Pakistan starts mapping Afghans for repatriation
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has started the mapping of Afghan citizens in line with the Pakistan government’s policy to repatriate them to Afghanistan, officials said. Thousands of Afghans have lived in the provincial capital Peshawar since 1978, when the Russian invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan led to a massive influx...
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US, Chinese military officials hold parleys on maritime security
US and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time, with the two sides sharing their respective concerns over military safety on the seas. The US Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement that the talks, held Wednesday and Thursday...
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill over 100, including 27 in school
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 27 or more sheltering at a school, according to Palestinian medical authorities, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel’s military said is intended to pressure Hamas and eventually expel the militant group. The bodies of 14 children and...
Elon Musk’s White House stint to end soon: Trump
US President Donald Trump said that Elon Musk would likely leave his administration in “a few months,” the clearest sign that his most powerful and disruptive adviser will be wrapping up his work inside the Government. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that “Elon is fantastic” but he has “a...
Modi-Oli talks: India-Nepal partnership to get major boost
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and agreed to further deepen the partnership between the two countries and its peoples. Oli, who is battling pro-monarchy protests in Nepal, met Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the sixth BIMSTEC summit that agreed to...
Myanmar earthquake: Humanitarian crisis deepens
Search teams in Myanmar recovered more bodies from the ruins of buildings on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake killed more than 3,100 people, as the focus turns toward the urgent humanitarian needs in a country already devastated by a continuing civil war. United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, who...
Turkish student moved to Vermont despite court order
A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkiye who was detained by immigration authorities had been moved to Vermont by the time a federal judge ordered authorities to keep her in Massachusetts, lawyers for the US Government said. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street...
US tariffs: China vows countermeasures
China on Thursday said it would resolutely adopt countermeasures after President Donald Trump imposed 34 per cent tariffs on its over $438 billion imports to America, but put off any immediate retaliatory action leaving room for a negotiated deal. Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on Chinese imports on Wednesday as part of...
