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Two polio officials go missing in DI Khan, police register abduction case
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two officials associated with a polio vaccination team went missing while returning from duty in Dera Ismail Khan, with police suspecting they may have been abducted. The incident took place in Kot Daulat area of Kulachi tehsil, where polio team officer Mubashir Hassan and vaccination supervisor Jumma Khan went missing after completing…
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Mir Raza case: commission grills health secretary, SSP over medical board and investigation
KARACHI: The judicial commission probing the murder of Mir Raza on Thursday grilled Sindh Health Secretary Tahir Sangi and SSP Samiullah Soomro over the replacement of a medical board and alleged shortcomings in the investigation into the death of young businessman. The judicial commission head Justice Omar Sial questioned the officials over their decisions and…
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Eight terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan
Security forces killed eight terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, security sources said, adding that their hideouts were destroyed and a large cache of weapons and ammunition recovered. According to the Radio Pakistan, the operation was launched after intelligence indicated the presence of militants in the area. During the operation, security forces destroyed…
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Sohail Afridi, three other PTI leaders named in Radio Pakistan attack case
PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday submitted an investigation report before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the May 9 Radio Pakistan attack case, naming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, former provincial ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra and Kamran Bangash, and PTI Peshawar president Irfan Saleem among the accused. The report was submitted before ATC Judge Wali Mohammad…
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Saudi king denounces Houthis in rare rebuke
• Rebels accuse Riyadh of deadly strikes as thousands flee• 154 people reportedly killed in fighting over past two days• G7 calls on Yemeni group to halt military actions, attacks on shipping• UK commits air-to-air refuelling support for Saudis SANAA: The king of Saudi Arabia denounced Yemen’s Houthis as a “terrorist militia” in a rare…
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Houthis push for control of Yemen’s highlands
• Trump speaks with Yemen’s president, doesn’t pledge military support• NYT says US president reversed decision on air strikes on Houthis DUBAI: Houthi fighters were pushing to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that President Donald Trump…
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Rebels seize airports, clash with govt forces in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia seized control of airports and battled federal troops in neighbouring regions, multiple sources said on Wednesday, as long-standing tensions spilled into open conflict. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fought a devastating civil war with the federal government in 2020-2022 that killed some 600,000 people, according to African…
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Indian election chief’s ouster sought after voter-roll revision probe
NEW DELHI: India’s political opposition demanded the removal of the top election official on Wednesday after a newspaper investigation alleged that decisions behind a contentious voter-roll revision may have been taken illegally. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has been under scrutiny in recent months over the nationwide revision that has struck millions of names…
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Golan will remain Syrian, vows President Sharaa at UN
UNITED NATIONS/JERUSALEM: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa insisted at the United Nations on Wednesday that the Golan Heights is Syrian land, dismissing Colombia’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the strategic plateau. Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the Six Day War of 1967 and annexed the territory in 1981. The United States had been…
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Weinstein resentenced to 15 years in prison for assault
NEW YORK: Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement, was resentenced on Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant. Weinstein, 74, forcibly performed oral sex in 2006 on Miriam Haley, one of dozens of women who have made…
