Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. With her death, her eldest son Charles, the […]
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Switzerland has summoned the Chinese ambassador to express concern about the human rights situation in China’s western region of Xinjiang. “Switzerland is convinced that the best way to safeguard its interests and the respect of fundamental rights is to conduct a critical and constructive dialogue with Beijing,” the Swiss foreign ministry said on Thursday. The […]
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Srinagar: A mere discussion about the future of the sky marathon, a popular adventure sporting activity in Europe, prompted Javed Khan, 27, and Aijaz Raina, 28, to do unimaginable and create a history. Khan and Raina have become the first trekkers from Jammu and Kashmir to complete the sky marathon on the Great Lakes Trek […]
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Türkiye rejected the Arab League’s “unfounded allegations” against Ankara that were stated in the resolutions and the communique adopted at the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Arab League held on Sept. 6. The 158th meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab League has become “a stage, once again, to resolutions […]
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WASHINGTON: The US State Department has approved the potential sale of F-16 aircraft sustainment and related equipment to Pakistan in a deal valued at up to $450 million, the Pentagon said. The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin Corporation, the Pentagon said. In a notification to Congress, the State Department “made a determination approving the […]
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Srinagar: The famed traditional hand-made Kashmiri carpets are all set to adorn the new Parliament building in the national capital as artists in a remote village in Budgam district are in the final stages of completing the work. A group of 50 weavers and artisans in Khag in this central Kashmir district have been working […]
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UNITED NATIONS — A senior U.N. human rights official said Wednesday that her office has verified that Russian soldiers and affiliated groups subject Ukrainian civilians to an invasive process called “filtration,” and called for access to those being detained by Russia. “In cases that our office has documented, during ‘filtration,’ Russian armed forces and affiliated […]
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The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported 12 more deaths on Wednesday due to flash floods, taking the death toll to 1,355. The total number of injured reached 12,722 after two more were reported injured. Massive floods that earlier wreaked havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and South Punjab are now devastating Sindh’s districts and pose a […]
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BEIJING: Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will meet next week during a regional summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian diplomat said Wednesday, in what would be the Chinese leader’s first trip abroad since the early days of the pandemic. “In less than 10 days, our leaders will meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit” in […]
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The European Union’s executive body has proposed capping the price of Russian gas, within hours of Russia’s leader condemning the idea as stupidity. Energy prices have soared in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, forcing the EU’s 27 states into action. “We must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atrocious war,” […]
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