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Pakistan suffers surge in militant attacks in 2024

Pakistan suffers surge in militant attacks in 2024

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 1: Pakistan witnessed an alarming surge in militant attacks in 2024 amid ongoing threats from Islamist militants...

US reports cyberattack on Treasury Department, points finger at China

US reports cyberattack on Treasury Department, points finger...

Washington [US], January 1: The US Treasury Department says it was the target of a Chinese cyberattack, according to US...

China rejects WHO criticism over lack of cooperation on pandemic

China rejects WHO criticism over lack of cooperation...

Beijing [China], January 1: China has rejected claims from the World Health Organization (WHO) accusing it of refusing full cooperation...

South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law investigation

South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon...

Seoul [South Korea], January 1: A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol...

Pakistan: Talks to demilitarise Kurram district end in deadlock

Pakistan: Talks to demilitarise Kurram district end in...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], January 1: Efforts to demilitarise Kurram district and resolve tensions between warring factions were stalled after a...

Berlin police arrest man after knife attack injures 2

Berlin police arrest man after knife attack injures...

Berlin [Germany], January 1: Two people were wounded in a knife attack in western Berlin, police in Germany's capital said...

TikTok fined $10 million for challenge that killed 3 teenagers

TikTok fined $10 million for challenge that killed...

Caracas [Venezuela], December 31: Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice has just fined TikTok $10 million (VND254.8 billion) related to viral...

Fresh U.S. sanctions target Pakistani entities linked to missile programme

Fresh U.S. sanctions target Pakistani entities linked to...

Washington [US], December 31: The US sanctioned four entities that were contributing to Pakistan's Ballistic Missile Program on Wednesday (local...

Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million defamation, sexual assault verdict

Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million...

Washington [US], December 31: A federal appeals court upheld a $5-million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump...

Hain Celestial must face arsenic claim in baby food labeling lawsuit

Hain Celestial must face arsenic claim in baby...

New York [US], December 31: A U.S. judge said Hain Celestial Group (HAIN.O), opens new tab must face a proposed...

South Korean court approves arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean court approves arrest warrant for President...

Seoul [South Korea], December 31: Yonhap news agency reported on December 31 that a court in Seoul has approved a...

Israel issues 'final warning' to Iran, Houthis at UN

Israel issues 'final warning' to Iran, Houthis at...

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31: Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, stressed on December 30 that Israel has...

Germany accuses billionaire Elon Musk of election interference

Germany accuses billionaire Elon Musk of election interference

Berlin [Germany], December 31: "The reality is that billionaire Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election," German government...

Germany halts development projects in Georgia

Germany halts development projects in Georgia

Berlin [Germany], December 31: The German government is limiting its support for Georgia due to the country's plans to suspend...

US to hold national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter

US to hold national day of mourning for...

New York [US], December 31: Former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral will take place on January 9 at the Washington...

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], December 31: Russia and Ukraine have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in a deal...

S Korean authorities identify most of plane crash victims

S Korean authorities identify most of plane crash...

Beijing [China], December 31: South Korean authorities had on Monday identified 140 of the 179 people killed the previous day...

Israel kills 27 across Strip

Israel kills 27 across Strip

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31: Israeli attacks have killed 27 Palestinians and wounded 149 in the latest 24-hour reporting period,...

At least three foreign tourists dead in Bangkok hotel fire: Authorities

At least three foreign tourists dead in Bangkok...

Bangkok [Thailand], December 31: At least three foreign tourists lost their lives in a hotel fire near Bangkok's renowned Khaosan...

Five charged in Argentina for death of One Direction musician

Five charged in Argentina for death of One...

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31: Five people have been charged in Argentina in connection with the death of One Direction...

Charges brought against 13 in Serbia roof collapse

Charges brought against 13 in Serbia roof collapse

Zagreb [Croatia], December 31: The Serbian Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against 13 people over last month's fatal...

Chinese teen sentenced to life in prison for killing

Chinese teen sentenced to life in prison for...

Beijing [China], December 31: A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a 13-year-old to life imprisonment after founding him guilty of...

EU vows counter measures against Russian 'shadow fleet'

EU vows counter measures against Russian 'shadow fleet'

Brussels [Belgium], December 31: The European Union on Monday warned about Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" and vowed to take stronger...

WHO chief demands Israel to release Gaza hospital director

WHO chief demands Israel to release Gaza hospital...

Tel Aviv [Israel] / Gaza [Palestine], December 31: The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on...

UAE plane crash kills 2

UAE plane crash kills 2

Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 30: A light aircraft belonging to Jazirah Aviation Club crashed into the sea off the coast...

Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR

Global refugee numbers surpass 122 million: UNHCR

Bonn [Germany], December 30: The number of refugees worldwide has exceeded 122 million in 2024, surpassing last year's figures, according...

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies at 100

New York [US], December 30: Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad...