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Pakistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Peshawar: Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, targeting 45.5 million children under five years of age. The week-long drive will involve more than 400,000 frontline polio workers, the National…
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Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid but rejects US push to cede territory
Berlin: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the US push for ceding territory to…
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Terror attack in Australia: Pakistani man wrongly identified as shooter
A Pakistani man was wrongly identified as one of the shooters in the terror attack on Bondi Beach in Australia’s Sydney on Sunday, December 14. The man identified as Sheik Naveed Akram,…
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Fruit vendor praised for snatching gun from shooter in Australia
A Muslim fruit vendor is being praised for snatching the gun from one of the shooters during the terror attack at the Bondi beach in Australia on Sunday, December 14. A video…
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Terror attack in Australia: PM proposes tougher national gun laws
Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach left at least 15 people dead. Albanese said he would propose…
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Efforts underway to suppress ex-Pak PM Imran Khan: KPK CM
Peshawar: Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Suhail Afridi on Sunday said that systematic efforts are underway to suppress jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Addressing a public gathering in Kohat district,…
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Mild earthquake hits central Nepal’s Manang district
Kathmandu: A mild earthquake shook Manang district of Gandaki province in central Nepal on Sunday. There was no immediate news of damage from the earthquake area, officials said. The epicentre of the…
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Bangladesh foreign ministry summons Indian envoy over Hasina’s statements
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to express its “serious concern” over the “incendiary statements” made by deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in…
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Two colossal statues of pharaoh Amenhotep III unveiled in Egypt
Luxor (Egypt): Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at…
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Terror attack in Australia: Gunmen kill at least 11 people at Bondi Beach
Sydney: Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday at a Jewish event being held at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. One gunman was…
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India ranks third among world’s most competitive AI powers
India has emerged as the world’s third most competitive country in artificial intelligence, according to Stanford University’s Global AI Vibrancy Tool on Sunday.The latest ranking highlights how India’s fast-growing tech ecosystem and…
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Renowned Islamic scholar Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi passes away
Renowned Islamic scholar and Sufi spiritual leader Hazrat Maulana Peer Hafiz Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi Mujaddidi has passed away on Sunday, December 14. He was 72. The news of his demise was confirmed…
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Trump vows retaliation after Syria attack kills 3 Americans
Damascus: President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we will retaliate” after two US service members and one American civilian were killed in a Syria attack that the US blames on the Islamic…
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Indian-Origin man among 4 killed in South Africa temple collapse
Johannesburg: A 52-year-old Indian-origin man is among four people killed after a four-storey Hindu temple under construction collapsed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, officials have said. The New Ahobilam Temple of Protection,…
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Brown university shooting: 2 dead, 8 injured, suspect at large
Providence: A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Sunday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police…
