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Pakistan’s army says bomb blast kills seven soldiers

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A bomb blast targeting a military truck killed seven soldiers on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan along the border with Afghanistan, the army said. The incident took place in the

European Parliament set for shift to the right as final votes cast

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Voters in 21 EU countries including France and Germany were casting their ballots on Sunday in an election for the European Parliament that is expected to

UK dismisses statement by Yemen’s Houthis saying they attacked British destroyer

CAIRO (Reuters) - Britain's defence ministry said on Sunday a statement by Yemen's Houthis that they had fired ballistic missiles at a British destroyer in the Red Sea was false. The Houthis did not

Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced into further into Rafah

Death toll rises to 41 in attack on eastern Congo villages

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - The death toll has risen to 41 following an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hammad Azhar, 45 others booked in case related to anti-govt speeches

Islamabad , June 9 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Hammad Azhar and 45 other party leaders have been booked in a case related to...

Israel extends Al Jazeera ban by 45 days, cites security threat

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Israel was extended for another 45 days by Israel's telecoms regulator on Sunday after the cabinet agreed its broadcasts

China says US provoking arms race in moves into South China Sea

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. poses the largest security challenge in the South China Sea as its military deployment there is turning it into "the whirlpool of an arms race", Chinese Vice Foreign

Iran approves six candidates to run for president – State TV

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Guardian Council, which oversees elections and legislation, has approved six candidates to run for president in snap elections to be held later this month after the death of

Balochistan: Family of ‘forcibly disappeared’ student organize protest for his safe return

Khuzdar , June 9 (ANI): The family of enforced disappearance victim Anis Baloch held a protest at the Karachi-Quetta highway on Sunday. They raised...

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Dear Indian women, leave your fundamental rights at the wedding altar

How have we arrived in 2024, where summarily divorcing your wife can land you in jail, but sexually assaulting her will not?

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?