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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 : ISIL or Da’esh and its terrorist affiliates have expanded their activities and finances in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq as well as in several parts of Africa, resulting in a major spike in attacks and civilian fatalities, a senior UN counter-terrorism […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 09 : The UN human rights chief strongly condemned recent statements by Israel’s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich suggesting letting Palestinian in war-ravaged Gaza starve to death, his spokesperson said Friday. “The high commissioner (Volker Turk) is shocked and appalled by the words […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 :Deputy Prime Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar met with Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Jeddah, expressing Pakistan’s strong condemnation of the assassination of the Political Bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh and reaffirming its stance against terrorism. During a meeting at […]

NEW YORK, Aug 06 : US VP Kamala Devi Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, thrusting the outspoken former Congressman into the national spotlight while adding a key ally to her stepped up campaign for the presidency. Walz, 60, […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 03 : UN humanitarian agencies Friday warned of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases in Gaza, amid chronic water scarcity and no way to adequately manage waste and sewage. “People in Gaza are facing yet another peril: Hepatitis […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 02 : Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip have witnessed “unspeakable atrocities” following 300 days of Israeli attacks on the enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “The children of Gaza are going through unspeakable atrocities,” […]

NEW YORK, Aug 01 : Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated Wednesday by a bomb that was covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying two months before his arrival, according to a leading American newspaper. Haniyeh, 62, who was initially thought […]

NEW YORK, Jul 30 (APP): Pakistan hopes that whoever is elected as President of the United States in the November election would pay attention to peace and stability in South Asia, and help resolve the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (APP): New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalated after renewed hostilities along the Israeli-Lebanese border over the weened, according to UN humanitarian officials. Evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military have impacted Nuseirat and Bureij refugee camps, […]

WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (APP): The United States says it is working on a diplomatic solution in the wake of the outbreak of hostilities along the border between Israel and Lebanon after a rocket attack that killed civilians in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, for which […]