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AFP/APP Brazil: Nearly 70,000 people have been forced from their homes amid deadly flooding, mudslides and torrential storms in southern Brazil, with the major city of Porto Alegre particularly hard-hit, the country's civil defense…

APP  Islamabad: At least four people were killed and three were rescued after a boat carrying mostly schoolchildren capsized in the river Jhelum in Srinagar on Tuesday. Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been…

AFP/APP Taipei: At least nine people were killed and more than 1,000 injured Wednesday by a powerful earthquake in Taiwan that damaged dozens of buildings and prompted tsunami warnings that extended to Japan and the Philippines before…

News Desk  Quetta: At least five persons were killed in rain-related incidents, and five miners are trapped in a coal mine in northeastern Balochistan, sources said on Friday. The casualties occurred when the roof of a house collapsed…

AFP/APP Paris: France is scrambling to make sure that those virus-carrying tiger mosquitoes, a growing menace in Europe, don't spoil the Paris Olympics for athletes and fans, with millions of visitors due in the French capital for the…

News Desk  Islamabad: The Federal Ministry of Interior has instructed the Punjab government to commence the second phase of operations for the repatriation of Afghan Citizen Card holders starting from April 15. During a video…

AFP/APP Gaza: At least 61 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli bombardment, the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday, as Israel was preparing to send negotiators to new truce talks in Qatar. Israel's security cabinet…

News Desk Islamabad: In Gaza, the number of casualties rose to 20 as the Israeli army fired indiscriminately on Palestinians gathered near trucks awaiting aid, amidst concerns of hunger and poverty. Israel has declined to take…

News Desk Quetta: At least two people were killed and three injured due to a lightning strike on a nomad's hut in the Saranan camp on Monday. In the Saranan area of the Pishin district of Balochistan, there were incidents of lightning…

News Desk Islamabad: After the establishment of Pakistan, the country is set to elect its 14th president today (Saturday), who will assume office tomorrow (March 10, 2024). Remarkably, this elected president will be the 10th president…