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CAIRO (Reuters): Food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already far exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food into areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has carried out airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in different areas of Afghanistan, it emerged on Monday. Though the government has yet to come out about the details, a minister in the Taliban regime of Afghanistan…

CAIRO (Reuters): The European Union announced a 7.4 billion euro ($8.1 billion) funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt on Sunday, part of a push to stem migrant flows to Europe criticised by rights groups. The agreement…

GENEVA: A leader of the Kashmir liberation movement here called upon the international community to take notice of Indian plan to crush the peaceful struggle of the people of Kashmir for their right to self-determination. Speaking at the…

ISLAMABAD: The second phase to deport illegal Afghans living in the country is going to start from April 15. The ministry of interior has directed the home department of Punjab to share with it data about all Afghan citizen card holders…

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that terrorists will be eliminated from the soil of Pakistan at all costs through the might of the state and unity of the nation.   President Zardari attended funeral prayers of…

ISLAMABAD: Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Reza Amiri Moghadam on Sunday said trade between the two countries can be increased by up to five billion dollars a year. In a statement issued after his meeting with the business community of…

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari's daughter Asifa Bhutto will be contesting by-election for a National Assembly seat in Nawabshah, Sindh. The seat NA-207 has been vacated by Mr Zardari after he became the president of Pakistan. The…

NEW YORK: Permanent representative of China Ambassador Zhang Jun made a farewell call on his Pakistani counterpart Munir Akram at the Pakistan Mission in New York and the two sides reaffirmed their commitment to further cement bilateral…