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At least 31 people killed in Yemen after US President Donald Trump orders intense strikes in response to the Houthis’ attacks in the Red Sea.Yemen’s Houthis have said they have retaliated after vowing to “meet escalation with escalation” following the United States air strikes against the group that killed at least 31 people on Saturday. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said on Sunday that the group targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman and its warships with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone, state TV Al Masirah reported. The US has not yet responded to the…

Listen to article At least five people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and two civilians, were martyred in a suicide bombing targeting a security convoy on National Highway N-40 in Balochistan’s Nushki district on Sunday. Soon after the attack, security forces launched an immediate counter operation, killing four terrorists, including the suicide bomber. According to security sources, the attack was carried out by militants from the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Following the attack, an emergency was declared at hospitals in Nushki to treat the injured. Meanwhile, security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a clearance operation, blocking all…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accepted the plan but Russia has yet to commit to the truce.US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week, special envoy Steve Witkoff said, as Russia has yet to agree to a US-brokered ceasefire proposal with Ukraine. “The two presidents are going to have a really good and positive discussion this week,” Witkoff said in an interview with CNN on Sunday. Earlier, Moscow said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The pair discussed “concrete aspects of the implementation of understandings” at…

Listen to article The federal government has decided to formulate a national policy to address the growing incidents of terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, while also enhancing the National Action Plan (NAP) to combat terrorism more effectively. According to Express News, key policy measures and coordinated actions will be taken with the consultation of parliamentary parties, provincial governments, and military leadership. Additionally, more stringent actions will be implemented against groups actively working against the state and those attacking security forces. Government officials revealed that the prime minister has held detailed consultations with important stakeholders regarding the recent surge in terrorist attacks in…

The former leader seeks political comeback despite ban from public office, echoing Trump’s strategy to regain office.Several thousand supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro packed Copacabana beach in Rio on Sunday to show their backing for the right-wing firebrand, who is accused of attempting to overthrow his left-wing successor. Bolsonaro, 69, has called for a million-strong demonstration on the famous beach on Sunday in a show of strength ahead of elections next year in which he hopes to be a contender. The rally’s stated purpose is to demand amnesty for hundreds convicted over the January 8, 2023 riots in…

Lando Norris kept his cool in a rain-hit and incident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday to edge world champion Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton 10th on his Ferrari debut. The pole-sitting Briton took the chequered flag by less than a second from the Dutchman, with Mercedes’ George Russell third after a chaotic race in Melbourne that saw three drivers crash before the end of the first lap. With the safety car repeatedly forced into action after a slew of accidents on the wet Albert Park circuit, Norris held on to clock a fifth grand prix win and second in…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media before a European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 27, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)Former U.S. “economic hitman” revealed tactics employed by the United States to “economically hunt” emerging market nations.BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) — “It started out as an ‘economic hunt’ … I have no doubt that in the end (U.S. President Donald) Trump wants to control Ukraine economically, and seize its mineral resources,” said a New York Times best-selling author.Speaking of the potential U.S.-Ukraine mineral deal, John Perkins, an author and former U.S. “economic hitman,” revealed tactics employed by the United States…

Reporters Without Borders slammed the decision, saying it “threatens press freedom worldwide”.Nearly all Voice of America (VOA) staff members have been placed on leave after United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order gutting the government-run news agency. On Friday night, Trump ordered his administration to reduce several agencies to the minimum required by law under an order titled “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy”. The decision affected the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), housing Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and Asia, and Radio Marti, which broadcasts Spanish-language news in Cuba. The press advocacy group Reporters…

Listen to article WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is considering issuing sweeping travel restrictions for the citizens of dozens of countries as part of a new ban, according to sources familiar with the matter and an internal memo seen by Reuters. The memo lists a total of 41 countries divided into three separate groups. The first group of 10 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea among others, would be set for a full visa suspension. In the second group, five countries – Eritrea, Haiti, Laos, Myanmar and South Sudan – would face partial suspensions that would impact tourist and student…

At least 100,000 people descended on Belgrade for a mass rally seen as a culmination of months-long protests against Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and his government. Large crowds of flag-waving protesters clogged the downtown area of the capital on Saturday despite occasional rain, with people hardly able to move. Following apparent sporadic incidents between protesters and the police, university students – who have been leading the peaceful protests for the past four months – abruptly called for an end to the demonstration, saying they could no longer guarantee safety at the rally. Most of the protesters dispersed, but thousands remained…