China’s military flew 38 fighter jets and other warplanes near Taiwan, the Taiwanese defence ministry said Friday, in the largest such flight display since the large military exercise in which it simulated sealing off the island earlier in the month. Six navy vessels were also spotted in the area from […]
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Bernie Sanders Backs Joe Biden’s Reelection Bid
Senator Bernie Sanders, a former two-time presidential candidate, said on Tuesday he endorses President Biden’s re-election bid, foregoing a third run for the White House, Fox News reported citing media reports. Biden announced earlier in the day that he would be seeking a second term despite polls showing a majority […]
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UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab resigns
British Deputy Prime Minister and justice minister Dominic Raab resigned on Friday, following an independent investigation into formal complaints of bullying. In a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak published on Twitter, Raab said the inquiry had set a dangerous precedent, but that he would remain supportive of the government. […]
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Pakistan Army Chief In China To Strengthen Defence Ties
Pakistan’s Army chief General Asim Munir has arrived in China on a four-day official visit aimed at boosting bilateral defence ties.This is Gen. Munir’s fourth overseas visit ever since he took command of the Pakistan Army in November last year. In January, he visited Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates […]
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US Special Forces’ Rescue Op For Embassy Staff In Sudan As Battle Rages
Foreign countries rushed to evacuate their nationals from Sudan as deadly fighting raged into a second week between forces loyal to two rival generals.Evacuation flights were continuing early Monday, with hundreds of people flown out overnight on military aircraft. Foreigners also fled the capital Khartoum in a long United Nations […]
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Russia claims Ukrainian troops
Russia on Friday claimed Ukrainian troops were surrounded in the frontline city of Bakhmut.Fighters of the Wagner private military company took control of the last road used for supplies of the Ukrainian army, cutting possibilities for further deliveries, Yan Gagin, a representative of Russia-installed authorities in Donetsk, told reporters. Ukraine […]
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Shouldn’t Be Seen As Pak Minister Bilawal Bhutto On India Visit
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that his participation in a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council in India reflected Islamabad’s commitment to the charter of the SCO and should not be seen in terms of bilateral ties. Responding to a question on a programme on Dunya […]
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UK PM Rishi Sunak faces probe over wife Akshata Murthy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a watchdog inquiry under his parliamentary declaration of interest obligations related to a Budget policy that could benefit his wife, Akshata Murty, through her business interest in a childcare firm, it emerged on Monday. The inquiry has been opened by the UK’s Parliamentary […]
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Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison
Former journalist and Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in Moscow after he was found guilty of treason and denigrating the military. This is the harshest sentence of its kind since the Russians last year passed a law that criminalises any […]
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Chinese Engineer Arrested in Pakistan’s Kohistan for ‘Insulting Allah
AChinese engineer working at a hydropower project in Kohistan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan has been arrested on Sunday for ‘Insulting Allah.’ The unnamed engineer, an employee of China Gezhouba Group Company, was arrested from the Dasu hydropower project after an angry mob gathered to attack him for […]