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A suicide bomber blew up himself at Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) gathering in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bajaur region on Sunday evening, killing at least 45 people and wounding more than 200, according to police and rescue teams.  The horrible incident that terrified hundreds occurred at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) conference in the Bajaur district of Malakand division, close to the Afghan's Kunar province border.  To halt the killing spree, Bajaur officials announced a state of emergency in and around the district, as well as at hospitals, where the majority of the injured have been moved.  Pakistani army leaped into action when they heard about the blast and ferried the critical injured to the Peshwar via military helicopters.   No other piece of information about the deceased and injured was immediately released by the Pakistani government authorities.   Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari "voiced profound grief over the loss of p...

KARACHI, Pakistan -  The first wheat cargo ship from Russia docked at Karachi port carrying 1,000 tons of wheat, according to Pakistani media reports.  It is expected that the price of flour would drop sharply, which is excellent news for the people. According to multiple media reports, this is the first wheat shipment from Russia that was requested by the private sector.  Prior to the wheat shipment, the Pakistani government had received delivery of Russian 100,000 metric tons of crude oil in June 2023, the oil and wheat shipments demonstrate Pakistan's efforts to balance relations with Moscow and the West.  Moscow wheat was purchased at $279.50 per tonne, as per SAMMA news.  Pakistan saw a significant increase in wheat imports of US$1.05 billion in the July-April 2022-23 fiscal year.  According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), this figure represents a significant increase compared to US$795 million worth of wheat imports in the same period of t...

ABUJA,  Nigeria  —  At least 34 people, including seven soldiers, were killed in a bandits attack in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara,  vigilante chairman and villagers said.  Deadly gun violence erupted in the village of Dan Gulbi in Maru province on Monday afternoon, local sources told Reuters news agency.  One of the eyewitnesses stated that "27 villagers died in the attack while seven soldiers were ambushed on their way to assist the victims of the attack."  The Zamfara state police did not immediately reply to calls seeking evidence of the incident people said.  Since the last 3 years, gangs of highly trained bandits have wreaked havoc across Nigeria's northwest, kidnapping thousands, murdering hundreds, and making it hazardous to travel by road in certain places.  When unknown terrorists attacked the convoy in late May 2023, they brutally killed 4 members of the US Embassy in Nigeria and kidnapped 3 others in Anambra state....

Opposition parties in the Indian parliament launched a vote of no confidence against the  BJP  government on Wednesday, forcing the prime minister to address concerns over ethnic strife in the northeastern state.   The Lok Sabha accepted a resolution of no-confidence against the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday, putting pressure on the government over the Manipur subject.  This will be the 28th no-confidence vote in India's independent history.   A vote of no confidence is unlikely to affect the stability of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which commands a 301-member majority in the 542-seat lower house of parliament. However, the opposition wants to raise awareness of the violence in Manipur, which has claimed more than 130 lives and driven more than 50,000 people from their homes since it began about two months ago.  The Speaker of the House of Commons, Om Birla, agreed with the opposition push and said he would decide soon when the debate and...

On Tuesday, highly experienced and senior diplomat Wang Yi was named China's new foreign minister, replacing Qing Gan.  Without providing further details, the authorities said  Qing Gan  was absent from work due to health concerns.  His meeting with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, scheduled for July 4, was later postponed by China without explanation, sparking speculation. However, the lack of information from his ministry led to rumors that he was being punished for political reasons or for an extramarital affair. A former staffer to President Xi Jinping and US representative, Qin Gang assumed control of the ministry in December but hasn't been seen in public since hosting foreign diplomats in Beijing on June 25.  Qin Gang's replacement, Wang, 69, was also the person who succeeded him, serving from 2013 to 2022 while relations with rival power the United States plummeted to an all-time low, according to Beijing.  He represented Qin during hi...

According to military sources, a suicide bomber killed at least 30 troops and injured scores more at a military academy in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday.  The suicide bomber blew himself up while the soldiers were being numbered in line, according to a military officer. Militants claim that the bomber injured 124 people in addition to killing 73 soldiers.  A military operation launched by government forces and affiliated militias last year pushed the al Qaeda-linked outfit out of large parts of southern Somalia, but the militants have continued to launch lethal attacks.  Al Qaeda fighters have stepped up their attacks in recent days as the military operation against them has paused while the army prepares a second phase of the offensive.  Late in May, at least 54 Ugandan African peacekeepers were killed by Qaeda-backed militants in the south of Mogadishu.  They surrounded Baidoa, one of the country's largest cities, for more than two weeks.  The...

