Category: International

Pakistani girl, lover poison her 13 family members to death, held
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Pakistani girl, lover poison her 13 family members to death, held

  Sukkur (Sindh), Oct 7 : A girl and her lover in Pakistan’s Sindh province have been arrested for poisoning her 13 family members to death, media reports said on Monday. The police said that Shaista loved Amir Bakhsh but her family was not agreeing to their marriage as a result they planned the mass...

Chinese, Pakistani nationals killed, injured in terrorist attack in Karachi
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Chinese, Pakistani nationals killed, injured in terrorist attack in Karachi

Islamabad, Oct 7 : Two Chinese nationals were killed, one Chinese national injured, and several Pakistani nationals were killed and injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed. The attack happened at about 11:00 p.m. local time on Sunday (1800 GMT) when...

17 Israeli soldiers killed in border clashes: Hezbollah
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17 Israeli soldiers killed in border clashes: Hezbollah

Beirut, Oct 4 : Hezbollah said in a statement on Thursday that the group killed 17 Israeli soldiers in border confrontations over the day. Lebanese military sources and Hezbollah sources told Xinhua that after clashes lasting for about 10 hours, Hezbollah combat groups were able to stop the Israeli advance towards the southeastern villages of...

Gulf Arab states assure Iran of neutrality amid conflict with Israel
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Gulf Arab states assure Iran of neutrality amid conflict with Israel

Doha, Oct 3: The Gulf Arab countries told Iran that they intend to remain neutral amid the conflict between Iran and Israel, media reports said on Thursday. Officials from the Gulf Arab states discussed de-escalation with Iran during meetings in Qatar, the report said, citing two sources. On Tuesday, Iran launched nearly 200 missiles at...

Iran resumes flights after missile attacks on Israel
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Iran resumes flights after missile attacks on Israel

Tehran, Oct 3 : Iran has resumed flights to and from the country as of Thursday morning, following their suspension after Iranian missile attacks on Israel on Tuesday evening, according to a spokesman of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO). CAO spokesman Jafar Yazarlou announced that the flight restrictions were lifted after ensuring that the conditions...

Over 700,000 people internally displaced in Haiti: UN
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Over 700,000 people internally displaced in Haiti: UN

United Nations, Oct 3 : More than 700,000 people are now internally displaced in Haiti, an increase of 22 percent since June, a UN spokesman said Wednesday, citing new figures from the International Organization for Migration. Over half of the people displaced are children, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, at a daily...

Russian Air Defence shoots down 113 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry
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Russian Air Defence shoots down 113 Ukrainian drones overnight: Defence Ministry

Moscow, Oct 3: Russian air defence systems destroyed 113 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk, and Bryansk Regions, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday. “During the past night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using fixed-wing drones against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation...

Hezbollah ready for Israeli ground operation in Lebanon
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Hezbollah ready for Israeli ground operation in Lebanon

Beirut, Sep 30 : Lebanese movement Hezbollah is ready for an Israeli ground operation in Lebanon and will continue supporting Gaza, Naim Qassem, the deputy head of the movement, said on Monday. Together with leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, commander of the movement’s southern front Ali Karaki, senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

Bangladesh records highest daily dengue cases
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Bangladesh records highest daily dengue cases

Dhaka, Sep 30 : A total of 1,221 people were diagnosed with dengue fever in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours on Sunday, the highest number in a single day so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health. In the same period, eight people died due to the mosquito-borne disease, raising the death...

Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes
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Hezbollah confirms leader Nasrallah killed in Israeli airstrikes

Beirut/Gaza, Sep 28: Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli airstrikes targeting the militant group’s command headquarters a day earlier in Dahieh, Beirut’s southern suburbs. In a statement, the group mourned Nasrallah, describing him as “a great martyr” and “a heroic, bold, brave, wise, insightful, and faithful...

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike, says Israel’s military
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Hezbollah leader Nasrallah killed in Beirut strike, says Israel’s military

Tel Aviv, Sep 28: The Israeli military said Saturday that it killed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah militant group, in a strike in Beirut on Friday. The military said that it carried out a precise airstrike while Hezbollah leadership met at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut. Ali Karki, the Commander of...

Pakistan has global reputation for terrorism: India slams Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif’s UNGA address
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Pakistan has global reputation for terrorism: India slams Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif’s UNGA address

United Nations/New Delhi, Sep 28: In a strong rebuttal, India slammed Pakistan for its tirade against it at the UN, reminding the world about Islamabad’s pandering to terrorism, of sheltering Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, of the genocide of millions of Bengalis in erstwhile East Pakistan, of ongoing persecution of its minorities, and its cross-border...

Turkey not leaving NATO in order to cooperate with BRICS, ASEAN: Erdogan
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Turkey not leaving NATO in order to cooperate with BRICS, ASEAN: Erdogan

Ankara, Sep 27 : BRICS and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) provide Turkey with an opportunity to develop economic cooperation, but this does not mean Ankara abandoning NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We cannot ignore the fact that we have ties with continental Europe and America to the same extent...

UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict
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UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah conflict

United Nations, Sep 26: Requested by France, the UN Security Council on Wednesday convened an emergency meeting on Lebanon, the second meeting on the country’s deteriorating situation in less than a week, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying that “hell is breaking loose in Lebanon.” In his remarks, Guterres urged the Security Council “to work...

Trump says big threats on his life from Iran, US military on lookout
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Trump says big threats on his life from Iran, US military on lookout

Washington, Sep 25 : Former US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran poses risks to his life and security while commenting on alleged threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize the United States, adding that the US military is now on the lookout. On Tuesday,...

Sri Lankan President dissolves parliament; polls on Nov 14
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Sri Lankan President dissolves parliament; polls on Nov 14

Colombo, Sep 25: Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has signed a gazette notice dissolving parliament, calling elections on November 14, media reports said on Wednesday. The gazette has fixed the parliamentary election for November 14, and the new parliament will meet for the first time on November 21, the Economy Next reported. According to...

Former Bangladesh industries minister arrested over quota stir killings
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Former Bangladesh industries minister arrested over quota stir killings

Dhaka, Sep 25 : Bangladesh’s former industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun was on Wednesday arrested in Dhaka in a case involving attacks and killings of students and the public in Narsingdi’s Madhabdi area on August 4 during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, media reports said. Assistant Superintendent of Police ANM Imran Khan, assistant director of...

Middle East, Gaza to stay at core of UNGA General debate
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Middle East, Gaza to stay at core of UNGA General debate

United Nations, Sep 24 : Lenka White – The situation in Gaza will remain as the main topic of the UN General Assembly Week despite many attempts by certain countries to put Ukraine in the forefront, Russian Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy told Sputnik in an interview. “I’m absolutely sure that, of...