Rights group claims Israel has hit residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
(): A global human rights group claimed that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published on Wednesday. Human Rights Watch said in its report that...
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‘Over 1 mn in Gaza at risk of starvation by mid-July’
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China’s spacecraft takes off from far side of Moon to bring home first samples
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S Korean pres vows to expand aid contribution, mineral ties with Africa
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Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts, spewing lava, ash
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US defence secretary meets Cambodian officials to push for stronger ties with Chinese ally
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South Korea suspends military deal with N Korea
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Tractors rumble in streets again ahead of EU polls
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Islamabad High Court orders de-sealing of Imran Khan’s party secretariat
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered authorities here to de-seal the Central Secretariat building of jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, providing a major relief to the beleaguered party. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on May 24 raided the office of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad and sealed...
Alvi calls for dialogue among stakeholders to extricate Pakistan out of political crisis
Pakistan’s former president Arif Alvi has urged all stakeholders to hold dialogue with jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan and his party, underlining that it was the sole path to mitigate the cash-strapped country’s dire economic condition. Addressing a gathering of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) office-bearers and various wings in Lahore on...
Sharif in China: Have plans to deepen all-weather bonds
On his first visit to China after assuming office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said he is visiting Beijing with “serious plans” to deepen the all-weather ties amid China’s concerns over deadly terror attacks on its nationals in Pakistan and deepening political and economic crisis undermining its stability.“Landed in Shenzhen...
Mexico’s next pres faces 3 challenges: money, dialogue and US election
Mexico’s newly elected president, the first woman to win the job, faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andres Manuel LOpez Obrador. But for some analysts it mostly comes down to...
Heavy security in China and HK mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Crackdown
Checkpoints and rows of police vehicles lined a major road leading to Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday as China heightened security on the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police took at least two people off the streets as the effort to prevent any public...
Germany floods killl five people
A woman’s body has been recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria, police said on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death toll in flooding across southern Germany to five. Persistent heavy rain led to widespread flooding over the weekend. While the situation has now eased in southwestern Germany,...
Biden lays into Trump over convictions, says he now poses greater threat than in 2016
President Joe Biden laid into his predecessor and likely opponent in November’s election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments, saying Monday night that “this campaign has entered uncharted territory.” Speaking at a fundraiser in Greenwich, Connecticut, Biden said...
