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Islamabad: PTI leader Imran Khan’s disqualification from holding public offices by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday steeped the country into agitation as angry PTI workers started protests against the decision, seen as a massive political blow...

By Mir Afroz ZamanDhaka: An armed group named 'Kuki-Chin National Front' (KNF) is training some young men who have suddenly disappeared from different parts of Bangladesh in the remote hills bordering India and Myanmar, and a new militant organization...

Manila: "The pandemic is not yet over," a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Friday, saying the continued emergence of subvariants "poses a risk of resurgence and overwhelming health systems."Babatunde Olowokure, director of Health Security and Emergencies for...

Dhaka: Seven members of a militant group and three members of a separatist outfit have been arrested in Bangladesh.The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the seven belonging to the Jamaatul Ansar Phil Hindal Sharqeera and three members of a...

Houston: US Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Google for its "unauthorized capture and use" of biometric data of millions of Texans for the tech giant's commercial interests, Paxton's office said.The lawsuit alleges the internet company, without Texans'...

Colombo: A total of 108 elephants are being raised by private owners in Sri Lanka, a newspaper reported on Friday.This has been stated in a study published in the Journal of the Asian Elephant Specialists Group, The Island newspaper...

Manila: Manila will seek to have at least some of the reported $32m Russian helicopter deal down payment refunded by Moscow.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said his country will source military helicopters from the United States after scrapping...

London: The prospect of Boris Johnson making it into the final stage of the Tory Party leadership race should be taken "very" seriously, according to the founder of the ConservativeHome website.Nobody has declared their intention to run yet -...

Dublin: Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin called on the British government to work together to support peace and stability in Northern Ireland (NI).Martin made the remarks after the announcement of British Prime Minister Liz Truss's resignation earlier in the...

Los Angeles: An F-35A fifth-generation fighter jet crashed in the US state of Utah at Hill Air Force Base near Salt Lake City, the United States Air Force said."At approximately 6:15 pm (local time, 00:15 GMT on Thursday) an...