A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan, primarily affecting the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) region, on Thursday morning. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) reported that the earthquake occurred at 5:56 am UTC (10:56 am Pakistan time), with its epicenter in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan at a depth of 215 kilometers. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) located the epicenter 28 km west-southwest of Afghanistan’s Ishkashim town. Tremors were felt across various cities in KP, including Mardan, Malakand, Hangu, Buner, Shangla, Dir, and Charsadda, as well as in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and Lahore, according to Dawn News. No casualties or damage…
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PM Shehbaz Sharif Visits Quetta to Address Balochistan’s Security Crisis After Deadly Attac Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Quetta for a one-day visit to evaluate the security situation in Balochistan after a series of terrorist attacks last week. The recent surge in violence saw militants from the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) launch multiple assaults across the province late Sunday night, targeting both security personnel and civilians. The attacks claimed the lives of at least 50 people, including 14 security personnel, as militants stormed police stations, blew up railway tracks, and set fire to nearly three dozen vehicles. In…
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the war with Russia would eventually end in dialogue, but that Kyiv had to be in a strong position and that he would present a plan to U.S. President Joe Biden and his two potential successors. The Ukrainian leader, addressing a news conference, said Kyiv’s three-week-old incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was part of that plan, but that it also comprised other steps on the economic and diplomatic fronts. “The main point of this plan is to force Russia to end the war. And I want that very much – (that it would be) fair…
DUBAI: Heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in Yemen overnight has destroyed homes and left at least 24 people missing, authorities said on Wednesday. The floods in Al-Mahwit, a province west of the capital Sanaa controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, triggered landslides that swept through several homes, police said in a statement carried by rebel media. At least 24 people are missing after seven homes were destroyed in the province’s Melhan district, police said. Authorities have yet to report casualties but images circulating on social media purported to show corpses wrapped in blankets after the floods. AFP could not independently…
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the war with Russia would eventually end in dialogue, but that Kyiv had to be in a strong position and that he would present a plan to U.S. President Joe Biden and his two potential successors. The Ukrainian leader, addressing a news conference, said Kyiv’s three-week-old incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was part of that plan, but that it also comprised other steps on the economic and diplomatic fronts. “The main point of this plan is to force Russia to end the war. And I want that very much – (that it would be) fair…
DUBAI: Heavy flooding caused by torrential rains in Yemen overnight has destroyed homes and left at least 24 people missing, authorities said on Wednesday. The floods in Al-Mahwit, a province west of the capital Sanaa controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, triggered landslides that swept through several homes, police said in a statement carried by rebel media. At least 24 people are missing after seven homes were destroyed in the province’s Melhan district, police said. Authorities have yet to report casualties but images circulating on social media purported to show corpses wrapped in blankets after the floods. AFP could not independently…
SYDNEY: Australia plans to cap foreign student numbers from next year, the government said on Tuesday, curbing a multi-billion dollar industry as it faces political heat on immigration. “New international student numbers for university, higher education and vocational training will be limited to 270,000 in 2025,” Education Minister Jason Clare told a news conference. “It will mean that some universities will have more students this year than next year. Others will have less,” Clare said as he unveiled the plan, which will require legislation. Official data show that foreign students were worth more than Aus$42 billion to Australian universities and…
MANILA: US ships could escort Philippine vessels on resupply missions in the South China Sea, a top admiral said on Tuesday, describing what he called an “entirely reasonable option” that required consultation between the treaty allies, however. The remarks, which are likely to annoy China, were made by Samuel Paparo, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, after a series of maritime and air confrontations between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea in the past week. Beijing has pressed its claim to the disputed conduit for more than $3 trillion of annual ship-borne commerce, while Manila has kept up supply…
KURCHATOV: UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi on Tuesday warned during a visit to Russia’s Kursk nuclear plant that its proximity to ongoing fighting was “extremely serious” following Ukraine’s unprecedented cross-border offensive. Grossi said his tour enabled him to “look at the most important parts” of the plant, which is less than 50 kilometres from fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces. “A nuclear power plant of this type so close to a point of contact or military front is an extremely serious fact,” Grossi said after visiting the plant. “The fact we have military activity a few kilometres, a few miles away…
