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Mexico election front-runner Sheinbaum faces tall order to cut cartel violence

By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In early May, Claudia Sheinbaum, the favorite to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election next month, suddenly pulled out of a planned visit to Apatzingan, a

Syria, donors must step up to help refugees return, UN refugee chief says

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Syrian government and international aid donors must both do more if they want millions of Syrians forced to flee the country by war to return home, the U.N.'s

Pakistan: ATC grants 9-day physical remand to Shah Mehmood Qureshi in 9 May cases

Lahore , May 28 (ANI): The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) approved a nine-day physical remand for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi in connection...

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif re-elected ‘unopposed’ as PML-N president after six years

Lahore, May 28 (PTI) Three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was re-elected "unopposed" as the President of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party...

Indian peacekeeper to be honoured posthumously with prestigious UN medal for sacrifice in line of duty

United Nations, May 28 (PTI) An Indian peacekeeper who lost his life serving under the UN flag is among over 60 military, police...

Pakistan’s top leadership says 1998 N-tests ensured ‘credible minimum deterrence’

Islamabad, May 28 (PTI) Commemorating the 26th anniversary of Pakistan's first successful nuclear tests, its top leadership on Tuesday said the historic move...

Eight of family killed after jeep falls into ravine in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Karachi, May 28 (PTI) Eight members of a family, including four women and three children, died after a mini jeep in which they...

Club in deadly Mallorca collapse lacked permit for rooftop, mayor says

MADRID (Reuters) - The Medusa Beach Club in Spain's Palma de Mallorca, which collapsed last week killing four people, did not have a permit to serve customers on its rooftop, the city's mayor said on

South Africa condemns Israeli attack on Rafah camp

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa on Tuesday condemned an Israeli attack on a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, adding that current conditions in Gaza justified its genocide case against

Measles outbreak surges in Europe, surpassing 2023 totals

56,634 cases reported in first 3 months of 2024, according to a WHO press release.

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After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Compete, coexist, confront & contest: Army chief General Dwivedi says on dealing with China

Referring to current situation, General Upendra Dwivedi says it is stable but not normal; instead, sensitive. He adds the diplomatic side can only come up with certain options.

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?