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NEW DELHI: The death toll in a stampede at the main railway station in India's capital New Delhi rose to at least 18, including five children, media reports said on Sunday, citing the Press Trust of India news agency. The youngest of the…

JERUSALEM: Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence…

PESHAWAR: A professor at the University of Malakand in Lower Dir has been arrested on the charge of harassing a female student. According to Additional Deputy Commissioner Lower Dir Mohibullah, the student had complained of sexual…

PESHAWAR: At least five people were shot dead over an old enmity in Budhbir area of Peshawar, police said on Sunday. According to the police, after the firing, a heavy police force was deployed in the area and a murder case registered…

CAIRO: Hamas released Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov in Gaza on Saturday and Israel freed some 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange, after mediators helped avert a collapse of the…

Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD: As large numbers of Pakistanis leave their country illegally, they are caught and jailed in different countries and ultimately deported. In the recent months, such actions have been a expedited and arrival of…

ISLAMABAD: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation will soon visit Pakistan to negotiate a new concessional loan of $1.5 billion for mitigation of climate change damages. According to media reports, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…

NEW YORK: Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN Ambassador Usman Jadoon briefed a group of students about Pakistan's engagement with the United Nations. The 18-member team of the students belonging to the Rider University…

ISLAMABAD: A recent United Nations report has revealed that the increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan was a result of continuous financial and logistical support provided to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by the Taliban…

ISLAMABAD: The government has clipped the Federal Board of Revenue of its key powers and made it limited to collection of taxes only. The federal cabinet approved the establishment of a tax policy office in the ministry of finance for…