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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif’s new cabinet takes oath
Islamabad: After much anticipation and delays, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s new cabinet was sworn in at an oath-taking ceremony…
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Multiple blasts near school in Kabul
Kabul: Three back-to-back blasts happened in the west of Kabul on Tuesday morning, two near a school and one near a…
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Cheapest thing available is blood of Baloch people: Ally warns Shehbaz Sharif
Islamabad: The newly-formed struggling coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif has received a jolt when members of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M)…
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UK PM’s Downing Street office subjected to UAE-linked spyware attack
London: Boris Johnson has been told that his Downing Street office was targeted with “multiple” suspected infections using Pegasus, the sophisticated…
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Fuel prices rise to record high in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased fuel prices to a record high. With the latest price hike…
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Kamala Harris announces ban on anti-satellite missile tests to cut space debris
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris has declared that the country will no longer conduct destructive, direct ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile…
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Trail-blazing Indian American woman Navy veteran appointed Harris’s defence advisor
New York: Shanti Sethi, a trail-blazing woman Navy veteran has been appointed defence advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris, according to…
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S.Africa declares state of national disaster to tackle widespread floods
Johannesburg: As the cost of last week’s floods which badly affected KwaZulu-Natal Province reached billions of rands, South African President Cyril…
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Israel intercepts rocket from Gaza amid tensions: Army
Jerusalem: Israel’s aerial defense system intercepted a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip on Monday, amid simmering tensions between the Israelis…
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Jordan summons Israel’s envoy to protest operations at Al-Aqsa mosque
Amman: Jordan on Monday summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires of the Israeli embassy in Amman to protest against Israel’s operations in…
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Violent clashes in Sweden sparked by planned Quran burnings
London: More than 40 people have been arrested after violent clashes in Sweden between police and people angry at plans by…
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Shehbaz requests Xi for support on Karachi rail project
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday requested China for support for the planned revival of the Karachi Circular Railway…
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‘CPEC to move on a fast pace under PM Shehbaz Sharif’
Islamabad: Under the leadership of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will make…
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Pakistan: Six awarded death penalty for Sri Lankan citizen’s mob lynching
Lahore: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore announced the verdict in the mob lynching of Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara on false…
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‘Mera tohfa, meri marzi’: Imran on Toshakhana controversy
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday responded to the Toshakana controversy and said they were his gifts, so…
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Shehbaz Sharif says his ‘speedy work’ will frighten Imran
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday inaugurated the Orange Line Metro Bus service, just days after taking charge as…
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CPEC to advance under Shehbaz’s watch: Pak senator
Beijing: Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has said that the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor…
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Sri Lanka to take steps to stabilise economy
Colombo: Sri Lankan Treasury Secretary Mahinda Siriwardana said on Monday that the country will take steps to stabilise the economy, including…
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Amid continued protests, SL Prez appoints new cabinet sans Rajapaksas
Colombo: Amid the growing public agitation with protest continuing for the ninth day occupying the entrance to his office, President Gotabaya…
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Tunisian Prez seeks to control hydrocarbons leakage into sea after fuel ship sinks
Tunis: Tunisian President Kais Saied directed the navy to control the environmental impact from a sunken fuel ship to prevent possible…
