GAZA: Thousands of civilians were trapped in southern Gaza by bombardment and fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters on Saturday (27th of Jan, 2024), a day after the top UN court ruled Israel must prevent genocidal acts. Growing alarm has focused on Khan Yunis, the biggest city in Gaza’s south, where the two main […]
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BUREWALA: PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif on Friday (26th Jan, 2024) said that there had been great transformation since his ouster from power with massive inflation and price hike disrupting the social fabric of society and pledged to fully mitigate their effects by ensuring job and income opportunities for all following the mandate on 8th February. […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday (26th Jan, 2024) welcomed the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), whereby it had concluded that, prima facie, it had the jurisdiction to entertain the case against Israel and that South Africa’s claims of genocide were “plausible”. The Foreign Office in a statement said that the ICJ had […]
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JAIPUR: President Emmanuel Macron was given a red carpet welcome and an elephant honour guard on Thursday (25th Jan, 2024) as he started a two-day visit to India, with France eyeing lucrative deals with the world’s fifth-largest economy. India’s foreign ministry says New Delhi and Paris are “strategic partners”, while the French presidency says the […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP on Thursday (25th of Jan, 2024) issued a detailed written judgment regarding the intra party elections of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its election symbol ‘cricket bat’. The 38-page judgment, authored by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, read: “The petition of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is converted into an appeal and […]
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NEW YORK: US regulators approved a detailed inspection framework that would allow the return to service of Boeing 737 MAX planes grounded after an emergency landing earlier this month, officials said Wednesday. Shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration announced inspection protocols on the Boeing 737 MAX 9, United Airlines said it expects grounded aircraft to […]
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MANHATTAN: Russian has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council Wednesday afternoon after its military plane came down near the Russian city of Belgorod, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “We have asked for an urgent session of the UN Security Council at 3 pm New York time (01 am PST Thursday,” Lavrov […]
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PARIS: The Paris Games has the chance to “kickstart a resurgence of the Olympic brand” following the last two Covid-affected editions and the doping-blighted 2014 Sochi Winter Games, former IOC marketing executive Terrence Burns has told AFP. With just six months to go to the opening ceremony in the French capital, organisers face plenty of […]
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MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday (24th of Jan, 2024) that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian POW’s had crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine. Unverified videos on social media showed a large plane, purportedly in the Belgorod region, falling from the sky on its side before crashing in a fireball. “At […]
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ISLAMABAD: Armed forces will be deployed to maintain security all over Pakistan during the 8th Feb 2024 General Elections. The Federal Cabinet on Tuesday (23rd January, 2024) has approved the deployment of Pakistan army and the civil armed forces to ensure the peaceful conduct of general elections across the country. These forces will perform duties […]
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