A wave of coordinated suicide bombings and gun attacks across Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province killed at least 33 people on Saturday, while security forces killed 92 militants in retaliatory operations, the military said. Among the dead were 18 civilians and 15 members of the security
The naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards have no plan to carry out live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz as reported by some media outlets earlier this week, an Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday. Iran's state-run Press TV reported on Thursday that the force would carry out the e
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has suspended contracts with about 1,800 foreign Umrah travel agencies, giving them 10 days to resolve compliance issues identified during a routine performance review. The action affects agencies operating in the Umrah sector out of an estimated tot
The Indian government has rejected claims made in newly released emails from the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling them baseless assertions that deserve no credibility. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Ministry of External Affairs said the references in the e
At least 67 militants were killed on Saturday as they battled Pakistan's security forces in multiple cities across the southwestern province of Balochistan, four security officials told Reuters. Some 10 police and security personnel and 11 civilians were also killed during the orchestrated militan
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 12 people, the Palestinian health ministry said, with children reported to be among the fatalities in the latest violence rattling a tenuous ceasefire. One airstrike hit an apartment in Gaza City killing three children and two women, according to a family
Tens of thousands of people have fled a remote mountainous region in northwestern Pakistan in recent weeks, residents said, after warnings broadcast from mosques urged families to evacuate ahead of a possible military action against Islamist militants. Residents of the Tirah Valley, in the Pakista
Shwe Theingi was instantly drawn to Wutt Yee Aung when they met at the start of their second year at Myanmar's Dagon University in 2019. The 19-year-old zoology major stood out with her boyish clothes, short hair and a friendly but outspoken personality, Shwe Theingi said. The two young women, who
Afghanistan will roll out a $100 million food security project, the United Nations said on Thursday, as it contends with a worsening hunger crisis driven by mass deportations of Afghans from neighbouring states, foreign aid cuts and economic crisis. Afghanistan's humanitarian situation is deterior
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to allocate land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of barbed-wire fencing along the Bangladesh border. The order, issued on Tuesday, requires the state to hand over land in nine border districts by Mar 31, accord
More than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled a remote region in northwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan over uncertainty of a military operation against the Pakistani Taliban, residents and officials said Tuesday. Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has denied th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement to deepen their economic and strategic ties. The accord, which touches a whopping 2 billion people, was concluded after nearly two decades of negotiations. It was dubbed the "mother of a
Search and rescue operations continued on Tuesday for 10 people still missing after a passenger boat capsized off a southern Philippine province, with the death toll rising slightly to 18, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Captain Noemie Cayabyab, a spokesperson at the PCG, said the total number of
