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Bangladesh EC considers deploying army for parliamentary elections

December 13, 2023

The Election Commission in Bangladesh will deploy armed forces across the country ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections set to be held on January 7, Bangladesh-based news agency reported. Bangladesh armed forces division’s principal staff officer, Lieutenant General Wakar-uz-Zaman, has said that the army will be deployed across the country...

PTI seeks approval for ‘bat’ as additional election symbol

December 13, 2023

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) core committee has called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to allot bat as the election symbol to the party, Pakistan-based as reported by the news channel. According to the details, the PTI’s core committee has expressed disappointment with the delay in the allotment of election...

MEA advocates peaceful resolution for Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

December 13, 2023

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it believes the prickly border issue between Guyana and Venezuela should be resolved peacefully and escalatory steps should be avoided. The MEA said it was closely following the developments pertaining to the border issue. “We are aware that the matter is already being...

Gaza: Israeli forces uncover terror bases in schools, UN sites

December 13, 2023

The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) reported that soldiers from its Bisla’h infantry brigade combat team together with fighters from the 636th special forces battalion identified terrorists who were armed with shoulder-fired missiles in the Shejaiya area. The brigade directed aircraft that eliminated the terrorists. Further evidence of terrorists using UN...

US ‘concerned’ about Israel’s white phosphorous use report

December 13, 2023

The United States is concerned about reports that Israel used US-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an attack carried out in southern Lebanon in October, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Monday (local time). Speaking to reporters while en route to Philadelphia, John Kirby said...

23 soldier killed in Dera Ismail Khan suicide bombing attack

December 13, 2023

Twenty-three Pakistani army soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban area, where a group of terrorists targeted a security forces’ checkpost, Dawn reported on Tuesday. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media affairs wing, said that six terrorists launched an attack in the early...

ICRC President to visit Israel

December 13, 2023

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is expected to visit Israel on Thursday, according to Hebrew media, The Times of Israel reported. This comes a week after her visits to Egypt and the Gaza Strip for discussions on allowing Red Cross representatives to access the...

Harvard staff support head Claudine Gay amid anti-semitism row

December 13, 2023

Hundreds of faculty at the Harvard University have signed a petition backing the school’s President following backlash over her appearance at a congressional hearing on rising anti-Semitism in the US, Al Jazeera reported. The petition says that bowing to political pressure to fire Harvard President Claudine Gay would be “at...

PPP leader accuses Imran Khan of alleged inclusion of Afghans in voter list

December 13, 2023

Former President and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari on Monday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan supports Afghans because he allegedly got them included in the voter lists, Dawn newspaper reported. The former president also hinted at the possibility of a “little delay” in the elections but...

Israel to use two crossings to screen Gaza humanitarian aid

December 13, 2023

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Monday that Israel is increasing the speed at which humanitarian aid is inspected and sent into Gaza. Israel will use two crossings to help screen humanitarian aid for Gaza, said the IDF. It further said that security screenings of trucks containing water, food and...

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