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WASHINGTON (Reuters): U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has asked Hamas to agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire and also urged Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries into Gaza, where she said innocent people were suffering a…

CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters): A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Sunday night carrying a crew of three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin a six-month science mission in…

PESHAWAR: Over two dozen of people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last two days. Six members of a family were killed in Khyber district when their ramshackle house collapsed…

KARACHI: TiE Islamabad and the U.S. Embassy celebrated the 10-year milestone of Pakistan Startup Cup, Pakistan’s biggest startup competition with a capstone event. The event marked a decade of U.S. and Pakistan partnership fostering…

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Sunday formally launched the second phase of anti-polio drive in the province by administering drops to children at the Chief Minister’s House. Principal Secretary to…

ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif was on Sunday elected the 24th prime minister of Pakistan by the National Assembly amid usual rumpus by the opposition members. Sharif, nominated by the PML-N, PPP, MQM and other parties scored 201 votes against…

ADEN (Reuters): A UK-owned ship attacked by Houthi militants last month sank in the Red Sea, the U.S. military confirmed on Saturday, as it echoed a warning from Yemen’s internationally recognised government that the vessel’s cargo of…

WASHINGTON: A large number of people from the Sikh community held a protest demonstration in the capital city of the USA against the Indian government. The protesters were carrying placards and banners and chanting slogans against the Modi…

LAHORE: Several workers and supporters of the PTI were rounded up by police as they launched protests against alleged rigging in different parts of the country. The PTI central office in the federal capital of Islamabad said that the…

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect the leader of the house at its session to be held on Sunday. Shehbaz Sharif of the PML-N and Umar Ayub Khan of Sunni Ittehad Council have filed nomination papers for the slot of the prime…