The death toll from the previous day’s suicide bombing at a mosque in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday jumped to 74, police and a rescue official said, after rescuers pulled 15 more bodies from the rubble. They are still clearing the rubble after the roof of the mosque collapsed in the aftermath of the attack, said … Read more
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) – Bomb-laden drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan, causing some damage to the plant, authorities said early Sunday, amid escalating regional and international tensions gripping the Islamic Republic. . Iran’s defense ministry gave no information on who was suspected of carrying out the attack, … Read more
Germany and the United States announced on Wednesday that they would send battle tanks to Ukraine, the first phase of a concerted effort by the West to provide dozens of heavy weapons to help Kyiv break the combat stalemate as Russia’s invasion enters its twelfth round. Month. US President Joe Biden said the US would … Read more
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Most of Pakistan was left without electricity on Monday as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired. The power outage spread panic and raised questions about the cash-strapped government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. Officials said it all started when electricity was cut during low-use hours overnight to save fuel across … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — The speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament warned on Sunday that countries that supply Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked its destruction, a message that came after new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not battle tanks Kyiv requested. Supporters of Ukraine pledged billions of … Read more
BEIJING (AP) — Two years after separating from his wife in mainland China, Hong Kong resident Cheung Sing-pun made sure he was among the first in line after border crossing points reopened Sunday. The ability of residents of the semi-autonomous southern Chinese city to cross is one of the most visible signs of China’s easing … Read more
Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his armed forces to observe a unilateral 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine this weekend for the Orthodox Christmas holiday, the first such step for a comprehensive truce in nearly From 11 months. old war. Putin apparently did not make his cease-fire order conditional on a … Read more
