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Baghdad: Up to five Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members were killed and six others wounded in an unknown drone attack on a military base in Iraq's Babil province, an Interior Ministry source said. Unknown drones bombed a military base of the Hashd Shaabi forces, also...

Tel Aviv: The political head of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, has been assassinated in Tehran, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement Wednesday. Haniyeh was killed alongside one of his bodyguards at his residence in the Iranian capital while he was in the...

Lahore: Jailed former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has approached an Anti-Terrorism Court here seeking bail in 12 cases linked to last year's May 9 riots, a media report said Tuesday. The 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician's legal team, led by lawyer Salman...

Changsha: At least seven more people have been confirmed dead and three others remain missing after intense rain triggered flash floods and mudflows in central China's Hunan Province, pushing the death toll due to the rain-related incidents to 22, local authorities said Tuesday. Among the...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Tuesday said there is no rethinking in the government to support foreign direct investments (FDI) from China as was pitched by the Economic Survey recently. He said it was a report that always speaks about new ideas...

Mumbai: Senior actress Deepti Naval has shared a cryptic post on social media amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, which reads "Peace/Please." Deepti took to Instagram, where she has 150K followers, and shared a portrait of a little girl wearing an outfit in the colours of...

Canberra:  Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged all Australians in Lebanon to leave the country. He told reporters Tuesday that the government's official advice is for Australians to avoid travelling to Lebanon amid the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Xinhua news agency reported....

Washington: The US federal government's total public debt has surpassed $35 trillion for the first time, again sparking concerns about the nation's escalating debt problem and its implications for the US economy. The total public debt outstanding climbed to $ 35 trillion Friday, according to...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, in his opening statement at the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo Monday, stressed the need for trusted partnerships between countries to ensure stability. "It's very good to meet again here in Tokyo. Our last Quad Foreign...

New Delhi: Union Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar addressed the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo as he opened it in the presence of his counterparts and dignitaries from Australia, Japan and the US Monday. The highlight of the address was the discussion on...