Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country. Official sources describe it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Six Syrians and two Pakistanis were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry [&helli...
UNITED NATIONS (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will visit flood-hit Pakistan on September 9, his spokesman has announced. “With the tragic situation facing millions of men, women and children impacted by historic floods in Pakistan, the Secretary-General will travel to the country next week for a solidarity visit,̶...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Another 36 people were claimed dead in different rain and flood-related mishaps across Pakistan over the past 24 hours, pushing the overall tally to 1,162, according to the official statistics released on Tuesday. Of the latest fatalities, 19 were reported from northeastern Punjab province, whose southern distric...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A top Indian court has closed all proceedings related to the 2002 riots targeting Muslims in the western state of Gujarat, which killed over a thousand Muslims, as well as the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid. Hearing the 2002 Gujarat riots case, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – The US and the UN have urged rival groups in Iraq to pursue dialogue to resolve differences amid protests by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. “The United States is concerned about escalating tensions and urges all parties to remain peaceful and refrain from acts that could lead to a cycle of […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – At least 10 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a rebel attack in the central Taiz province, according to authorities on Monday. A Foreign Ministry statement said Houthi rebels mounted a deadly attack late Sunday in al-Dhabab district, west of Taiz city. The ministry said seven other soldiers were injured in the […]
BAGHDAD (AA) – Ten protesters were killed on Monday after supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed the Republican Palace, the seat of the Iraqi government in Baghdad, according to local media. More than 150 protesters were also injured in the unrest, the local Baghdad Today website said citing a security source. Following ...
KHAIRPUR, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands of Pakistanis displaced by unprecedented floods are now facing an even worse ordeal: the outbreak of waterborne and other diseases. The Sindh Health Department confirmed in a statement that over 170,000 people, including 52,000 suffering from diarrhea, have been recorded from flood-affected areas of the prov...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – With another 10 deaths over the past 24 hours, the overall toll from massive floods caused by unprecedented monsoon rains across Pakistan reached 1,061, an official said on Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, an official from the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said the death toll ha...
Mbera, Mauritanie (AFP): Thousands of Malians are fleeing to the Mbera refugee camp just across the border in Mauritania as security in the country becomes untenable. Central Mali is a hotspot of the violence that has metastasised across the Sahel, leaving thousands dead and millions displaced. Mbera serves as a haven not only from fighters [&...
