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North Korean drone detected across border

Seoul: South Korean military officials have detected five North Korean drones across their mutual border,media reports said on Monday.

Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir member from Dhaka

Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a member of banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka, media reports said on Monday.

Taiwan tracks 71 Chinese military aircraft, 7 naval ships

Taipei:  The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has tracked 71 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around Taiwan, media reports said on Monday.

Afghanistan: Explosion rocks Badakhshan province, casualties feared

Faizabad, Afghanistan: An explosion rocked Faizabad, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Monday, with casualties feared, an official said.

Iran: Mine explosion kills 2

Tehran/UNI: At least two people were killed and five others injured in a mine explosion in Iran's central Semnan Province, official news agency IRNA reported.

Benjamin Netanyahu vows not to allow anti-LGBT laws in Israel

Jerusalem: Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that his coalition government will not pass bills allowing discrimination against LGBTs and denying them access to services.

Pakistan: Terror convict awarded bar council licence

Islamabad: A Pakistani advocate, who has been convicted in a terror case, was able to get his licence from Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to practice the law, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan: IED blast leaves four Army personnel dead

Kahan: Four Pakistani army personnel died due to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area on Sunday, officials said.

Pakistan: US govt prohibits staff from visiting Islamabad's Marriott Hotel citing 'possible attack'

Islamabad: The US government on Sunday prohibited its staff from visiting  Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's Islamabad city  due to possible attack.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed as Nepal PM for third time

Kathmandu:  Chairperson of CPN - Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as the  Prime Minister of the new post-election government on Sunday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Grenade blast leaves four people hurt in Quetta

Quetta: At least four people were injured as a grenade blast rocked Pakistan's Quetta city on Sunday, media reports said.

Canada: Bus crash in British Columbia leaves 50 people injured

British Columbia: At least 53 people were injured as an intercity coach crashed in the British Columbia province of Canada, media reports said on Sunday.

England: Woman dies, several injured in Wallasey pub shooting

London: A woman died and several others were injured in a shooting incident in Wallasey near Liverpool city of England on Sunday.

Afghanistan: After restriction on education, Taliban now bans women from working for NGOs

Amid massive Covid surge, China to stop reporting daily infection figures

China's National Health Commission will stop releasing daily COVID-19 case figures for the country from Sunday, Reuters reported.

US blizzard kills 18, leaves over a million people without electricity

At least 250 million people in the United States and Canada have been affected by a fierce winter storm, killing 18 people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, media reports said.

Suspect behind Paris shooting says was driven by 'racism': Reports

Paris: The man, who opened fire in the center of Paris and killed three Kurds, said that his actions were driven by "racism", Le Journal du Dimanche reported on Friday.

8 die as fuel tanker explodes in South Africa

Boksburg/South Africa: At least eight people died as  a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg city in South Africa on Saturday, media reports said.

Pakistan: Bodies of three kidnapped members of a family recovered

Karachi: Bodies of three people, who were kidnapped a day earlier, have been recovered from Pakistan's South Waziristan on Saturday, media reports said.

Death toll from fire in Russian nursing home rises to 22

Moscow/UNI: The death toll from a fire in a private retirement home in the Russian city of Kemerovo has risen to 22, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Flour price hits record high of Rs 2500 per 20kg in Karachi

Karachi: Flour prices in Pakistan's Karachi city have spiked to Rs 2500 per 20-kilogramme bag against last week’s Rs2,400, media reports said on Saturday.

Suspension of women’s education in Afghanistan is against Islamic values: Prominent Islamic Scholar

Kabul:  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, has described the recent decision taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ban women from studying in universities as against Islamic principles.

Pakistan: CTD arrests seven suspected terrorists

Islamabad: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested seven suspected terrorists during an intelligence-based operation, media reports said on Saturday.

UN refugee agency urges rescue of 190 desperate people adrift in Andaman Sea

New York: Some 190 desperate people are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, urging countries in southern Asia to rescue them.

Russia: 20 die as fire breaks out at illegal home for elderly

Kemerovo:  At least 20 people died as a fire broke out in an illegal home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Protest in Quetta against Taliban's decision to ban women's university education in Afghanistan

Quetta: Political activists and students demonstrated in the Pakistani city of Quetta  against the Taliban-led Afghan government’s decision to impose a ban on women’s university education.

France: 3 dead in Kurdish centre shooting in Paris, suspect detained

Paris: A gunman, who targeted a Kurdish cultural centre, killed at least three people and wounded three others in French capital Paris on Friday, media reports said.

China estimated to have reported 37 million Covid-19 cases in a single day this week: Report

Beijing: China may have registered 37 million coronavirus cases in this week, making it the highest daily recorded so far, Bloomberg reported citing an estimate from the government's top health authority.

France: Shooting in Paris leaves 2 people dead

Paris: At least two people died and several others were hurt as a gunman opened fire in French capital Paris city on Friday, media reports said.

British-Pakistani journalist Reham Khan, who is Imran Khan's ex-wife, gets married

London: British-Pakistani journalist Reham Khan, who is the former wife of ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan, on Friday announced she has got married.