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Pacific bloc backs joint police plan, maintains Taiwan ties

Shawdesh desk: Pacific leaders endorsed a major joint policing initiative and rebuffed moves from China’s allies to sideline Taiwan on Friday, as they wrapped up a regional summit in Tonga.

House collapse in monsoon rains kills 12 in Pakistan

Shawdesh desk: Twelve people died on Friday when a landslide triggered by heavy rains destroyed their house in Pakistan, rescue officials said, with more than 300 killed since the start

French, Canadian, Malaysian envoys meet with CA Professor Yunus

Shawdesh desk: French ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy, Canadian high commissioner Lilly Nicholls and Malaysian high commissioner Haznah Md Hashim on Wednesday met with interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad

Gunmen kill 39 in ‘coordinated’ attacks in Pakistan

Shawdesh desk: Separatist extremists killed at least 39 people in ‘coordinated’ attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. Pakistan’s military said that 10

Modi, Baiden discuss situation in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday shared his concern over the situation in Bangladesh as he spoke with US President Joe Biden over the phone about his

India police clash with protesters demanding resignation of Mamata

Shawdesh Desk: The police in Kolkata, India fired tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday as they clashed with thousands of protesters seeking justice for a doctor who was raped

34 die in two bus accidents in Pakistan

Shawdesh Desk: At least 34 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Pakistan on Sunday, rescue officials said. At least 22 people were killed when the bus they

3 die as Israeli strikes south Lebanon

Shawdesh desk: Lebanon’s health ministry said three people were killed Sunday in Israeli raids in the country’s south. Israel launched strikes against Hezbollah, which announced a wide-scale attack on Israel.