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Peshawar, March 6 A person was killed and seven others were injured after Afghan forces allegedly carried out mortar shelling on civilian areas near the Afghanistan border in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours, security officials said on Friday.According to...

United Nations, March 6 – A worrying escalation of fighting in the Kordofan region of Sudan has resulted in civilian deaths and injuries, the destruction of homes, hospitals, and other civilian infrastructure, according to UN humanitarian officials.The Office for the Coordination of...

Seoul, March 6 – South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun spoke by phone with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to discuss the Middle East conflict and coordinate efforts to bring home South Korean nationals stranded in the UAE, the foreign ministry said on Friday.During the...

New Delhi, March 5 The Iranian warship, which sank in international waters off the coast of Sri Lanka after a US submarine attack, was not carrying any weapons, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday, describing America's targeting of the vessel as against international law.The Iranian...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 4 Four people, including a three-year-old child, died and another was injured in a collision between two motorcycles in Odisha's Kandhamal district on Wednesday, police said.The accident occurred in Banduli village, about 40 km from here, under the Gochhapada Police...

Abu Dhabi, March 4 – The UAE's Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday that its air defence systems successfully intercepted three ballistic missiles and detected 129 drones, of which 121 were intercepted while eight fell within the country.The ministry stated that since the start of the...

Kabul, March 4 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, echoed concerns raised by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday regarding the intensifying clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which have...

Kabul, March 3 – The United Nations (UN) has announced that at least 34 people were killed and 89 others injured in Pakistani military attacks in Afghanistan between February 26 and March 1, local media reported on Tuesday.Speaking at a press briefing, UN Secretary-General spokesperson...

Dhaka, March 2 – At least two Bangladeshi nationals have been killed and seven others injured in missile and drone attacks across different parts of the Middle East, Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday.The incidents occurred amid escalating tensions in the Middle East...

Mumbai, March 2 – Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan has issued a heartfelt plea for peace as tensions escalate sharply between Israel and Iran, with growing concerns over the impact on civilians caught in the conflict.Soha posted on her Instagram stories, writing about "quieter skies and...

Quetta, March 1 – Following losses during the Baloch Liberation Army’s (BLA) Operation Herof, Pakistani police in Balochistan and Sindh killed 27 individuals who had been forcibly disappeared in Karachi, Quetta, and other locations, and later labelled them as armed militants, according to a...

Bengaluru, March 1 Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Sunday that the state government was closely monitoring the situation arising from the ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Iran and was prepared to provide all necessary assistance to stranded people, especially students...

Bhabua (Bihar), March 1 Three people, including a girl, were killed and several others were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Bihar's Kaimur district on Sunday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 6 am near the Nasej railway crossing gate within the Kudra police...

This morning, the Pakistani air force attacked Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. This resulted in a series of explosions and a response from the Afghan air defense forces targeting aerial targets. The airstrikes lasted for approximately 20 minutes. The Afghan authorities have accused Pakistan...

Quetta, February 28 – Another Baloch student was extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organization said on Saturday.The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, revealed that the mutilated body of 26-year-old Imran Taj was found in the...

Abu Dhabi, February 28 – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Saturday that it had successfully intercepted several Iranian missiles targeting the country.In a statement released on Saturday afternoon, the UAE's Ministry of Defence stated that the country had been subjected to a "brazen...

Kabul, February 27 – Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, called for calm and respect for human rights and humanitarian law, particularly the protection of civilians, amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which have claimed...

Kabul, February 27 – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan risk regional instability and has urged the two nations to hold dialogue and protect civilians, local media reported on Friday.Guterres expressed concern over the...

Kabul, February 27 – Afghan forces launched retaliatory strikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing at least 55 Pakistani soldiers and capturing two bases along with 19 outposts, the Afghan Ministry of National Defence confirmed on Friday.The counter-attacks come amid escalating...

Islamabad, February 26 The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected India's remarks condemning the Pakistani military's airstrikes in Afghanistan, which resulted in civilian casualties.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Sunday described the strikes as another attempt by...