14 die in Pakistan bus accident
Dawn .com :At least 14 members of a wedding party, including women and children, were killed and 64 people were injured after a bus fell into a ravine and overturned near Kallar Kahar in...
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IAEA finds uranium enriched to 84pc in Iran
Reuters :The UN nuclear watchdog has found uranium enriched to 84% in Iran – very close to weapons grade – diplomats said on Monday, while the watchdog said that it was in talks with...
Blinken warns China’s Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine
Reuters :US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two...
Israeli strike kills 15 in Damascus
AFP :An Israeli air strike on Syria’s capital Damascus killed 15 people early Sunday and badly damaged a building in a district home to several state security agencies, a war monitoring group said.Civilians, including...
North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to US, Seoul
AFP :North Korea said Sunday it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile as a warning to Washington and Seoul, saying the successful “surprise” drill demonstrated Pyongyang’s “capacity of fatal nuclear counterattack”.Leader Kim Jong Un...
European allies vow more support for Kyiv at security meet
Reuters :European powers on Friday vowed to intensify support for Ukraine as it battles to repel Russia, with France’s president underlining at a major security conference that the time was not ripe for talks...
Bulgarian police find 18 Afghan migrants dead in abandoned truck
Reuters :Bulgarian police have arrested four people after they found the bodies of 18 dead migrants from Afghanistan, including that of a child, in an abandoned truck near the capital Sofia, officials said on...
North Korea warns of strong response to US-South Korea military drills
AFP :North Korea on Friday threatened an “unprecedentedly” strong response to upcoming US-South Korea joint military drills, describing them as preparations for war.The warning came ahead of a tabletop exercise next week in Washington,...
US envoy apologizes for saying Afghan women need Black Girl Magic
AFP :The top US diplomat to Afghanistan on Thursday apologized for tweets that suggested struggling Afghan women might find inspiration in African American history and culture-particularly the #BlackGirlMagic social media movement.US envoy Karen Decker...
Missiles hammer Ukraine as Russia eyes Bakhmut’s capture by April
Reuters :Russia rained missiles across Ukraine on Thursday and struck its largest oil refinery, Kyiv said, while the head of the Wagner mercenary group predicted the long-besieged city of Bakhmut would take weeks if...
Security drives US, Saudi efforts to overcome tensions
Reuters :The United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to move beyond a public spat last year that saw strategic ties hit a nadir, as Western and Gulf security concerns align over the threat...
Nato pledges Turkey quake aid, appeals for Finland, Sweden
Deutsche Welle :Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Turkey on Thursday that the military alliance would be sending “tens of thousands of tents” to the country as authorities race to offer shelter to people...