It was agreed over the phone by the head of the Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee that the Astarachay Bridge would be constructed and functioning in four months.  The groundbreaking ceremony of the AstaraChai Border Bridge was taken place on 25 January 2022 in the presence of Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Rostam Ghasemi, Minister of Roads and Urban Development of Iran.    The Islamic Republic of Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mehrdad Bazrpash urged the progress of relations between the two nations during a phone discussion with Azerbaijan's Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev on Sunday.  Mentioning the recent meeting in the Iranian border city of Astara, Mustafayev expressed gratitude for the regular hosting of the high-level conference and relayed a message to Azerbaijan's President regarding the meeting's relevance and efficacy. The two sides stressed the need to proceed swiftly toward the Kho...

JAKARTA,  Indonesia  —  After a small ferry Capsized and sank near the island of Sulawesi during the short 20-minute journey, Indonesian police recovered the bodies of 15 passengers and are searching for 19 missing, the National Search and Rescue Agency said on Monday.  Only six of the 40  passengers  on board were believed to have survived the Sunday night crash, according to the police. "Every one of the victims has been identified and handed over to their families, while the survivors are now being treated at local hospitals," a local search and rescue agency branch correspondent confirmed.  There is still no clear explanation for the sinking of the boat that occurred around midnight that night. The ferry travels about one kilometer to Muna Island, which is located about 200 kilometers south of Kendari, the provincial place of Southeast Sulawesi.  It ought to take just 20 minutes to go between the two little communities on each side of Maw...

 KABUL, Afghanistan  —  At least 30 people were killed in Afghanistan when floods caused by torrential rainfall demolished homes, the Ministry of Emergency said in a statement.  Ministry spokesman Mohammad Rahimi said 26 deaths occurred in Jalrez district, 46 km (29 miles) east of Kabul when rain washed away hundreds of mud-built houses.  He said that at least 40 more were missing and that at least four others were killed in Kabul.  Furthermore, he pointed out that more than 70 persons were hurt in flood-affected districts.  Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, issued a statement of condolences and asked humanitarian organizations and the government in Kabul to help the grieving and victim families.  The previous year's monsoon flooding in Afghanistan killed more than 200 people and destroyed hundreds of homes and animals shelters. 

Pacemaker inserted in Benjamin Netanyahu's body Just hours before a crucial vote on judicial reform Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was implanted with a pacemaker on Sunday after experiencing an irregular cardiac rhythm, according to reports from Tel Aviv, and is being evaluated in the cardiology department of a Tel Aviv regional hospital.  "The implant procedure was trouble-free and without issues.  Roy Beinart, head of the Arrhythmia Center at Sheba Medical Center, said that his illness was not hazardous and that he was ok and returned to his normal routine.  Netanyahu was put on a rhythm machine a few days ago after being hospitalized for exhaustion following a vacation on the Sea of Galilee without sufficient sun protection.  Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently been hospitalized multiple times due to cardiac issues, according to his doctor.   Netanyahu's staff reported on Sunday that his release was scheduled for the following day. Meanwhile, th...

Israeli troops brutally killed 2 innocent Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian report said on Friday. According to the Israeli Border Police, Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at Israeli soldiers near Ramallah in the town of Umm Safa, putting their lives in danger.  The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a 17-year-old villager was killed. In the second incident, according to a Palestinian medical source, an Israeli soldier opened fire on a vehicle that was traveling near Nablus leaving one more teen martyred and another arrested.  The West Bank, one of the locations where Palestinians intend to form a state, has seen an upsurge in violence in the last 15 months, with an increase in Israeli crackdowns, attacks on Palestinian streets, and settlers attacking Palestinian towns.  Israel has killed up to 206 Palestinians since the year's beginning, according to the Palestinian Statistical Authority. The Data Center made the information pub...

  I SLAMABAD, Pakistan —   Sharik Jamal Khan, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Lahore, was found dead in a private apartment in the luxurious DHA area of Lahaore early on Saturday morning, local reports claimed.  Police said that after immediately transferring his body to DHA National Hospital, authorities decided to take it to Jinnah Hospital for an autopsy.  When the news was received, a police team led by a senior officer hurried to the hospital to oversee the inquiry.  The deceased widow was also present in the hospital, according to the local media reports. The apartment where the tragedy takes place is under the Nishtar Police Station, but the dead DIG living in Phase 4 is under Police Defense-A Station.  It's not known why DIG went to the defense apartments; as a result, it's difficult to say if it was his first visit or whether he had been there before.  Responding to this tragic incident, the wife of the late DIG also filed a...

