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Karachi: Pakistan's worst heatwave in decades has claimed at least 630 lives in the country's largest city as authorities on Tuesday ordered closure of all educational institutions and government offices and the army has also been…
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today held discussions with the army chief over the country's internal and external security situation as they decided that military operation against militants will be taken to its "logical…
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United Nations: In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India has told the UN that it is "obvious" that thousands of foreign fighters in Afghanistan could not have entered it or sustain their terror attacks without support from beyond the war-torn…
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Washington: US President Barack Obama has said Americans stand united in rejecting the targeting of any religious group as he opened the White House to Muslim Americans for a traditional Iftar dinner during the holy month of Ramadan. The…
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Washington: A US airstrike in northern Iraq has killed an Islamic State operative who was a person of interest in the 2012 Benghazi attack, the Pentagon has said. Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said yesterday Tariq bin al-Tahar…
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Kabul: Taliban militants launched an assault on the Afghan parliament today, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending lawmakers scurrying for cover in chaotic scenes relayed live on television. The attack came as the Afghan…
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Kabul: The Taliban captured a second district in the northern Kunduz province today after heavy fighting with local security forces. Mohammad Yusuf Ayubi, head of the provincial council, said the insurgents attacked the district of Dashti…
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London: A man in the UK, who weighed an astonishing 412 kg and was dubbed Britain's fattest man, has died at the young age of 33. Carl Thompson, who used to consume around 10,000 calories a day, died at his home in Kent yesterday. Police,…
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Charleston: Several thousand people crowded onto one of the longest bridges in the Americas and joined hands in a show of solidarity with the victims of the Charleston church massacre. From Charleston to suburban Mount Pleasant, they…
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Karachi: At least 141 people, including 132 in Karachi, have died due to an intense heatwave sweeping across many parts of Pakistan's southern Sindh province. Nine deaths were reported from Thatta and Tharparkar in the interior of the…
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