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Death toll in separatist attacks in Pakistan rises to 33

Separatists launched ‘coordinated’ attacks across Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Saturday, killing at least 15 security personnel and 18 civilians, the military said — the latest violence in the insurgency-hit southwestern

World must tackle ‘dire’ conditions in Gaza: Red Cross

The world must scale up efforts to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza, building on the momentum from the ceasefire’s first phase, the head of the Red Cross said Friday.

Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, four others killed in plane crash

Ajit Pawar, deputy chief minister of Maharashtra state in India, has died in a plane crash along with four others, the country’s aviation regulator confirmed. The aircraft, which had departed

Europe can’t defend itself without US: NATO chief

NATO chief Mark Rutte warned Monday Europe cannot defend itself without the United States, in the face of calls for the continent to stand on its own feet after tensions

Snow, rain kill 61 in 3 days in Afghanistan

Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan in the past three days, disaster officials said on Saturday, with a major road and power also cut in several

US touts ‘New Gaza’ filled with luxury real estate

US officials on Thursday (22 Jan) presented their vision for a “New Gaza” that would turn the shattered Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea, a

Chinese embassy rebuts United States envoy’s China-related remarks

The Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh has refuted China-related remarks by the United States ambassador to Bangladesh, Brent T Christensen, saying those are ‘utterly unfounded’ and of ‘ulterior motives’. It urged

Talks between Damascus, Kurdish-led forces ‘collapse’

Negotiations have collapsed between the Syrian president and the chief of the country’s Kurdish-led forces, a Kurdish official said, as the army deployed reinforcements to flashpoint areas in the north.