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Chittagong, Bangladesh, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): At least 55 people have been killed and more than a million affected by two weeks of torrential rains causing floods and landslides in southeast Bangladesh, officials said Sunday. Administrators of four of the worst-hit districts said floods and landslides […]

Kuala Lumpur, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Malaysians in six states went to the polls Saturday to vote for state assembly members in elections widely seen as a barometer of support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government. While the elections are unlikely to immediately affect Anwar’s […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP):– The death toll from wildfires burning in the U.S. state of Hawaii’s Maui jumped to 67, Maui County officials said Friday. As firefighting efforts continue, 12 additional fatalities have been confirmed as of Friday afternoon amid the active Lahaina fire, […]

Islamabad (PNI) Spokesperson of the Prime Minister’s Office says that the name of Anwarul Haq Kakar as caretaker Prime Minister has been agreed upon and the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have jointly signed and sent the advice to the President. . […]

WASHINGTON Aug 11 (Online): Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the United States would offer no sanctions relief to Iran under a draft deal that would free five Americans. “In any event, in any respect, Iran will not be receiving any sanctions relief,” […]

Leaked ‘cipher’ hints at US pressure over Russia visit WASHINGTON Aug 10 (Online): In a startling revelation, a US-based news organisation has published what it claims is the text of a diplomatic cipher, sent to Islamabad last year by Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US […]

Cape Town, Aug 10 (AFP/APP): Violence in Cape Town eased after a week-long minibus taxi strike that paralysed the city and left five dead including a British tourist, police confirmed on Thursday. The strike, which stranded commuters in one of South Africa’s largest cities, was […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (APP): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Quaid Nawaz Sharif would come back to Pakistan next month and face his cases in courts. The prime minister, in an interview with a private news channel, said after the formation of […]

Kharkiv, Ukraine, Aug 10 (AFP/APP): Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to capture territory already once seized during the conflict. Kupiansk and the surrounding areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were recaptured by Kyiv’s […]

Islamabad (PNI) President Dr. Arif Alvi has dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. After the dissolution of the National Assembly, the Federal Cabinet was also automatically dissolved. It is important that the summary of the dissolution of the National […]