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Five, including three children killed, in Pakistan school bus blast

IFP Media Wire -
At least five people, including three children, were killed and several others injured in an explosion that targeted a school bus in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, the Pakistan army announced.
Asia

Taliban FM promises cooperation with Iran in Helmand river, water dispute

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Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has said that providing water to Iran’s drought-stricken population is a “religious duty” and stressed that Kabul bears no ill will toward its neighbor.
Asia

Pakistani PM thanks Iran for mediation in India-Pakistan ceasefire

IFP Editorial Staff -
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian for what he called Iran’s compassionate and brotherly efforts in helping reduce tension and pave the way for a ceasefire between Pakistan and India. Sharif was speaking to Pezeshkian on the phone on Saturday.
Asia

India expels Pakistan diplomat as war of words between nuclear-armed countries simmers in place of fighting

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New Delhi has ordered a Pakistani diplomat to leave India within 24 hours as tensions simmer in the wake of heavy military exchanges between the nuclear-armed neighbours before a ceasefire was agreed last week.
Asia

Pakistan confirms 51 dead in Indian attacks; New Delhi reports 20 fatalities

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Pakistan's military has announced that 51 individuals, comprising 40 civilians and 11 armed forces personnel, were killed during Indian strikes last week, while New Delhi has reported 20 fatalities from Islamabad’s attacks.
Asia

Taliban bans game of chess

IFP Media Wire -
Taliban government has banned the game of chess across Afghanistan, arguing that it is incompatible with Islamic Sharia laws. The decision was announced on Sunday.
Asia

India and Pakistan agree to “full and immediate” ceasefire: Trump

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New Delhi and Islamabad have agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire” following a night of talks mediated by the US, President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Saturday.
Asia

Pakistan decries India’s ‘act of war’

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Pakistan has accused India of committing a “blatant act of war” and promised retaliation after New Delhi launched deadly missile attacks along their contested border in disputed Kashmir in the worst eruption of violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades.
Asia

India conducts military operation against Pakistan

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India’s military has launched Operation Sindoor, striking nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, prompting swift retaliation from Islamabad in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours as fears of a wider, prolonged war grow.
Asia

India cuts water flow to Pakistan: PTI

IFP Media Wire -
India has begun restricting water supplies flowing from its territory to Pakistan, with more similar measures to come, the PTI news agency has claimed, citing an anonymous source.
Asia

India blocks Pakistani exports, transit amid tensions

IFP Media Wire -
New Delhi has imposed a ban on imports and transit of Pakistan-produced goods, the Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) announced in an order.
Asia

Pakistan says successfully test-fired ballistic missile as tensions with India rise

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Pakistan’s military announced it has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile as tensions with New Delhi over a deadly shooting attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month remain high.
Asia

India closes airspace to Pakistan airlines as tensions between nuclear-armed neighbours rise

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New Delhi shut its airspace to Pakistani airlines, the government has announced, days after its nuclear-armed neighbour banned Indian airlines from flying over its territory following the killing of 26 men in an attack on tourists in Kashmir.
Asia

Pakistan warns of possible Indian military attack in 24-36 hours

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Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting has stated Islamabad has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch a military strike against Pakistan within the next 24 to 36 hours, as tensions between the two countries escalate following a deadly raid in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Europe

600 N. Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war: Seoul

IFP Media Wire -
Around 600 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia against Ukraine have been killed and thousands more wounded, a South Korean lawmaker has stated, after Pyongyang officially confirmed deploying troops to aid Moscow.
Europe

Worldwide military spending hit record $2.7 trillion last year, sharpest rise since Cold War

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Global military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers announced Monday.
Asia

Pakistan threatens India with nukes

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Pakistani Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi has threatened India with a nuclear strike amid growing tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. It follows a terrorist attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir region on Tuesday that left 26 tourists dead.
Europe

North Korea confirms soldiers sent to fight in Ukraine war

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Pyongyang has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, and that its forces had contributed to taking back Russian territory held by Ukraine’s military in the Kursk region.
Americas

IMF cuts growth forecasts for most countries in wake of trade war

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The International Monetary Fund has slashed its growth forecasts for the United States, China and most states, citing the impact of U.S. tariffs now at 100-year highs and warning that rising trade tensions would further slow growth.
Americas

Trump tariffs will mean world uses less oil in 2025: IEA

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The world will use less crude oil than expected this year due the “substantial risks” posed by US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to the global economy, according to the global energy watchdog.
Europe

China dismisses role in war against Ukraine, calls on Kyiv to temper rhetoric

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian has once again denied Beijing's involvement in Russia's all-out war against Ukraine, urging Kyiv to refrain "from irresponsible remarks."
Asia

China calls on US to show ‘sincerity’ on Iranian nuclear issue

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China has urged the United States to show "sincerity" on the Iranian nuclear issue.
Europe

Zelensky claims Ukraine captured 2 Chinese nationals fighting for Russia

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Ukrainian soldiers have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting in the ranks of the Russian military against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated.
Asia

USAID cancels all remaining Afghanistan humanitarian aid contracts: CNN

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The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has canceled all remaining contracts for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, a USAID official has told CNN.
Asia

China refutes involvement in Ukraine ‘peacekeeping’ contingent

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Beijing has rejected a media report suggesting that China could take part in a potential EU deployment of ‘peacekeeping’ forces to Ukraine, reaffirming its stance in favor of a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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