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ISLAMABAD, April 18 (Online): More than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctor strike in England last week, figures show. It includes people who were waiting for operations and other treatments as well as scans and follow-up appointments. The number […]

BEIJING 18 April (Online): China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported Tuesday. The separate phone calls between Foreign Minister Qin Gang and the Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats come amid […]

Khartoum, April 17 (AFP/APP): Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, leaving hospitals damaged and medical supplies and food in short supply Monday after three days of urban warfare. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly […]

DUBAI 16 April (Online): Sixteen people, including three Pakistanis, were killed and nine were injured in a Dubai residential building fire on Saturday, local media said on Sunday. In a statement released by the Government of Dubai Media Office early Sunday, a Dubai Civil Defense […]

ISLAMABAD 16 April (Online): A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught live on TV in northern India, officials said Sunday. Atiq Ahmad and his brother, […]

KHARTOUM 16 April (Online): A Sudan doctors’ group said Sunday the death toll in fierce fighting between the armed forces and a powerful paramilitary group has risen to 56. The Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said at least 595 people were wounded across Sudan. Sudan’s military and […]

Dubai, April 16 (AFP/APP): A fire in a residential building in Dubai killed 16 people and injured nine others in the wealthy Gulf emirate, the government said Sunday. The fire broke out at midday Saturday on the fourth floor of the building in the Al-Ras […]

NEW DELHI 15 April (Online): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hid key facts from the public about the Pulwama terror attack that killed dozens of paramilitary troops in India-held Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019, a former governor of the disputed region has said. Satya […]

KHARTOUM 15 April (Online): Fierce clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s powerful paramilitary force have erupted in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere in the African nation, raising fears of a wider conflict in the chaos-stricken nation. On Saturday, the sound of heavy firing could […]

GAZA 14 April (Online): In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza’s roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to break their fast with their families. Frustrated drivers beep their horns or try to cut through the gridlock, and there are […]