of the More
Hezbollah has fired at least 50 rockets at northern Israel, a media report said on Sunday. The group fired the projectiles from Lebanon towards upper Galilee overnight, Sky News reported. In a statement claiming responsibility for the strike, Hezbollah made clear it was not in response to the assassination of their senior commander. The outfit More
Two policemen have been killed in a gun attack in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Saturday. Unidentified assailants targeted police officers who were escorting a vehicle carrying three judges on Friday. The attack resulted in the deaths of the two policemen, although the judges escaped unharmed, according to More
Sudan’s military leader Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan has survived a drone attack, a media report said on Thursday. However, at least five people were killed and several others wounded in the attack, the BBC reported. Sudan army spokesman Nabil Abdallah was quoted as saying: “Two drones struck an army graduation ceremony, killing five people at a More
At an emergency meeting after the killing of the Hamas leader, the UN Security Council has called for concrete action to prevent the outbreak of an all-out war in the Middle East. Iran’s Permanent Representative Amir Saeid Iravani denounced the “cowardly assassination by Israel” of Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Tuesday morning. The More
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct strike on Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, a media report said on Thursday. The New York Times quoted three Iranian officials as saying: “Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued an order for Iran to strike More
