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A major explosion rocked Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the New York City skyline on Friday morning, media reports said.
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A major explosion rocked Manhattan’s Upper East Side, sending thick plumes of smoke billowing into the New York City skyline on Friday morning, media reports said.

UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

UN Women Afghanistan Special Representative Susan Ferguson addressed the widescale erosion of human rights of women in the country in a briefing to reporters in New York on Thursday, just ahead of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

Karachi/IBNS: Three people were killed and over 60 people injured in an aerial firing during the celebrations of Independence Day in Pakistan's Karachi, media reports said.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of "very severe consequences" if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday's summit, media reports said.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned of "very severe consequences" if Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't agree to stop the Ukraine war after Friday's summit, media reports said.

Pakistan's Balochistan government has imposed a ban on the movement of public transport vehicles during the night in the province, media reports said.

Pakistan's Balochistan government has imposed a ban on the movement of public transport vehicles during the night in the province, media reports said.

A Chinese man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York for falsely labelling live turtles as fake toys prior to exporting them in delivery boxes on a weeks-long journey to Hong Kong.

Suspected terrorists blew up a gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan, which resulted in the suspension of gas supply to the Punjab region, media reports said.

Suspected terrorists blew up a gas pipeline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district in Pakistan, which resulted in the suspension of gas supply to the Punjab region, media reports said.

Washington, DC: In a move critics warn could squander years of work and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, the Trump administration’s Navy and Air Force are set to scrap two nearly complete software projects—after 12 years of development—so tech companies like Salesforce and Palantir can bid for fresh contracts, Reuters reported.

PM Shehbaz Sharif has threatened India on the Indus River issue and said it could not snatch “even one drop” of water belonging to Pakistan.

Unknown men have defaced another Hindu temple in the US city of Indiana this week, the fourth such incident reported from the country this year.

Kashmiri political activist and Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), Junaid Qureshi, has labelled the nuclear threat remark by Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir as 'irresponsible'.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Tuesday said Pakistan and the US held Counterterrorism Dialogue talks during chief Asim Munir's visit to the country.

An Indian restaurant in Northampton city of England, shared their CCTV footage, which showed a group of men moving out of their facility without paying a £200 bill.

A 70-year-old SIkh man was brutally assaulted by an unknown man in the North Hollywood region of the US, leading to the arrest of a person, officials said.

A 13-year-old domestic worker was allegedly tortured to death by her employers in Pakistan's Gujranwala city, media reports said on Tuesday.

At least nine Pakistani soldiers died and six others were injured in an attack in the South Asian country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.

At least nine Pakistani soldiers died and six others were injured in an attack in the South Asian country's restive southwestern Balochistan province, media reports said.

Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.

Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.

Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.

Bangladesh and Malaysia have signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and three Exchange of Notes in diverse areas of cooperation on the first day of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus's visit to the country, media reports said.

A 12-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured after a mortar shell exploded close to the Pakistan-Iran border on Monday.

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday claimed the deceased Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif received a salary from the Hamas group.
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