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Peshawar: Unidentified armed men Friday blew up a telephone exchange building using an improvised explosive device (IED) in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The telephone exchange located in Lakki Marwat district, bordering South Waziristan, was severely damaged in the blast. However, no casualty...

Melbourne: A landslide early Friday morning killed at least 21 people in Papua New Guinea's highlands, Australian media reported. The landslide around 2 am flattened houses as people slept in the village of Kukas in Enga province, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing police. Enga Gov...

New York: US Vice President JD Vance says that he hopes his wife, Usha, a Hindu, would become a Christian like him, but if she doesn’t, it won’t be a problem for him because God has given everybody freewill. In a candid discussion of family...

Gyeongju (South Korea): Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations opened their annual summit Friday to discuss how to promote economic cooperation and tackle shared challenges, a day after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to take steps to ease their...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Afghanistan Friday agreed to ensure maintenance of a ceasefire on the border and resume talks to salvage the peace process that hit snags early this week, according to a report. A second round of discussions between Pakistani and Afghan Taliban delegations had...

London: Andrew, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles III, is to lose his title of Prince and move out of the Royal Lodge on the Windsor Castle estate, Buckingham Palace has said in a statement. The announcement Thursday comes days after Andrew voluntarily relinquished...

Ottawa: In a shocking incident, a 55-year-old Indian-origin businessman was fatally attacked after he confronted a stranger who was urinating on his car in central Edmonton, Canada. The victim, identified as Arvi Singh Sagoo, succumbed to his injuries five days later, the Edmonton Police Service...

Peshawar: Khurram Zeeshan, a candidate of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party, was Thursday elected with a thumping majority as a senator on the general seat from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The seat had fallen vacant following the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shibli...

Washington: China has agreed to purchase 25 million metric tons of US soybeans annually as part of an agreement reached by its leaders, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday. Bessent said China will start by purchasing 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the US...

New York: US President Donald Trump Thursday said India has been very good on the issue of reducing oil imports from Russia, reiterating his claim that Delhi will significantly reduce its energy purchases from Moscow. Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One on his way...