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Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s thrice-elected former prime minister, has returned home after four years of self-exile in the United Kingdom to stand in next year’s elections against his biggest rival, former premier Imran Khan. The 73-year-old veteran politician arrived by chartered…

Leaders and top officials from more than a dozen countries have gathered in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, for a conference to discuss ways to “de-escalate” the Israel-Hamas war amid growing fears of a wider Middle East conflict. Dubbed the Cairo…

Hundreds of Uyghur inmates at Keriye Prison in the far-western Chinese region of Xinjiang are forced to work 12-14 hours a day in vast fields, Radio Free Asia reported. Many inmates also work in factories located inside and outside the…

The World Health Organization warns that tens of thousands of survivors of a series of powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan’s Herat province between October 7 and 15 are in desperate need of humanitarian aid and essential health…

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the British Government has advised the English against all travel to Afghanistan. According to its statement, there is a heightened threat of terrorist attacks in or around religious sites and during religious…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Geneva on Friday called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, which is a scene of violent conflict after Israel’s massive response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 operation. The remarks came after OIC Ambassadorial Group’s…

Humanitarian crisis rages on in Sudan as relief funding dwindles As Sudan’s civil war enters its sixth month, civilians are facing a colossal humanitarian crisis as relief funding dwindles and army-imposed restrictions strangle its delivery, Al Jazeera quotes aid groups.…

Afghanistan on Friday asked Pakistan to reconsider its decision to evict Afghan refugees. Afghan second Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi met with Obaid ur Rehman Nizamani, the charge d’affaires of Pakistan in Afghanistan, and discussed the recent tension between…

Four people were killed and many others were injured in a stampede on Friday during National Heroes’ Day celebrations on Mashujaa Day in the western Kenyan city of Kericho, police said. The incident occurred at around 03:00 local time when…

Gujarat high court sentenced four policemen on Thursday to 14 days’ simple imprisonment for contempt of court as they had violated Supreme Court’s orders about treatment of accused in police custody by flogging members of Muslim community in full public…