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SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – At least six construction workers, two of them non-natives, and a doctor were killed in the Indian-occupied Kashmir over the weekend, officials said. The killings were reported at a construction site in Gagangir area of central Ganderbal district. According to the officials, the workers were working on ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s parliament passed legislation Sunday to regulate the country’s judicial system in a step that critics warn will “damage” the country’s constitution. The legislation, titled the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2024, sailed through both the upper Senate and lower National...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani authorities clamped down on protesters Friday as the main opposition party held rallies across the country. Tens of thousands of supporters of the incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan protested in cities across Pakistan, including Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar. Videos on social media showed police using...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A Pakistani foundation on Friday welcomed another group of Palestinian students who arrived in Islamabad to pursue medical studies. Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan announced on X that the fourth batch of 24 Palestinian medical students had arrived to complete their education. “Alkhidmat top leadership welcomed the st...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Friday put the remaining Indian diplomats in the country “on notice” that Canada will not tolerate any more criminal activity on its territory. The warning follows the expulsion earlier this week of six Indian diplomats after Canada’s national police force said there is ample eviden...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Some 150 students were arrested on Thursday during clashes with police in several cities across northeastern Punjab province over an alleged rape of a girl student at a private college in Lahore. Over 150 students were arrested during clashes with police on Thursday, and several others were injured in heavy tear gas [&he...
A local court in Bangladesh has issued an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hasina fled to India on August 5 on charges of crimes against humanity. The crimes were allegedly committed during mass student protests in July and August this year. The warrant was issued on Thursday by the International Crimes Tribunal [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s incarcerated ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan is out of the race for the office of the chancellor of the Oxford University, according to a list of candidates. The university released the names of 38 candidates in the run, but Khan is not among them. The list includes several high-profile figures, inc...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) — After six years, an elected government has been sworn in in Indian-controlled Kashmir, amid concerns that its limited powers might not meet the expectations of the people. Omar Abdullah, who had previously served as a chief minister of the Muslim-majority occupied region and junior foreign minister in the Ind...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The efforts to repatriate displaced Rohingya Muslim refugees have been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown between the junta regime and rebels in Burma, a top Burmese diplomat in Dhaka has said. “Efforts toward the repatriation of displaced persons had been delayed due to the cease-fire breakdown by the Araka...
