GAZA CITY: Calm returned to Gaza Sunday as a fragile ceasefire ending five days of fighting held, leaving Palestinians and Israelis to count the cost of cross-border fire which has killed dozens. Fishermen took to their boats in the coastal Palestinian enclave, as Gazans emerged from sheltering in their homes amid the fierce exchange of […]
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SRINAGAR: The pilgrims for the Hajj-2023 from Jammu & Kashmir would start leaving for Saudi Arabia from the first week of June 2023. Pertinently, around 10, 000 people from Jammu and Kashmir are going to perform the pilgrimage of Hajj this year, as per the draw of lots held in the month of March 2023. […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has received no instructions to restore social media, a spokesperson for the authority said Saturday. Confirming that mobile internet services have been restored across the country, the PTA spokesperson said that no instructions have been received so far to restore social media platforms. Earlier, on May 9, the government […]
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BANGKOK — Soldiers from Myanmar’s military government raided a village in the country’s central region, killing 19 villagers including four children and burning their bodies, independent media and a resident said Friday. The killings Wednesday in Nyaung Pin Thar village in Bago region’s Htantabin township may have been in retaliation for an attack by resistance […]
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SRINAGAR: Pashmina artisans exude hope that the G20 summit in Kashmir will help them gain direct access to the international markets. “It augers well for the artisan community. We expect that all these delegates will be our ambassadors in their respective countries. It will open new vistas for the artisan community,” Musadiq Shah, Senior Vice-President, […]
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The crowds gathered peacefully, jostling outside the home of the man they call the “saviour of Pakistan”, hoping for a glimpse. Two days earlier, these same streets in the city of Lahore had resembled a warzone as tens of thousands of protesters violently took to the streets, ransacking buildings, burning cars, throwing petrol bombs and […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party won elections in the southern state of Karnataka, today, emphatically defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a big boost to its prospects ahead of national elections due next year. The election is the first of five crucial state polls this year that are seen as setting […]
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The Pakistan Army on Saturday warned that the armed forces “will not tolerate any further attempt of violating the sanctity and security of its installations or vandalism” as it resolved to bring to justice all the “planners, abetters, instigators and executors of vandalism on the Black Day of 9th May”. According to an Inter-Services Public […]
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Turkey’s all-powerful President Erdogan is in the fight of his life against an opposition that has united against him for Sunday’s elections. His main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, appeared before a throng of supporters on Friday, flanked by allies from across the political spectrum who have come together as never before. As the rain beat down […]
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Srinagar: As a part of India’s G20 Presidency, the Youth 20 (Y20) group’s Y20 Consultation was held at Kashmir University from May 10 – May 11 to consult youth of the nation on ideas for a better tomorrow and draft an agenda for action on ‘Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction: Making Sustainability a Way […]
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