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Three people injured after 17-year-old opens fire in New York's Times Square; accused held

Aug 09, 2025

According to the NY Post, the suspect was arrested at the scene, and a firearm was recovered too. The gunman has not been identified due to his age, and till now, charges have not been filed.

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'Cut us open and we bleed like them': Amnesty slams Pakistan's discrimination against minorities in sanitation work

Aug 09, 2025

Amnesty International's report reveals severe caste and religion-based discrimination against Pakistan's sanitation workers, mainly Christians and Hindus. They face hazardous work, low pay, job insecurity, and social stigma, with little legal protection, highlighting systemic human rights violations and exploitation.

A soldier stands guard along the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (File Photo/Reuters)

Pakistan: Tablighi Jamaat's grip on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fuels concerns of radicalisation

Aug 09, 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (Photo/Reuters)

Mexico's President Sheinbaum rejects US military invasion amid cartel fight plans

Aug 09, 2025

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Afghanistan faces power crisis as electricity imports drop

Aug 09, 2025

Afghanistan's electricity imports from Tajikistan have dropped, causing shortages in Kabul. Despite using thermal generators, supply lasts only...
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'Where will we go?' Afghan mothers in Chagai live in terror as Pakistan plans mass deportations

Aug 09, 2025

Afghan refugee mothers in Pakistan's Chagai district fear forced deportation after their protective PoR cards expired. They face...
An Afghan family deported from Iran rests with their belongings at a camp for returning migrants near the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province, Afghanistan (File Photo/Reuters)

IOM sounds alarm over 1.5 million Afghan deportations in 2025

Aug 09, 2025

Afghanistan faces a major crisis as 1.5 million migrants, nearly half women and girls, are forcibly deported from...
A general view of signs along a highway leading to Gwadar, Balochistan (File Photo/Reuters)

Education, livelihoods, and press freedom hit as Balochistan internet ban continues

Aug 09, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Photo/Reuters)

Brazilian President Lula signs bill easing environmental licensing, vetoes key provisions to protect Amazon

Aug 09, 2025
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Pakistan: Sindh High Court extends suspension of K-Electric CEO's removal over harassment case

Aug 09, 2025
Afghan women wait to receive food packages distributed by a Saudi Arabian humanitarian aid group at a Kabul distribution center (File Photo/Reuters)

Germany sees sharp rise in Afghan women asylum seekers amid Taliban repression

Aug 09, 2025
Nepal observes Janai Purnima with devotees performing ritualistic baths and changing sacred threads worn across the body and wrist, marking the traditional Hindu festival of protection and purification (Photo/ANI)

Nepal observes Janai Purnima with ritualistic bathe and changing the sacred threads worn across body and wrist

Aug 09, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron (File Photo/Reuters)

French police launch probe after Israeli rabbi threatens Macron

Aug 09, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom (Photo/X@GavinNewsom)

"We're calling for a special election," says California governor Newsom on November redistricting plan

Aug 09, 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (File Photo/Reuters)

UN chief Guterres "gravely alarmed" by Israeli decision to "take control of Gaza City"

Aug 09, 2025
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Bala (Image Credit: X/@DrSJaishankar)

EAM Jaishankar congratulates Singapore on 60th National Day, says "cherish enduring friendship"

Aug 09, 2025
Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev (Photo/ANI)

"Very crucial time in world affairs": Foreign affairs expert Robinder Sachdev on Modi-Putin conversation

Aug 09, 2025
Mourners gather before funeral of Zambia's ex-President Edgar Lungu in Hillbrow after his death in South Africa (Photo/Reuters)

South African court orders former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's burial in Zambia despite family's objection

Aug 09, 2025
UN agencies call for urgent aid and protection for vulnerable Afghan women and girls returning from Iran and Pakistan (Photo/Reuters)

UN Women warns of urgent aid for Afghan women, girls returning from Iran and Pakistan

Aug 09, 2025