Pakistan has banned the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) due to threats to national peace and security, a media report said on Sunday. Pakistan’s interior ministry has issued a notification declaring the movement “unlawful” under Section 11B of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997, Express News reported. The move comes at a critical time when PTM Leader More
Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei wrote his X handle: “FM Araghchi and the delegation accompanying him arrived in Damascus for an official visit on Saturday morning.” He said Arachchi would meet high-level Syrian officials More
A gang named ‘Gran Grif’ has killed 70 people and forced over 6,000 to flee in western Haiti, says a media report. Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, Reuters reported. More people were severely injured in the More
Hezbollah Secretary-General (SG) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an Israeli strike, the group said on Saturday. Earlier the Israeli military had stated that it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on the group’s central headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut a day earlier. Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV began airing verses from the Holy Quran More
At least 43 people have died as Hurricane Helene swept through the southeastern United States, the BBC reports. Officials are conducting daring rescue operations using boats, helicopters, and large vehicles to assist those stranded in floodwaters. The marooned individuals include around 50 workers and patients, who took refuge on the roof of a flooded hospital More
US President Joe Biden has ordered another package of military aid to Ukraine, says the White House. A White House statement, cited by TASS news agency, said Biden had signed a memorandum signed regarding the $375 million Ukraine military assistance package. The MoU authorises Secretary of State Antony Blinken to direct the drawdown of up More
At least 12 countries, including the European Union, have called for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon, following an escalation of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, reports the BBC. The bloc proposed an immediate 21-day pause in fighting “to provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement” and a ceasefire in Gaza. In More
The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly half a million people in the world die from suffocation every year. WHO Afghanistan wrote its X handle: “Every year, nearly half a million people lose their lives as a result of suffocation in the world, Tobacco smoking is a key risk factor”. According to doctors, shortness of More
Sudan’s Public Health Ministry says 388 people have died of cholera in the war-torn country over the past three months. Sudan Tribune quoted government officials as saying the number of cholera cases had reached 12,896 across the country. The epidemic has spread mostly in the eastern parts of the country where the war-displaced people (IDPs) More
More than 490 people, including over 90 women and children, have been killed as a result of Israeli strikes on Lebanon, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. It said 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, were killed and 1,645 others injured in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. “The Israeli military More
