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Families of some of those killed in the Hyderpora encounter say the slain men had no links to terrorists as authorities promise justice

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir ordered a probe Thursday into the killing of two men during a security operation, after police violently broke up a protest demanding the bodies be returned

On Monday night, J&K Police claimed that two militants, along with an OGW and the owner of the commercial building where the encounter took place, were killed in a gunfight.

* Rs100-billion 'Sapphire Bay' is to be built under developmental REIT, will be listed within 3 years

ISLAMABAD: The joint session of the parliament witnessed a ccharged atmosphere here on Wednesday in as treasury and...

ISLAMABAD: The remittances in Pakistan are likely to remain flat at the presently high levels in 2022, as the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to reply to the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) said that the “biggest success” of the Wednesday’s...

LAHORE: Chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Sirajul Haq has said the government has brought destruction to the entire system...

PESHAWAR: Board of Directors (BoD) of the Peshawar Development Authoirty (PDA) has renamed the Gandhara Valley City...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, Wednesday, while condemning media...

LONDON (AP) Members of Afghanistans womens youth development soccer team...

LONDON (AP) Members of Afghanistans womens youth development soccer team arrived in Britain early Thursday after being flown from Pakistan with th...

LONDON (AP) Members of Afghanistans womens youth development soccer team...

The Afghan embassy in Washington, D.C., was once a symbol of a new Afghanistan. Now, the few staffers left refuse to serve the Taliban and are racing to help as many refugees as they can.

UN envoy to Afghanistan urges the international community to find ways to provide financial support to Afghan people.

Afghanistan is “on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe” and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism, the U.N.’s special representative for the country warned Wednesday. Deborah Lyons said the United Nations predicts that 60% of Afghanistan’s 38 million people face crisis levels of hunger in a food emergency that will likely worsen over the winter.

The U.N.s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism

The U.N.s special representative for Afghanistan is warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe...

Afghanistan's deep economic crisis threatens to raise the "risk of extremism" in the region, a senior UN official warned on Wednesday.

Side effects from the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan last summer has led to mental health issues for some State Department employees, Politico reports.

Arab countries seem reconciled to Assads survival, but normalization and investments in Syria could be a long way off.

Syrias state-run media said Israel launched missiles towards an empty house early on Wednesday, no casualties reported.

Syrias state-run media says Israel has carried out an attack on the countrys south with two missiles targeting an empty house and causing no casualties

The missiles came from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and aimed at the building south of the capital Damascus, the state-run news agency SANA said. It said Syria’s defense systems intercepted one of the incoming missiles. Israel carries out raids on Syria mostly during nighttime.

Syria’s private Cham Wings Airlines on Saturday suspended flights between Damascus and the Belarus capital of Minsk because of the “critical circumstances” along the Belarus-Poland border where thousands of migrants have been trying to cross into the European Union. The company said most of its passengers to Minsk have been Syrian citizens and that it was difficult to differentiate between those traveling to Belarus as a final destination and others who are migrants.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thanis comments come after UAE foreign ministers visit to Damascus this week.

Thousands of people from Middle Eastern nations devastated by conflict have been trying to slip into the European Union since summer

Thousands of people from Middle Eastern nations devastated by conflict have been trying to slip into the European Union since summer

DOHUK, Iraq (AP) Sarkawt Ismat was cold, hungry and terrified, trapped between Polish...

Syria says the government has signed a contract with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar power station in a suburb of the capital of Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Syria signed a contract Thursday with a group of companies from...

Syria signed a contract Thursday with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar power station in a Damascus suburb, the government announced. It was the latest indication that the Arab world is willing to re-engage with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Earlier this week, UAE's Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Assad in Damascus, the first such visit since the Syrian conflict started a decade ago.

Street clashes again shook Sudan's capital Thursday a day after security forces shot dead 15 protesters in the bloodiest day since the military's October 25 takeover.

Security forces shot dead at least 15 people and wounded dozens on the deadliest day in a month of demonstrations.

Images of protests in towns including Port Sudan, Kassala, Dongola, Wad Madani and Geneina were posted on social media.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday appealed for the preservation of democracy in politically and ethnically fractured societies as he began his first official visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.

A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the country's deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in a military-led government after top generals seized power last month.

Security forces fired live bullets and tear gas as thousands of Sudanese took to the streets, witnesses said

Five Sudanese protesters were shot dead and dozens more wounded, medics said, when thousands rallied Wednesday against last month's coup, chanting "no to military power" amid clouds of tear gas.

