At least two police personnel and a civilian were killed in a militant attack on a checkpoint in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday. The assault occurred in Charwazagai area on the Pak-Afghan highway near Landikotal Bazaar, District Police Officer (DPO) Saleem Abbas said. The dead included Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Alamzeb, More
Unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a bulletproof vehicle carrying local staff of the United Nations in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a media report said on Wednesday. The Associated Press quoted a senior police officer as saying: “The attack on the vehicle of the United Nations Office for Project Services happened in Dera Ismail Khan More
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack on his residence in Tehran on Wednesday, the Palestinian group announced. Hamas blamed Israel for assassinating its political chief along with a bodyguard in the strike on the building where they were staying. Haniyeh was in Iran’s capital to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President More
Turkey could enter Israel in support of Palestinian people, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned. Daily Saba quoted the president, a vociferous critic of Israeli strikes on Gaza, as saying that Turkey could enter Israel just like it had intervened in Karabakh and Libya. According to the pro-government newspaper, Erdoğan told a gathering of the More
At least 30 Palestinians, including children and women, have been killed and more than 100 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza Strip, a media report said on Sunday. Fifteen children and eight women were among those killed in the strike in the central town of Deir Al-Balah on Saturday, Reuters More
No military offensive against militants will be allowed in any part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, says the chief minister. But Ali Amin Gandapur’s statement drew an instant reaction from the federal government which asked the chief minister not to mislead the masses on the issue of Azm-i-Istehkam operation against terrorism. Gandapur told a public rally More
US Vice President Kamala Harris has officially declared her candidacy for the 2024 US presidential election. In a post on X, Harris confirmed, saying: “Today, I signed the forms officially declaring my candidacy for President of the United States.” She added, “I will work hard to earn every vote. And in November, our people-powered campaign More
US Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed not to remain silent about the suffering in Gaza, expressing her concerns about the casualties, the CNN reported. Following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, Harris told reporters, “What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating.” She described the discussions More
Now is time to “pass the torch to a new generation”, says US President Joe Biden, who dropped out of the race for the White House earlier in the week. In his first televised address to the nation after the extraordinary July 21 decision, the president tended on Wednesday to justify his exit the electoral More
A gunman has shot dead six people, including his mother, and injured six others in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, a media report said on Tuesday. The gunman entered a nursing home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people, including his mother, the Associated Press reported. The news agency More