 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani on Thursday ordered the withdrawal of the Iraqi attorney general in Stockholm and the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador to Iraq, the Iraqi media reported.  On Thursday, the Iraqi government released a blistering statement, threatening to terminate diplomatic ties with Sweden if the Quran burnings continued.  The Iraqi government claimed in a statement that it had warned the Swedish government of its determination to terminate diplomatic ties if the Quran burning occurred again.  The decision was reached during an emergency meeting of senior military and security officials on Thursday morning, led by Iraq's prime minister, to address the Swedish government's approval to be granted to a person to subsequently burn sacred books in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. During the discussion, the burning of the Swedish embassy in Iraq was also highlighted.  The conference denounced the cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters...

I SLAMABAD, Pakistan —  Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's Foreign Minister, landed in Pakistan today on a two-day official visit.  Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Pakistan's 27th Foreign Minister of Pakistan and PPPP Chairman accompanied by Hina Rabbani Khar and other officials received Dmytro Kuleba in Islamabad.  This is Ukraine's first ministerial visit to Pakistan since diplomatic ties were established in 1993. Due to the ongoing crisis, Western countries and Moscow will be closely monitoring the Ukrainian foreign minister's visit to Islamabad.  Pakistan, on the other hand, has shown worry about the circumstance but has not denounced Russia openly.  Pakistan and Ukraine discussed cooperation in several fields."It will contribute to the further strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries," according to the Foreign Office. Pakistan and Ukraine enjoy friendly relations, especially in the fields of trade, economy, agriculture, and higher education....

At 07:22 (19:22 GMT), gunfire at a construction site in the financial sector killed the gunman and six other people, including police officers.  Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the incident will not be classified as terrorism. He said the world cup matches will go on as planned.  He assured people that the threat had subsided and that there would be no further harm as a result of the Queen Street events.  The prime minister stated that no political or ideological motivation for the act has been found. He said that the shooter was carrying a pump-action shotgun.  Mr. Hipkins thanked the "brave New Zealand policemen and women who jumped right into the shootings to save lives."  According to Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, all officials of FIFA and the football team are safe. FIFA expressed its "deepest condolences" to the families of the victims and said it had contacted New Zealand authorities.  "The participating teams in close proximity to this incident are ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —  Eleven workers were killed and 5 more wounded early Wednesday after a chunk of the parapet of a huge complex near a bridge under construction on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital Islamabad slumped due to rainfall, according to police and rescue authorities.  The wall fell while construction workers were taking rest in their roadside tents.  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of Pakistan both made statements in which they expressed their profound sadness and grief at the deaths of the workers.  The wall collapsed during the downpour in the Golra area, according to the 1122 Ambulance Service and a local police official, and the corpses of the deceased have been retrieved.  According to a senior police official, at least five construction workers were also hurt.  According to officials, the rain had minimal impact on the bridge walls, and employees were killed or injured when the walls of the adjo...

Regional connectivity via Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Railway Corridor.   According to the project, the railroad will run through Termez, Uzbekistan, the Afghan provinces of Mazar-e-Sharif and Logar, and end in Pakistan at the Harlachi border in the Kurram tribal area.  The Trans-Afghanistan project, which would connect Uzbekistan and Pakistan's rail networks through Afghanistan, was signed on July 18, 2023, in Islamabad, Pakistan, in the presence of "senior" government officials from the three countries' railways, Radio Pakistan aired the news.  The project is expected to be finished by the end of 2027, with the railway capable of carrying up to 15 million tons of cargo per year by 2030.  Afghanistan's railway authority, which is led by the Taliban regime, also confirmed the construction via social media posts.  Ishaq Dar, the finance minister of Pakistan, and Saad Rafiq, the minister of railways, also participated in the signing ceremony.  The train r...

Shaukat Ali, Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar, Pervez Khattak, former Prime Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, and most recently Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah and Usman Rashid have left PTI.  Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah and Usman Rashid, former leaders of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Pakistan, joined the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) on Tuesday,  SAMA news reported.  Jahangir Tareen, head of the IPP, enthusiastically hailed Shah's decision, emphasizing the party's commitment to pursuing policies in the best interests of the country.  According to Pakistani media, more than 55 former lawmakers joined Pervez Khattak Parliament's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party yesterday, including former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Mahmood Khan, Shaukat Ali, and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar.  The PTI party across the country fell apart like a house of cards after the May 9 PTI workers' riots, which led to the destruction and loss of military installations and public property.  Furthermore...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  —  Days after being expelled from PTI, Pervez Khattak, a close supporter of Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan, established a new party called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentarians, Pakistani media outlets reported today.  The party, nevertheless, removed him earlier this week as a result of his failure to reply to a "Show Cause Notice" that was sent to him by PTI.   According to Pakistani media, more than 55 ex-MPs including former CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, Shaukat Ali, and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar have joined the party.  The decision was taken as Imran Khan's party is still struggling with its leader facing multiple accusations and possible removal from office, and several party officials have resigned after May 9, the date on which PTI members destroyed the country and attacked the military. installation.  Pervez Khan Khattak said he condemned the May 9 incident, in which some of the accused r...

