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Two Yazidi militiamen linked to the PKK were killed in a Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq, Xinhua news agency reported. The strike targeted a vehicle carrying members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), resulting in the death of a…

The newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday amidst protests from allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, claiming that the general elections were tainted by extensive rigging, VOA reported. The elections for the…

An intense exchange of fire between Pakistan’s security forces and terrorists resulted in the death of 6 militants and injury of 1 soldier during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district, Dawn online newspaper reported yesterday. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s president, Alvi,…

Around 3,500 tons of soybean-wheat mixture is stranded at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, hindering the distribution of crucial food supplies, Khaama Press reported quoting the World Food Program (WFP). The delay poses a significant risk for 378,000 pregnant women who are…

Two Pakistani Taliban members and a senior police officer died in a shootout during a raid on a militant hideout in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Associated Press reported. Two other police officers were wounded, the article mentioned, adding that…

A ferry sank on Monday in the Nile near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board, who were on their way to work at a construction firm, africanews website reported. The survivors were hospitalized and…

The UN relief chief emphasized Tuesday that nearly 17 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance, which is almost three-quarters of the population and the highest number since the beginning of the crisis. According to Anadolu Agency,…

A journalist was detained in Pakistan, the second within a week, while access to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) remained disrupted for a 10th consecutive day, VOA reported. The crackdown comes amid electoral fraud allegations after parliamentary elections, raising…

Algeria has inaugurated the world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque, which had been delayed for years amid political shifts, ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Monday officially inaugurated the Grand Mosque of Algiers…

A landmine left by the Islamic State group exploded on Sunday, killing 14 people collecting truffles in the Syrian desert, VOA reported. Despite warnings of the high-risk practice, foragers still risk their lives between February and April to collect the…