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UK sets deadline for Manchester to accept virus restrictions
London: The British government has given the city of Manchester a noon Tuesday deadline to agree to tighter coronavirus measures,...
Pak fails to protect religious minorities from forced conversions: Parliamentary committee
Islamabad: A parliamentary committee in Pakistan has said that the country has not fulfilled its responsibility to protect religious minorities...
Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam booked for holding anti-govt rally in Pak
Lahore: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s vice-president Maryam Nawaz was on Tuesday booked along...
US envoy warns new violence threatens Afghan peace process
Kabul: The US special envoy to Afghanistan warned on Monday that “distressingly high” levels of violence threaten to derail the...
First commercial passenger flight from UAE lands in Israel
Tel Aviv: The first commercial passenger flight to Israel by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates landed near Tel...
Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law arrested in Pakistan
Karachi: Opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Monday alleged that the police barged into her hotel room in...
Car bombing in western Afghanistan kills 13, wounds 120
Kabul: A suicide car bombing on Sunday killed at least 13 people and wounded around 120 others in Afghanistan's western...
Armenia, Azerbaijan report violations of new cease-fire
Yerevan: Despite a second attempt at a cease-fire, Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Sunday of violating the new truce in...
COVID-19 is additional layer to ‘gender equality in education’ challenge: UNESCO report
New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an education crisis, fuelled by deep and multiple forms of inequality having gender...
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
Tehran: A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets...