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A ban on gatherings has been enforced across Islamabad, Punjab, and Balochistan as the PTI marked February 8 as a “black day” to commemorate the first anniversary of the controversial 2024 general elections, Dawn online newspaper reported. Despite attempts to…

Imangali Tasmagambetov, Chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), highlighted Afghanistan as a significant source of potential terrorism and drug trafficking threats to Central Asia, Khaama Press reported today. During a meeting on Saturday, February 8, he emphasized the…

January 2025 has been recorded as the hottest January on record, with global temperatures 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average, Anadolu Agency revealed citing a report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The report indicates an absolute surface air temperature of…

Saudi Arabia is poised to execute six Shia men, including five who were minors during their arrests for participating in peaceful protests in 2011 and 2012. This alarming development has drawn condemnation from the United Nations and various human rights…

A team of Czech researchers has identified the world’s largest underground thermal lake in Albania, as reported by Czech media, Anadolu Agency reported. This significant discovery follows years of exploration led by Czech speleologist Marek Audy, who had theorized the…

New genetic research has provided strong evidence that Indo-European languages originated with early herders in central Eurasia around 4400 to 4000 B.C.E. Two groundbreaking studies, published in Nature, suggest that the language family emerged from a diverse population on the…

A tiny juniper shrub in Finnish Lapland has been recognized as Europe’s oldest woody plant, measuring just four inches in trunk diameter and estimated to be 1,647 years old, Earth.com reported. This discovery, led by Marco Carrer from the University…

The Netherlands has officially banned civil servants from using the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, citing concerns over potential espionage, Anadolu Agency reported. State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalization Zsolt Szabo announced the ban, following warnings from the Dutch Data…

A canal in a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned bright red, raising concerns among local residents, Telegrafi reported. The unusual coloration was observed flowing into the Rio de la Plata, which borders an ecological reserve. Eyewitnesses shared photos and…

Mufti Abdul Qayyum Zaheer has sparked controversy once more by insulting Imam al-Mahdi (peace be upon him) during recent social media interactions and on the national TV channel Neo News, Shiite News reported. His remarks, deemed offensive by many, included…