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Hydro war crime
WATER is as precious a commodity as oil for countries of the Middle East. In the absence of fresh...
Why is Pakistan suddenly central to US‑Iran diplomacy?
WASHINGTON: As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, the battlefield is no longer the...
Indonesia says no to $1bn fee for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace...
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s president, under fire at home for signing up to US counterpart Donald Trump’...
Traffic police action ‘turns out to be revenue-generating...
LAHORE: The city traffic police came hard on the citizens on the third day of the Eid by setting ...
‘Two-strikes’ rule for promotion deemed unlawful: Islamab...
• Justice Minhas declares practice ‘unconstitutional,’ says it imposed a ‘major penalty’ without ...
Over 14,000 schools, out of 19,808 damaged in 2022 floods...
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has disclosed that while the 2022 floods damage...
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Eight die, 71 ‘rescued’ as plane with 125 on board crashes in Colombia
BOGOTA: Eight people were killed after a Colombian air force plane carrying 125 passengers crashed just after takeoff deep in the country’s southern Amazon region on Monday. Military sources said 7...
Analysis by Agencies
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World gave Israel ‘licence to torture Palestinians’: UN expert
GENEVA: The world has given Israel “a licence to torture Palestinians”, a UN expert said on Monday, with life in the occupied territories “a continuum of physical and mental suffering”. “Torture ha...
Analysis by AFP
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De-escalation or a bid to appease the markets?
• Trump claims ‘very productive’ talks with ‘most respected leader’• Iranians deny direct contact; Moscow, London react with cautious optimism• Israel to keep pummelling Lebanon and Iran• US Marine...
Analysis by Anwar Iqbal
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US journalists sue to protect Voice of America from political control
WASHINGTON: Journalists at the US government-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) have filed a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of undermining the outlet’s independence and turning it...
Analysis by Anwar Iqbal
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University in India-occupied Kashmir recommends dropping Jinnah, Muslim thinkers from syllabus after protests by student party
A panel at the University of Jammu in India-occupied Kashmir has recommended removing topics related to Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal, and Muslim educationist and reformer Syed Ahm...
Analysis by News Desk
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