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Islamabad: Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to declare an "emergency" amid a rapid increase of reported cases of sexual abuse against women and children. Speaking at a press conference on…
KABUL, Afghanistan — A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan overnight, killing as many as 280 people and injuring more than 600 others, the country’s state-run Bakhtar news agency said…
The Saudi crown prince was expected in Turkey on Wednesday for his first visit since Saudi agents murdered the prominent dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018, driving…
More than 100 Twitter accounts heavily promoted Ocugen stock. A network of Twitter accounts pushed messages to boost the share price of a biotech company as it sought approval to…
Washington: President Joe Biden's administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday, a move that would deal a powerful…
Biden and Petro also discussed "bilateral security and counter-narcotics cooperation." Washington: US President Joe Biden congratulated Colombia's new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, on his election victory in a phone call Tuesday,…
LONDON — The Russian blockade that has stopped Ukraine from exporting its vast storehouses of grain and other goods, threatening starvation in distant corners of the globe, is a “war…
Parents who experienced more than two years of anxiety may feel some relief on Tuesday, as much of the United States begins administering coronavirus vaccines to children younger than 5,…
Washington: A recession in the United States is not "inevitable" but the economy is likely to slow, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, days after the US Federal Reserve hiked…
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that his country was committed to follow international standards related to the counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering. The Paris-based global…