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Kabul:Taliban militants killed 30 members of the Afghan security forces in an ambush in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, the provincial governor said, their first major attack since a ceasefire…

Islamabad/Karachi: The nomination papers of Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for the July 25 general elections were rejected on Tuesday by the returning officer on the ground that he was barred…

United Nations: A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said . By the…

Washington :The way Chinese companies do business could pose problems for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pet Belt and Road Initiative, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has indicated. He said Chinese companies’ refusal…

New York: A senior United States military official has confirmed that a drone strike conducted by American forces has targeted terrorist Mullah Fazalullah, the leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, in Afghanistan’s Kunar…

Managua:The death toll in Nicaragua from protests against President Daniel Ortega’s rule has increased to 155 after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead, authorities said. The Catholic Church on Thursday mourned the…

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Election Commission sought the help of the Army for security at sensitive polling stations during the general election on July 25 besides overseeing the printing and distribution of ballot papers…

Seoul: The US hopes to see “major disarmament” of nuclear-armed North Korea by the end of President Donald Trump’s first term in 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in Seoul. Speaking…

LONDON: The ailing wife of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Kulsoom Nawaz, suffered a cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit of a London hospital . As reported by Geo News,…

UNITED NATIONS: An emergency meeting of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for greater protection for Palestinians and deploring use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate” force by…