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Israel’s Netanyahu back with extreme-right govt
TEL AVIV: After a stint in opposition, Benjamin Netanyahu will return to power in Israel on Thursday, leading what analysts describe as the most right-wing government in the country’s history. Senior security and law enforcement officials…
US Troops search for more victims as Snow Storm paralyses Buffalo…
BUFFALO: National Guard troops trudged door-to-door on Wednesday looking for winter storm victims who may be unaccounted for in parts of Buffalo hit by prolonged power outages, after a deadly Christmas blizzard that buried New York's…
G7 warns Kabul regime to reverse ban on women aid workers
GENEVA: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector.
The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power…
Serbian Troops ready for combat on Kosovo border
BELGRADE: Serbia has placed its security forces on the border with Kosovo in a “full state of combat readiness”, senior officials have said, amid increasingly strained relations with its neighbour and despite calls by the European Union and…
South Korea vows to create drone unit
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Tuesday he would advance the creation of a military unit specialising in drones, criticising the military response to a border intrusion by North Korean drones.
Five North Korean drones…
South Korea scrambles Jets, fires warning shots as North’s drones…
SEOUL: South Korea scrambled warplanes and attack helicopters and fired warning shots on Monday after North Korean drones violated its airspace, the South Korean military said.
South Korea tracked the drones crossing from North Korea…
32 killed as snow storm continues hitting US
WASHINGTON: A brutal winter storm brought Christmas Day danger and misery to millions of Americans on Sunday as intense snow and frigid cold gripped parts of the eastern United States, with weather-related deaths rising to at least 32.
A…
UAE denies reports of Visa ban on some Pakistani cities
KARACHI: The United Arab Emirates on Monday strongly denied reports of not providing visas to Pakistani citizens belonging to certain cities, terming it as "fake news".
The statement was made by the Consulate General of the UAE Karachi…
Russian Deputy PM hints at Natural Gas exports to Pakistan
MOSCOW: Russia can send its natural gas to the markets of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told State News Agency. Novak said that Russia can send gas either using the infrastructure of Central Asia…
Christian Community Widely Greeted On Christmas Celebrations
ISLAMABAD: Christians in Pakistan and around the World are celebrating their annual festival of Christmas with high zeal and fervor, the minority community held special events in Churches and prayers were offered for peace, progress and the…