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London, Jan 29 (AFP/APP): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired Conservative party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an inquiry into Zahawi’s tax affairs found a “serious breach” of ministerial rules, the government said. “As a result, I have informed you of my decision to […]

New Delhi, Jan 28 (AFP/APP): Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed Saturday in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises around 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of the capital New Delhi, police at the crash site told AFP. “We have located the wreckage of […]

ISLAMABAD 28 Jan (Online): The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday condemned “in the strongest terms” the act of desecration of the Holy Quran by Danish politician Rasmus Paludan a day before, according to an official statement. Having strongly condemned recent such incidents in Sweden and […]

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, Jan 27 (AFP/APP): Israel and Palestinian freedom fighters in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire Friday, raising fears of a further escalation after one the deadliest army raids in the occupied West Bank in years. Israel said in response to the […]

ISTANBUL, Jan 27 (AA/APP): South Korea said on Friday that it will seek to “normalize” relations with the North through “direct and indirect” contacts. “While the South will sternly counter North Korea’s provocations through cooperation based on the strong Seoul-Washington alliance, the government will also […]

Madrid, Jan 25 (AFP/APP): Spanish police have arrested a man suspected of being behind a recent letter bombing campaign that targeted the prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy, the interior ministry said Wednesday. A 74-year-old Spanish citizen was arrested in Miranda de Ebro in northern […]

Washington, Jan 24 (AFP/APP):The first secret documents turned up in Joe Biden’s former private office and home back in November, but it was January before the White House publicly admitted the embarrassing discovery — under pressure from a steady drip of media revelations. Since then, […]

KATHMANDU 15 JAN (Online): At least 40 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, a Nepal aviation authority official said, in the small Himalayan country’s worst crash in nearly five years. Hundreds of rescue workers continued to scour […]

ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 (APP): Denmark has announced additional humanitarian assistance of DKK 26.7 million to United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for supporting the flood relief efforts of Pakistan. “The Danish assistance will provide health, nutrition, WASH, child protection services and education for 10 […]

Washington, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): The United States said Wednesday that attacks in space would invoke its defense treaty with Japan and announced the deployment of a more agile Marine unit on its ally’s soil as alarm grows over China. Weeks after unveiling plans to ramp […]