Two Pakistan Army soldiers have been shot dead and four others wounded in southwestern Balochistan province. The soldiers were part of the army’s bomb disposal squad that came under attack in the Ankara Dam area of Gwadar district on Sunday, a police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohsin Zohaib said: “The incident took More
Following the killing of Chinese engineers in a suicide attack in Shangla district, a Chinese firm has halted work on a power project in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. While suspending work on the Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, the company laid off more than 2,000 workers, Dawn reported on Thursday. On Tuesday, five Chinese engineers More
Spain has air-dropped 26 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to hungry Palestinians in the beleaguered Gaza Strip. The Foreign Ministry in Madrid said in a statement, cited by Reuters, Spain also urged Tel Aviv to open land border crossings to ward off a looming famine. The ministry said Wednesday’s airdrops, conducted in coordination with Jordan, were More
Five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, media reports said. Five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in an attack on a convoy in Bisham tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, a dawn.com report said citing the local police chief. A suicide More
A paramilitary soldier and four militants have been killed as security forces foiled an attack on a naval base in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. The attackers tried to storm the PNS Siddique naval base in Turbat on Monday night, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. A statement from the military’s media wing said the attempt More
The UN Security Council on Monday finally a adopted resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan leading to a lasting sustainable ceasefire, and the immediate, unconditional release of all hostages. “The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional More
The United Nations chief has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to let global aid flow into the embattled Palestinian city. AFP quoted Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as saying on Saturday: “Palestinians in Gaza — children, women, men –remain stuck in a non-stop nightmare.” On the Egyptian side of Rafah, Guterres said he More
As the death toll from a terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk city near Moscow mounted to 93, Russia announced on Saturday the arrest of 11 individuals, including four suspected. On Friday night, gunmen sprayed civilian concertgoers with bullets at the Crocus City Hall west of Moscow, Reuters reported, citing a Kremlin statement. Earlier, investigators put the death toll atmore than 60. With health officials saying about 145 people had been injured. Sixty of the wounded are said to be in critical More
The death toll from Friday’s attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue near Moscow, Russia has reached 133 people and over 100 others injured, according to media reports on Saturday. “As the rubble was being removed in the concert hall of the Crocus City Hall, the number of people killed in the terrorist attack More
A 62-year-man with end-stage renal disease has become the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig, doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced on Thursday. The four-hour surgery, performed on March 16, “marks a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients,” the hospital More
