In the wake of a disastrous debate performance, US President Joe Biden has announced his exit from this year’s race for the White House. The incumbent president, who insisted a week ago that he was in perfect health and would run for a second term, announced his decision on social media at his beach house More
Amnesty International (AI) has called firing by Pakistani forces at a peaceful protest against the international human rights law and a violation of their right to peaceful rallies. On X, the global watchdog asked the government of Pakistan to promptly investigate and hold to account officials responsible for the attack. A number of people reportedly More
Firefighters from Pakistan joined their Afghan colleagues to extinguish a fire broke out in a battery and spare parts market in the Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province before noon Friday. Local officials in Kandahar confirmed the fire broke out in Wish Market shortly after 11am and the fire brigade had arrived at the More
Tens of thousands of people on Friday staged a protest demonstration in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province against a recently launched military operation. Videos and photos of the protest are making rounds on social media, with one protestor saying: “We will never let our land become part of ‘dollar wars’ again and will More
A number of people reportedly suffered casualties when Pakistani soldiers opened fire at protesters in Bannu districts of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday. Tens of thousands of people staged a protest demonstration against a recently launched military operation in Bannu. The protesters said they would not allow their land to become part of a More
Ex-British defence official Patrick Turner has been appointed as head of the NATO Representation in Ukraine (NRU). On Wednesday, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced Turner would take up the role in Kyiv in September 2024. He previously served as NATO’s assistant secretary-general for operations and as assistant secretary-general for defence policy and planning, as well More
US President Joe Biden has once again contracted corona virus, showing mild symptoms, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 81, was vaccinated and boosted after testing positive for Covid-19, the BBC quoted his press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as saying. After visiting supporters in Las Vegas and speaking at an event, the president scrapped a More
Sixteen people were killed after a fire broke out at a shopping mall in southwest China on Wednesday, according to state media. Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked the fire in the southwestern city of Zigong. The fire broke out around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday and took almost 10 hours to be extinguished, state media reported. More
At least 57 Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded in fresh Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, a media report said on Wednesday. Reuters quoted Palestinian health officials as saying: “Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.” At least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments More
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai has been acquitted in a land-grab case. A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC), comprised of Justice Mohammad Ejaz Swati and Justice Amir Nawaz Rana, threw out the case on Monday. The court directed the provincial government to quash the FIR filed against the Pakhtun More
