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Mastung: At least two Levies men died as terrorists moved into a check post in Babri area of Mastung district in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Tuesday, media reports said.
New York: Dreams thrive, even in crisis, with a new UN-led campaign spotlighting the next generation and their ambitions, urgently scrawled to the world on postcards from some of the most crisis-ravaged parts of the world.
A senior UN official has underlined the need for unity in the Security Council in the wake of the latest missile launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.
New York: Social progress must move into the spotlight, flanked by policies that can drive meaningful change for millions of currently struggling people, the UN deputy chief said, marking the World Day of Social Justice on Monday.
New York: As humanitarian needs spiral across the world, political will and funding are required to address war, climate change and other drivers, the UN relief chief said on Monday.
New York: Israeli-Palestinian parties must urgently rein in escalating violence and work towards realizing the two-State solution, top UN officials in the region warned the Security Council on Monday.
New York: The UN chief on Sunday strongly condemned the launch of yet another ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as news reports said two more missiles had been launched on Monday.
Islamabad: Pakistani and Afghanistan border forces exchanged gunfire at a key crossing in Northwestern Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Antakya/IBNS: Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after both countries were devastated by three quakes leaving more than 47,000 people dead.
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said China is trying to interfere in the country's democracy for years.
Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi people were cheated in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh by opening an account number with a minimum of Tk 2000 in the hope that they will get dollars if they buy movie tickets on a Chinese app, media reports said.
Kyiv: US President Joe Biden on Monday visited Kyiv city ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Phuentshogling: Phuentshogling, a popular tourist destination in Bhutan, recently witnessed the opening of a Ka Ja Throm, a refined marketplace, which aims to revive the economy of the region.
Tokyo: Japanese Sake manufacturing company Tsuchida Sake Brewery is planning to set up a production plant in Bhutan.
Kallar Kahar: At least 14 people, including women and children, died as a bus in which they were travelling fell in a ravine in Pakistan's Kallar Kahar town on Sunday.
California: The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy welcomed Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu to the US in California and expressed the desire to further strengthen the relationship between India and the US.
Quetta: Pakistani security forces arrested a suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta city of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Dhaka: At least one person died and 10 others were hurt when a fire broke out at a residential building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Seoul: North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Colombo: Experts in Sri Lanka are doubting the feasibility of the Port City Colombo (PCC), a vast new Chinese-built reclaimed commercial zone in the capital city, especially at a time when the country witnessed its worst economic crisis.
Thimpu: Bhutan's Education and Skills Development Ministry recently conducted an online national coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who have taken various CodeMonkey courses in schools.
Rome: The Italian Senate recently unveiled a book titled “La Trappola Cinese”, composed by World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa.
Peshawar: A Peshawar-based private school has banned students from speaking Pashto language in their premises.
New York: In Trinidad and Tobago, some performers have been tapping into traditional art forms ahead of the carnival on February 20-21 to encourage their communities to continue following COVID-19 health protocols as the country lifts restrictions on public gatherings.
Jalalabad: A total of 500 Afghan youths joined the Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the country's Defense Ministry released here Saturday.
Kabul: Taliban militia has decided to change former U.S. military bases into "economic zones" to bolster economic activities, the Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life in prison on charges of raping a minor.
Beijing: China's Central Foreign Affairs Office Director Wang Yi has called on Washington to change the direction of bilateral relations that have been affected by the Chinese balloon incident, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will give a 27-percent discount to students traveling to China to pursue academic degrees, an official with the PIA has said.
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