A pro-military minister in Sudan says time is running out for the countrys deposed prime minister to agree to take a post in a military-led government after top generals seized power last month

US Secretary of State focused on Ethiopia while visiting neighbouring Kenya during first trip to sub-Saharan Africa.

Thousands protested in Sudan's capital Wednesday against last month's coup, chanting "no to military power" in defiance of a crackdown that has already claimed 24 lives.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appealed Wednesday for the preservation of democracy in politically and ethnically fractured societies as he opened his first official visit to Africa in Kenya amid worsening crises in neighboring Ethiopia and Sudan.

Mobile phone lines inside Sudan were cut on Wednesday before the latest round of planned protests in the capital Khartoum against a military takeover, a Reuters witness said.

A divisive figure allied with military commander Khalifa Haftar, Saleh recently announced his candidacy for president.

Aguila Saleh joins son of Libyas former dictator and a controversial military commander in race for presidency.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) Libyas influential speaker of parliament announced late...

Libyas influential speaker of parliament has announced that he will be running for president, making him the latest candidate to join the race for the countrys highest office after years of war

Libya’s influential speaker of parliament announced late Wednesday that he will be running for president, making him the latest candidate to join the race for the country’s highest office after years of civil war. Aguila Saleh, 77, who has led the country’s House of Representatives since 2014, announced his candidacy in a video statement. Saleh has been a fixture on Libya’s political scene in recent years.

Libyan Gen. Khalifa Haftar announces his bid for the presidency of the government he tried to overthrow by force less than two years ago.

Key Libyan commander announces candidacy for president; Mexico arrests wife of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader

Saif al-Islam may not be allowed to run and is unlikely to win presidency but shock bid could position him as a future power broker, writes Borzou Daragahi

Head of self-styled Libyan National Army to stand in country’s first presidential elections in December

A British court found a former official in Muammar Gadhafi’s government “jointly liable” Tuesday for the fatal 1984 shooting of a police officer outside the Libyan Embassy in London. Constable Yvonne Fletcher, 25, was killed when men armed with submachine guns fired from the embassy's windows on protesters gathered outside the building. A former colleague of Fletcher's brought a civil case against Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk as part of a decades-long battle to find jus

The entry of two men accused of war crimes into Libya's presidential race has ramped up the perils of an election meant to help end years of chaos but which could instead set the fuse for a new conflict.

A British court has found a former official in Muammar Gadhafis government jointly liable for the fatal 1984 shooting of a police officer outside the Libyan Embassy in London

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkeys Central Bank cut interest rates again Thursday, a day...

Turkeys Central Bank has cut interest rates by 1 percentage point a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against high borrowing rates

Turkeys Central Bank has cut interest rates by 1 percentage point a day after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke out against high borrowing rates

Family members said the couple, both drivers for Israel's biggest bus company, were in Turkey on holiday.

Natalie and Mordi Oknin were accused of taking photos of the president's residence in Istanbul.

MODIIN, Israel (AP) An Israeli couple held by Turkey on suspicion of espionage returned home on Thursday after they were released from a weeklong de...

The couple was arrested after taking pictures of President Erdogans residence atop Istanbuls tallest building.

Brutal killing of Basak Cengiz renews demands for Ankara to rejoin the Istanbul Convention on violence against women.

An Israeli couple held by Turkey on suspicion of espionage has returned home after they were released from a weeklong detention

An Israeli couple has been released by Turkey after being detained on suspicion of espionage, according to a joint statement by Israel's prime minister and foreign minister on Thursday. Mordi and Natalie Oknin are on their way to Israel, according to the statement, which also expressed gratitude to the president and government of Turkey. The couple was arrested for espionage last week after taking photographs of the Turkish president’s residence in Istanbul, Turkey’s officia

Turkey has released an Israeli couple who it had detained over espionage charges for allegedly taking photographs of President Tayyip Erdogan's residence during a trip to Istanbul, Israel's prime minister and foreign minister said on Thursday.

Turkey has released an Israeli couple who it had detained over espionage charges for allegedly taking photographs of President Tayyip Erdogan's residence during a trip to Istanbul, Israel's prime minister and foreign minister said on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has denied the spying charges against the couple, Mordi and Natali Oknin, saying they do not work for any Israeli agency.