Russia has launched new, “wide scale” missile strikes on Ukraine’s civilian energy sites, causing power outages nationwide, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his regular video address late Saturday. Ukrainian authorities say nearly 1.5 million households across the country have been left without electricity. But Zelenskyy said most of the Russian missiles and drones were […]
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held out hope on Friday for a diplomatic resolution to restore the landmark 2015 nuclear deal world power struck with Tehran, but offered a grim assessment on the current situation. Blinken maintained that the US has an abiding interest in Iran’s nuclear program returning to the constraints imposed by […]
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ISLAMABAD: At least seven cases have been registered against more than 1,900 suspects, including senior leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), on various charges that also include terrorism, in connection with Saturday’s protests against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to disqualify former prime minister Imran Khan, Dawn has learnt. Cases registered against the party […]
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NEW DELHI: Five Indian army soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed near the country’s disputed border with China, the defence ministry said Saturday — the second such fatal accident in the region this month. The Advance Light Helicopter came down on Friday south of Tuting, a remote town near the Line of Actual Control […]
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PARIS — Shopkeepers and factory workers went on strike in Iran Saturday as nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini entered a sixth week, activists said. The death of 22-year-old Amini, after her arrest for allegedly breaching Iran’s strict dress code for women, has fueled the biggest protests seen in the […]
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New Delhi: India’s talks with the UK on the proposed free trade agreement is well on track, but New Delhi will have to “wait and watch” the ongoing political developments in Britain, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned as the Conservative Party leader saying […]
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London-Contenders to succeed British Prime Minister Liz Truss canvassed for support Friday, with her predecessor Boris Johnson reportedly considering a sensational comeback as he picks up dozens of early nominations from Conservative MPs. Truss’s announcement Thursday that she will resign after less than seven weeks in office has also prompted renewed calls from opposition parties […]
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The United States and key Western allies accused Russia on Oct. 21 of using Iranian drones to attack civilians and power plants in Ukraine in violation of a 2015 U.N. Security Council resolution and international humanitarian law. Russia countered by accusing Ukraine of attacking infrastructure and civilians for eight years in the eastern separatist regions […]
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BERLIN: Tens of thousands of protesters in six German cities gathered on Saturday to demand a more just distribution of government funds to deal with rising energy prices and living costs and a faster transition away from fossil fuels. Protesters marched in Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hannover, Stuttgart, Dresden and Frankfurt-am-Main, holding signs bearing slogans on everything […]
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) had approved mega development projects worth billions of rupees with assistance from the Saudi Development Fund (SDF). Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the PM while giving details of the projects said that under the SDF […]
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