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VATICAN CITY (Reuters): Pope Francis called on Monday for a global ban on parenting via surrogacy, calling the practice "deplorable" and a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child. Francis' remarks are likely to antagonise…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has sealed lifetime disqualification of politicians paying way for former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and others to contest the Feb general elections. The verdict also benefit…

PESHAWAR: Four transgender persons were injured when armed persons opened fire on them in the Faqirabad area of Peshawar on Monday evening. Police said that the armed men escaped after firing and efforts were underway to trace and arrest…

DHAKA (Reuters): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina swept to a fourth straight term in power, the poll body said on Monday. Her party won almost 75% of the seats in a general election that was boycotted by the main opposition and…

BAJAUR: At least five policemen were martyred and 23 others people injured in a bomb blast in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakthunkhwa early on Monday. Police said the personnel were going on security duty with polio teams when their…

MALE: Three deputy ministers of Maldives were suspended by Presi­dent Mohamed Muizzu for making “derogatory remarks” against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. the president through an order stopped Malsha Shareef, Abdulla Mahzoon and…

ABU DHABI (Reuters): U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia today before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza war could spread across the region without concerted…

ISLAMABAD: The year 2024's first anti-polio campaign got under way across Pakistan today (Monday) in which millions of children under five years of age will be administered drops, health officials here said. in this regard, teams have been…

TURBAT (BALOCHISTAN): People working with transporters of petrol blocked a highway linking Pakistan and Iran at Turbat here as a protest. According to an official, people who use their vehicles to supply Iranian fuel to different parts of…

CAIRO (Reuters): An Israeli air strike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday killed two Palestinian journalists who were out reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and the journalists' union there. Hamza Al-Dahdouh and…