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UN urges Pakistan to boost disaster preparedness amid monsoon risks

Aug 13, 2025

UNOCHA has urged Pakistan to strengthen disaster risk strategies as heavy monsoon rains threaten floods, landslides, and glacial lake outburst floods in vulnerable regions, including Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The report highlights climate change, droughts, and past flood losses, stressing the need for early warnings and community resilience.

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UK Deputy PM demands China explain redacted 'Super-Embassy' plans amid security, human rights concerns

Aug 13, 2025

The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary of the United Kingdom, Angela Rayner, has officially requested that the Chinese government clarify why sections of its architectural designs for a proposed "super-embassy" in central London have been significantly redacted, cautioning that a lack of transparency might endanger planning approval, according to Phayul's report.
Karachi-Makran passenger coaches halted at Uthal (Photo/@TBPEnglish)

Karachi-Makran passenger coaches halted at Uthal; thousands stranded as Baloch fighters launch coordinated attacks in Balochistan

Aug 13, 2025
Cameroon President Paul Biya welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Yaounde, Cameroon (File Photo/Reuters)

Macron acknowledges France's role in "repressive" war against Cameroon independence

Aug 13, 2025

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US: India's Consulate General in Chicago condemns desecration of BAPS temple, calls it "reprehensible"

Aug 13, 2025

The Consulate General of India in Chicago on Wednesday strongly condemned the desecration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Temple...
Mountain villages in Pakistan struggle as melting glaciers increase flood risks (File Photo/Reuters)

Shisper glacier flood devastates PoGB, blocks Karakoram highway and isolates communities

Aug 13, 2025

Flooding from the Hunza Shisper Glacier in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan has blocked the Karakoram Highway, damaged homes, farmland, and...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces crisis as military action fuels civilian unrest (Image: X/@PashtunNJirga)

55,000 displaced and 400,000 trapped under curfew in Bajaur amid military operation, says ANP lawmaker

Aug 13, 2025

Around 55,000 people have been displaced and 400,000 trapped under curfew in Bajaur due to a military operation....
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Taiwan proposes stricter rules for citizenship restoration amid China security concerns

Aug 13, 2025
An Indian fisherman deported from Sri Lanka, arrives back in India (Image: X/@IndiainSL)

Fisherman deported from Sri Lanka returns home, confirms Indian High Commission

Aug 13, 2025
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Mexico hands over 26 alleged cartel members to US amid tariff pressure

Aug 13, 2025
A cluster of bees rests at the entrance of a hive, symbolizing environmental efforts as French President Emmanuel Macron signs a law banning the reintroduction of a bee-killing pesticide (Photo/Reuters)

French President Emmanuel Macron signs law banning bee-killing pesticide after mass petition

Aug 13, 2025
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Pakistan's trade deficit soars 44 pc in July, raising economic concerns

Aug 13, 2025
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Macron calls Israel's Gaza plan "disaster waiting to happen," proposes UN mission

Aug 13, 2025
The former first lady of South Korea and wife of ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol, Kim Keon Hee (Photo/Reuters)

South Korea: Former First Lady Kim Keon Hee arrested in corruption probe

Aug 13, 2025
Afghan nationals gather near a bus as part of ongoing repatriation efforts amid a crackdown on undocumented residents in Quetta division, Pakistan (File Photo/Reuters)

Over 30,000 "illegal Afghans" repatriated from Pakistan's Quetta

Aug 13, 2025
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50 militants killed in 4 days by Pakistani forces in major crackdown in Balochistan, says ISPR

Aug 13, 2025
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Argentina's Javier Milei champions new initiative to deepen Israel-Latin America partnership

Aug 13, 2025
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Pakistan: Experts stress need for advocacy to ensure success of Sindh's HPV vaccination campaign

Aug 13, 2025
Haiti police block streets, break into airport to protest officer killings (Photo/Reuters)

UN says "response not at par with gravity on ground" as Haiti faces deepening crisis, lowest global funding

Aug 13, 2025