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Ottawa, May 7 (AFP/APP): Alberta announced a state of emergency on Saturday as 103 wildfires flared across the Canadian province, forcing 25,000 people to flee their homes in what a top official said was an “unprecedented” crisis. Thousands more have been told to be ready […]

Washington, May 7 (AFP/APP): A shooter opened fire at an outlet mall north of Dallas, Texas on Saturday, and emergency officials confirmed fatalities and said at least nine wounded people were rushed to area hospitals. Some of the victims were as young as five years […]

ISLAMABAD, May 5 (APP): Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Friday said meaningful dialogue with India would be difficult unless it reviewed its unilateral actions of August 5, 2019, on Jammu and Kashmir. The minister, in an interview with BBC, said in the circumstances […]

London, May 6 (AFP/APP): Thousands of people turned central London red, white and blue on Saturday, with a sea of Union Jack flags lining the streets for the coronation of King Charles III. While the coronation service was itself a sombre and sober affair, a […]

RAWALPINDI, May 05 (APP): The Pakistan Army martyrs who gallantly embraced martyrdom while fighting terrorists in a fire exchange in North Waziristan were laid to rest with full military honours after their funeral prayers were held on Friday. According to the Inter Services Public Relations […]

Geneva, May 5 (AFP/APP): The Covid-19 pandemic, which killed millions of people and wreaked economic and social havoc, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the WHO said Friday, warning that the threat remained. It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as […]

Khartoum, May 5 (AFP/APP): As Sudan’s war plunges the impoverished country even deeper into humanitarian turmoil, aid workers face deadly risks in their efforts to provide desperately needed support. With almost non-stop bombardments, rampant looting and at least three major prison breaks in the capital, […]

Nootdorp, Netherlands, May 3 (AFP/APP): The world’s chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday that the process of destroying tens of thousands of tonnes of declared chemical stockpiles would be completed “within the next few weeks.” “More than 70,000 tonnes of the world’s most dangerous poisons have […]

Washington, May 2 (AFP/APP):A mystery over the identities of seven bodies found in a home in rural Oklahoma began to dissipate Tuesday as authorities called off a search for a convicted sex offender and two missing teenage girls. While the circumstances of the homicides remained […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 02 (APP): An international meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan ended in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban to help the country’s most vulnerable people. […]