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Berlin: Germany has accelerated gas input to its underground storage facilities after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline recovered transit after maintenance, which had lasted from July 11-21, the data of the Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) association showed on Monday.During...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said President Droupadi Murmu assuming the Presidency is a watershed moment for India, especially for the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden.Extending wishes for a fruitful tenure to her, the Prime Minister said...

Naypyidaw: Four people, including two pro-democracy activists, have been executed in Myanmar for the first time in decades, the state media reported on Monday.Kyodo News quoted local media as stating that there had been no executions of political...

Beijing: China on Sunday launched the second of three modules for its space station.The first one was sent in April 2021.According to Global Times, the giant heavy lift Long March-5B Y3 carrier rocket took off from the Wenchang Space...

Moscow: The Russian naval forces have destroyed a docked Ukrainian warship and a warehouse of US-supplied Harpoon missiles with high-precision long-range missiles in the port of Odesa, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday."In the port of Odesa, on...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "barbarism" after a Russian missile hit the port of Odesa, BBC reported on Sunday.This latest attack comes just a day after a landmark deal between Russia and Ukraine to resume Ukraine's...

Islamabad: A day after the federal cabinet approved an ordinance pertaining to the sale of national assets as part of the effort to tackle the economic crisis faced by the country, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan expressed his...

Kabul: The Taliban has claimed that the decision to close the girls' schools above sixth grade across the country was only "temporary", and not a "permanent ban", Khaleej Times reported on Sunday.The spokesman of Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry, Abdul Qahar...

Kathmandu: A 47-year-old Nepali Sherpa became the first climber in the world to summit the 14 highest mountains, higher than 8,000 meters, for the second time.Sanu Sherpa, from Sankhuwasabha district in east Nepal, reached the top of Pakistan's Gasherbrum...

Islamabad: The Supreme Court has summoned Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mohammad Mazari in connection with a petition filed by PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi challenging his ruling during the chief minister's re-election on Friday, Dawn reported on Saturday.A...