Hamas tightens grip in Gaza as Trump pushes peace plan
CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries,
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Central Asia
New BD PM Tarique Rehman names cabinet after election win
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister TariqueRahman has named a former commerce minister to steer the country’s troubled economy and kept the
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Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladesh’s PM
Rehman Urges Calm, Warns Against Chaos and Retaliation DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman was sworn in as
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Dar to visit New York for UNSC briefing on Palestine
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit New York on February 18 to participate in a
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UAE’s security, stability integral part of Pakistan’s own security: CDF Munir
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, in a meeting with the
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At UN, Pakistan welcomes ceasefire agreement in Syria, calls for inclusive political transition
UNITED NATIONS: Welcoming the recent agreement between the Syrian Government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led coalition of
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Kazakhstan President’s visit to Pakistan historic milestone in bilateral engagement: Haroon
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Digital Media Fahd Haroon on Thursday termed President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of
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India tightens grip on social media with new 3-hour takedown rule
NEW DELHI: India’s government said on Tuesday social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours
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UNSC report endorses Pakistan’s complaints of increased TTP attacks from Afghan soil
NEW YORK: A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report has said that attacks on Pakistan by the banned terrorist Tehreek-e-Taliban
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President Zardari felicitates Japanese PM on historic electoral win
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday congratulated Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi on the historic landslide victory of
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