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News DeskWashington: The US House of Representatives has approved a long-delayed $95 billion foreign aid package covering Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in a major foreign policy move that also puts Chinese-owned TikTok under renewed…

AFP/APPWashington: The fate of US aid to Ukraine hung in the balance Tuesday as House Speaker Mike Johnson faced potential revolt from within his Republican party over his complex plan to renew the long-delayed funding along with fresh…

AFP/APPKyiv: Russia admitted two years into its invasion of Ukraine on Friday that it was "in a state of war" as it launched a massive wave of missile and drone attacks on its neighbor's territory.Russia fired almost 90 missiles and…

AFP/APPWashington: The United States on Tuesday approved a $2.2 billion sale of advanced battle tanks to Bahrain, a Gulf Arab ally once under an arms embargo over a crackdown on Shiite dissent.The State Department said it had…

Xinhua/APPMoscow: A Russian Mi-8 helicopter with three crew members crashed during a training flight over Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia on Monday.The helicopter belongs to the Northwest Aviation and Rescue Centre of the…

AFP/APP New Delhi: Indian purchases of Russian crude in defiance of Western pressure over the Ukraine war have fallen to an 11-month low as the price tag on the discounted oil rises, figures show. Since the invasion of Ukraine nearly two…

APPUnited Nations: Amid hopes of an agreement to extend the cessation of Israeli attacks on Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reported on Wednesday that humanitarian assistance had successfully reached its shelters in…

Asem Mustafa AwanIslamabad: The alarm bells are ringing, and with floods and upcoming monsoons, the picture appears bleak. The United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) has done the needful and it is time the government took measures…

News DeskUnited Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate global action towards net-zero emissions which must start with the polluted heart of the climate crisis: the fossil fuel industry.Countries must…

Ishtiaq AhmedThe year 2022 has been a most tumultuous year of cheers and tears:Tears: February 2022 saw the invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia on 24th February, triggering worldwide economic and political uncertainties.Tears:…