KABUL: The Taliban’s acting defence minister on Sunday said Pakistan had allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in Kabul. Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul that American drones have been entering […]
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WASHINGTON: Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory. The US Navy, confirming a Reuters report, said cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam were carrying out the […]
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 27 (ANI): Aiming to provide resources for the young population in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has come up with various initiatives. One such initiative is ‘Mission Youth’ which has been taken to enable them to become ambassadors of peace. The measures taken up by the government under ‘Mission […]
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INDIA/ NOIDA: Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds. Crowds watching the collapse from rooftops on nearby high-rise buildings cheered and clapped as the 103-metre (338-feet) […]
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GUJAR KHAN: Justifying his decision to hold political rallies at a time when the country was devastated by floods, PTI chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said that he was waging a fight for “haqeeqi azadi” (real freedom), which will continue during heatwaves, floods and even wars. Addressing a public gathering in Jhelum, the former prime […]
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UPPER DIR: Around 30 students await rescue while being trapped in Kumrat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Dir District due to continuous rains and flooding, as per reports received by Geo News on Friday. The students, which include both females and males, have requested the government for safe evacuation. Speaking to Geo News, one of […]
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Russia has blocked the adoption of a joint declaration by a United Nations conference on nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Russia objected to a draft text citing “grave concern” over military activities around Ukraine’s nuclear plants, […]
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ANKARA: Frank McKenzie, a former top general who led United States Central Command from 2019 to April 2022, has said that Pakistan was right about Afghanistan all along, admitting the US failure in the war-torn country. “Pakistanis never believed that we would stay, always thought that we would leave,” McKenzie told NBC News on Friday, […]
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GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan has been severely affected due to rains and floods, said a Gilgit-Baltistan government report issued here on Saturday. The report estimated that from June 30, 2022 to August 26, 2022, 14 people have died due to floods and rains, while three were injured. The report also mentioned that private property worth over Rs4 […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron called for “truth and recognition” of the past on Friday, the second day of a visit to France’s former colony Algeria aimed at mending their often painful ties. The three-day trip follows months of tensions between Paris and the North African country, which earlier this year marked six decades of independence […]
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