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Pakistan: Balochistan witnesses 13 terrorist attacks, as per report

06 May 2023 11:43 AM IST

Balochistan has in the month of April this year witnessed as many as 13 armed attacks wherein 21 people lost the battle of their lives, as per a report. Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) has compiled a brief report regarding the terrorist attacks in Pakistan during April

Afghan women staff to continue working from home, says UN

06 May 2023 10:05 AM IST

The United Nations on said that it will continue to keep Afghan staff working from home as the Taliban regime had put a ban on women working for the UN a month ago, Afghanistan-based Pajhwok Afghan News reported. Deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq on Friday said there had been no

Fist-cuffs at Summit: Ukrainian and Russian delegates come to blows

06 May 2023 01:22 AM IST

Ukrainian and Russian delegates have had to be separated after a scuffle during a meeting of Black Sea countries in the Turkish capital Ankara. Oleksandr Marikovski, a Ukrainian member of parliament, landed several blows to the head of a Russian official after his Ukrainian flag was ripped from his hands

Ex-Uber security chief sentenced for data-breach cover-up

06 May 2023 01:21 AM IST

The former chief security officer for Uber was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to a three-year term of probation and ordered to pay a

King Charles III to confer thank-you Coronation Medals to thousands

06 May 2023 01:20 AM IST

As a thank you gift from King Charles III, around 400,000 Coronation Medals will be handed out to the UK armed forces personnel and emergency frontline workers taking part in the historic ceremony on Saturday. The UK government unveiled the design of the medal, which will be handed out to

Zelenskyy hopes for Putin’s conviction for war crimes amid soaring tension

06 May 2023 01:19 AM IST

Ukraine and Russia pressed their wartime rhetoric Thursday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressing confidence that Vladimir Putin would be convicted of war crimes, and the Kremlin alleging that the U.S. was behind what it called an assassination attempt against the Russian president. The countries’ leaders have personally attacked each

Sudan migrants in Israel worry over future, fighting at home

06 May 2023 01:18 AM IST

Omer Easa is watching the violence roiling his native Sudan with deep trepidation. The further Sudan sinks into chaos and violence, he fears, the longer he is likely to remain an unrecognised asylum-seeker in Israel, where he has few protections. Backers of migrants like Easa say their rights will likely

Gruesome: Gunman shoots dead 8 people, injures fourteen in three Serbian villages

06 May 2023 01:18 AM IST

A gunman apparently shooting at random killed eight people and wounded 14 in three Serbian villages, authorities said, shaking a nation still in the throes of grief over a mass shooting a day earlier. Police arrested a suspect on Friday after an all-night manhunt. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called on

Russia-Ukraine war going nowhere; only claim, counter claim prevail

06 May 2023 01:16 AM IST

This week remained equally happening like last week. The circuit of global affairs witnessed significant developments, changes and issues impacting overall world politics. Russia Accuses Ukraine of ploting to kill Putin It has been more than a year since Russia and Ukraine started a war where entire West (read: NATO

Imran Khan’s PTI mocks Bilawal’s Goa visit vvisit

06 May 2023 01:15 AM IST

Leaders of Imran Khan’s party, PTI, on Thursday poured hate on Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto’s visit to India, alleging he had gone there to show loyalty to Bajwa’s Plan of appeasing the US on Israel and India. “As I had pointed out earlier, Imported FM was desperate to go to

Wagner chief accuses Russia’s military command of starving forces of ammunition

06 May 2023 01:14 AM IST

The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor threatened on Friday to pull his troops out of the protracted battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut next week, accusing Russia’s military command of starving his forces of ammunition and causing them heavy losses. Yevgeny Prigozhin, a notorious millionaire with

Fifth China-Pakistan-Afghanistan meet to discuss Afghanistan issue

06 May 2023 01:13 AM IST

The foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan will meet here for a trilateral meeting on Saturday that aims to forge cooperation on the vexed Afghan issue and also have bilateral interactions with top Pakistani leaders. Pakistan’s Foreign Office in two separate statements confirmed the visit of Chinese foreign minister