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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...