As reported by Oilprice.com, the Iraqi government's Oil and Gas Committee plans to expand the country's oil output to more than five million barrels per day (bpd), however, Iraq has the ability to increase oil production to 13 million barrels per day (bpd).  As per the committee meeting minutes released last week, Iraq's parliamentary committee on oil and gas intends to increase the country's oil production to more than five million bpd.  Iraq can easily achieve this and, if managed properly, serve as a springboard for the next increase in oil production to 13 million barrels per day (bpd), as outlined in a new book on the new global oil regime.  This move would make Iraq the world's largest oil producer. Overall, Iraq is the largest largely undeveloped oil region in the world. Officially, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that there are proven crude oil reserves of 145 billion barrels (nearly 18 percent of the Middle East's total reserves an...

According to the Security forces statement, a bus transporting tourists fell into a ravine on the Karakorum Highway near the Talichi area of Baltistan's Diamer Gilgit district on Sunday, killing at least 5  persons and injuring 12.  The SSP Diamer confirmed the death toll and the number of injured and said the dead included three women, a child, and a man.  The official added that the vehicle was traveling from Lahore to Gilgit. The injured were sent to a nearby hospital after helping out rescue attempts, the SSP added.  He reported that there were 18 people in the automobile in all.  The local authorities have not yet released the names of the deceased and injured.  

 The Ukrainian armed forces have received cluster bombs from the United States, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday. The Joint Chiefs of Staff's Lieutenant General Douglas Sims informed reporters that cluster bombs have actually been delivered to Ukraine."  As reported by TASS, the general remained mum on whether they had been utilized. This information was also confirmed to CNN earlier in the day by General Alexander Turnavsky, who is in charge of combined forces operations in Tavria.  Despite the United Nations' opposition to the use of such weapons, the United States chose to supply cluster bombs to Ukraine, said US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on July 7.  Furthermore, he claimed Kyiv had written to Washington to assure it would deploy the contentious weaponry in a way that reduced harm to civilians.  Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, said that the United States' reckless decision to give cluster bomb...

More than 1,000 people have been evacuated due to landslides and floods in South Korea . According to administrators, thousands of people were evacuated from South Korea on Saturday after a hydroelectric dam flooded and landslides triggered by a third day of torrential rains resulted in 7 fatalities, 3 missing people, and seven injuries. Ministry of Internal Affairs and Security said, 1,567 people were evacuated throughout the affected region as of 11:00 a.m. and the number may increase if water floods a dam in North Chungcheong province.  According to provincial authorities, more than 7,000 people were subject to evacuation orders from local authorities at different times. At 10 a.m., the large amount of water that the Goesan Dam could release poured into it. With landslides, track flooding, and falling debris threatening safety, the Korea Railroad Corp announced it would suspend all slow trains and certain high-speed trains, while other high-speed trains would be suspended due to...

  A Palestinian statistical organization estimates that Israel has killed up to 206 Palestinians since the year's beginning. The Mu'ti data center apparently delivered the information on Wednesday, according to the Palestinian Information Center news agency. The organization claims that throughout the course of time, Israeli soldiers in Jenin, located in the northern portion of the occupied West Bank, have killed up to 64 Palestinians.  At least 13 deaths were caused by Israel's military operation against the city last week, in which more than 1,000 troops were deployed to allegedly destroy the resistance "infrastructure" there.  The data center provided more information, revealing that 46 Palestinians were killed in the seven months since the start of the year in Nablus, also in the northern West Bank, while another 37 died near the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip. Muti highlighted that the Israeli strike brought about the deaths of 11 P...

Pakistan received US$2 billion in financial aid from Saudi Arabia before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) made a final decision on a bailout plan for the US dollar-strapped South Asian country.  Ishaq Dar, Pakistan's finance minister, tweeted on July 11 that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) had received a $2 billion deposit from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. "This inflow increases the foreign exchange reserves held by SBP and will therefore be reflected in the foreign exchange reserves for the week ending July 14," he added.  The benchmark Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) index KSE-100 rose 1.28% on July 11 amid reports of capital injections from Saudi Arabia. The IMF board of directors is expected to approve Pakistan's $3 billion nine-month standby arrangement on Wednesday.  Pakistan, a net importer of crude oil and petrochemicals, was on the brink of bankruptcy when it received IMF staff approval for a bailout on June 30, just before the Enhanced Financing Facility...