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US President Donald Trump has given Hamas three to four days to respond to his 20-point peace proposal for Gaza, warning of severe consequences if the militant group rejects the deal.
US President Donald Trump on Monday said Washington was “very close” to securing peace in Gaza, unveiling a 20-point plan with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warning Hamas that Israel would have America’s “full backing” to destroy the militant group if it rejected the deal.
At least two people were killed and 22 were injured on Monday as protests against the Pakistan government spiralled into violence in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
United States President Donald Trump on Sunday announced sweeping new tariffs targeting foreign-made films and imported furniture, escalating his protectionist trade agenda and pledging to revive struggling American industries.
The Pakistani government has decided to shut down at least 16 Afghan refugee camps in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, a move expected to hit 90,000 refugees.
Pakistan police have registered an FIR against multiple suspects who allegedly vandalised properties and attacked members of the Ahmadiya community recently, media reports said on Monday.
At least two people died, and 22 others were injured, after thousands of people demonstrated against the Pakistan government in the Muzaffarabad area in PoK, media reports said on Monday.
At least three people were killed and four others injured on Sunday during clashes between indigenous residents and Bengali settlers in Guimara upazila of Bangladesh’s Khagrachhari district, following protests over the alleged gangrape of a tribal schoolgirl.
Islamabad/IBNS: Political tension gripped the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the Awami Action Committee (AAC) has launched a massive protest against the Shehbaz Sharif government over the "denial of fundamental rights", media reports said.
At least four people died and eight others were injured after a man drove his vehicle into a church in the US state of Michigan, opened fire, and set the building on fire during the Sunday service, media reports said.
Washington, DC: A new White House photograph has surfaced of Donald Trump’s meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir, showing them presenting rare earth minerals to the US President in the Oval Office.
Members of the Baloch community staged a demonstration outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday, calling for independence for Pakistan’s Balochistan region.
The brutal killing of three females – two women and a 15-year-old girl – has sparked mass protests in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, with thousands demanding justice, media reports said.
UN-EU Human Rights Officer, Charlotte Zehrer from Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), has drawn the urgent action of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to tackle the growing precarious conditions faced by ethnic and religious minorities in Bangladesh.
Traders in the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan have rejected the government's conditional tax concessions and continue their sit-in demonstration at the Sost Dry Port.
Local Hindu leaders in Bangladesh on Friday said they do not want to see attacks on Durga pandals (murquee) and idols during the five-day festival, the major annual event of the Hindu community in the country.
Local Hindu leaders in Bangladesh on Friday said they do not want to see attacks on Durga pandals (murquee) and idols during the five-day festival, the major annual event of the Hindu community in the country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that recent decisions by France, Britain, Australia, Canada and other countries to recognise a Palestinian state were “a mark of shame” that rewarded “the most savage terrorists on earth.”
A Pennsylvania-based Indian-origin doctor has been sentenced to 168 months in prison for orchestrating conspiracies to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and unlawful distribution of controlled substances and money-laundering related offences.
A resolution to extend sanctions relief to Iran under a 2015 nuclear deal failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Friday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday faced a dramatic mass walkout at the United Nations General Assembly as he defended Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, using his address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to reject calls for ending the war, media reports said.
Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed the UN General Assembly on Thursday, declaring that his people were enduring a “war of genocide, destruction, starvation and displacement” at the hands of Israel’s military in Gaza.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday it has reached a “historic” settlement with Amazon.com Inc and two senior executives over allegations the company enrolled millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without consent and made it difficult to cancel.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Tuesday stunned delegates at the United Nations General Assembly by saying that guaranteeing Israel’s security was a key condition for lasting peace in the Middle East.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to impose tariff of up to 100% on branded and patented pharmaceutical imports from October 1, a move likely to hit Indian drugmakers.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a highly unusual flight path to New York this week, steering clear of much of European airspace in what observers believe was a move to avoid potential complications from an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, media reports said.
Paris: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy in connection with alleged illegal campaign financing from Libya.
Fremont/IBNS: An Indian-origin man, named Varun Suresh, has been charged with murder for stabbing a 71-year-old sexual offender in Fremont, California, media reports said.
A gunman opened fire at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dallas on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring two others before being found dead himself, media reports said.
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