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Pakistan says 13 militants killed in intelligence-led operations in northwest
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (531+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military said on Thursday it had killed 13 militants in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as security forces continued counterterrorism efforts in areas bordering Afghanistan. According to a statement issued by the military's media…...
Senior Hamas figure among 7 killed in Israeli airstrike
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (363+ words) CAIRO: A senior figure in the armed wing of Hamas was among seven people killed on Thursday in a pair "of Israeli airstrikes in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, a Hamas source said. The Israeli military did not…...
Tanzania president remorseful over Internet shutdown on election day
6+ hour, 31+ min ago (325+ words) DODOMA, Tanzania: Tanzania's president has, for the first time since the disputed October election, commented on a six-day Internet shutdown as the country went through its worst postelection violence. President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday expressed "sympathy" to diplomats and…...
‘Not much is standing’ in Gaza, says UN official
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (400+ words) JERUSALEM: A top United Nations official on Thursday called for accelerating reconstruction work in Gaza, saying Palestinians there were living in "inhumane" conditions, even as a US-backed truce entered its second phase. "I wouldn't have imagined what I saw today,…...
Pakistan, seven Muslim nations back Palestinian technocratic body, stress Gaza-West Bank unity
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (684+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and seven other Muslim-majority countries on Thursday welcomed the formation of a temporary Palestinian technocratic body to administer Gaza, stressing that it must manage daily civilian affairs while preserving the institutional and territorial link between the Gaza Strip…...
Pakistan strategically needs deeper scholarship on the MENA region
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (648+ words) In the past year, Pakistan has emerged as a country not just strategically relevant and part of the South Asian political chessboard, but also one that is becoming increasingly intertwined in the geopolitics and security dynamics of the broader Middle…...
Pakistan, Bahrain step up cooperation against drugs, security threats
10+ hour, 54+ min ago (523+ words) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bahrain agreed to enhance counterterrorism and counternarcotics cooperation in talks between President Asif Ali Zardari and Bahrain Interior Minister Lt Gen Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa on Thursday, said an official statement. The Pakistani president is…...
Threat perceptions in Pakistan’s neighborhood are changing
11+ hour, 2+ min ago (204+ words) All nations in Iran's vicinity are closely watching the situation evolving there as well. Iran's detractors think that an opportune moment for regime change may have arrived. Perhaps Pakistan and the GCC countries know that a regime change in Iran…...
Russia says the West should stop claiming Moscow and Beijing threaten Greenland
12+ hour, 38+ min ago (217+ words) MOSCOW: Russia said on Thursday that it was unacceptable for the West to keep claiming that Russia and China threatened Greenland, and said the crisis over the territory showed the inconsistency of the West's implementation of the "so-called "rules-based" order....
Hamas says technocratic committee key to consolidating Gaza truce
15+ hour ago (391+ words) GAZA: A senior Hamas official on Thursday welcomed the formation of a technocratic committee to govern post-war Gaza, saying it would help consolidate the ceasefire and prevent a return to fighting. Egypt, a mediator in indirect ceasefire talks between Israel…...