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Pakistan’s military says security forces foiled a “major terrorist attack” on minority Christians when they killed a militant and detained his associate in the eastern city of Lahore. In a statement, the military said Saturday four soldiers were wounded in an overnight raid. It was unclear which militant group wanted to target Easter Sunday in […]

Birthday of nation’s founder celebrated with massive parade in Pyongyang as tensions with US grow. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made an appearance at an immense military parade celebrating the birthday of his lateNorth Korean state television showed Kim saluting his honour guard before walking down a red carpet grandfather and North Korea founder […]

Iranian researchers managed to design and make a full digital smart system for hair transplantation to improve the patients’ conditions. Smart hair transplantation system is a comprehensive device for use in operating rooms. In addition to being an assistant for the physician during hair transplantation, it is a mechanized system for managing the process. It […]

An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according to astronomers.”Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very close approach for an asteroid this size,” NASA said in a statement. […]

KABUL, April 14 (Xinhua) — At least 36 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed after the U.S. forces in Afghanistan struck their position with a large bomb in eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Friday morning. On Thursday evening, the U.S. military dropped a GBU-43 or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, […]

Some 248 people have been deported from Europe to Afghanistan this year, compared with 580 in 2016. Two more planes carrying Afghans deported from Europe have arrived in Kabul after their asylum request was rejected under an agreement between the European Union and Afghan government. The arrivals mean 248 people have been deported from Europe […]

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Pro-Iraqi government paramilitary troops have declared evacuating 1,500 families over the past few days from some regions in western Mosul. Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units) said on Friday in a statement that “troops deployed in some regions of western Mosul received hundreds of displaced families coming from Mahalabiya and its vicinity over the […]

   Washington — US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is backing an “evil person” in Syria. Trump told Fox Business Network that Putin’s support for Assad is “very bad for Russia.”Trump said it’s also “very bad for mankind.” During the Fox Business interview with Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday, President Trump said he […]

The international community and shipping firms should intensify patrols along the Somalia coastline to eliminate piracy that is slowly crawling back after a five year lull, a senior UN official has said. Yury Fedotov, the Executive Director of the UN office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned in a statement issued in Nairobi late Wednesday […]

The United Arab Emirates should clarify its role in the apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the western coast of Yemen, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the prime minister and defense minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. The UAE should also provide information on the role of […]