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October 7, 2024

“We are tired of this life and wish for death,” says Ahmad Alnajjar from Khan Yunis, Gaza. Geo.tvdescribing the year-long ordeal as Israel’s relentless assault on the besieged enclave continues in full force. Some 114 deaths and more than 260 wounded daily in Gaza, the enclave no wonder called “hell on Earth”, as the Israeli army continues to shell civilian areas under the pretext of targeting Hamas militants. In retaliation for the October 7 attack, Israeli bombardment has damaged or destroyed more than half of Gaza’s homes and nearly 85% of school buildings, while the strikes also left more than

September 26, 2024

Raja Furqan Ahmed

FO issues advisory for Pakistani nationals in Lebanon

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office advised Pakistani nationals to exercise extreme caution and avoid travelling to Lebanon in the wake of Israeli attacks. Similarly, the Pakistanis “presently residing in Lebanon are advised to travel out through commercial flights which are still available,” the FO spokesperson said in a statement. Those Pakistanis, who could not leave Lebanon owing to some specific reasons, should exercise extreme caution and relocate to safe areas, the spokesperson added. “They are also requested to remain in contact with the Embassy of Pakistan, Beirut. Contact the Embassy at +961-81669488 or +961-81815104 (Cell/WhatsApp) or via email at parepbeirut@mofa.gov.pk,” the

July 2, 2024

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International

10 Islamic State militants re-sentenced to life in 2015 Ankara bombings

ANCHOR: Ten suspected Islamic State militants were sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the second time in a retrial for their roles in twin bombings that killed 101 people in the Turkish capital in 2015. The 10 Turkish men were initially sentenced to life in prison in 2018 for planning the suicide bombings and murder. Each had 101 life sentences at the time, one for each of the victims. However, lawyers for the families of people killed in the blasts appealed to the Constitutional Court in 2018, saying the men should be tried for more crimes and also

January 4, 2024

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International

ISIS claims Qassem Soleimani memorial bombings as grieving Iran vows revenge

ISIS claimed responsibility more than 24 hours after two blasts killed 103 people at a ceremony honoring Commander Soleimani Ambulances leave the scene of an explosion near the tomb of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in southern Iran, January 3, 2024, video still shows. — AFP ISIS, also known as Daesh, has claimed responsibility for two explosions near Qasem Soleimani’s burial site in southern Iran, killing at least 84 and wounding 284, marking the deadliest attack in Iran since the 1979 revolution. The claim came more than 24 hours after the blasts, with Daesh’s Al-Furqan media wing saying two suicide bombers

January 4, 2024

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International

Day of mourning in Iran for the 84 dead in two explosions

TEHRAN: Iran observed a day of mourning on Thursday for at least 84 people killed when two explosions ripped through a crowd commemorating slain Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani. The death toll was revised down from around 100 a day after what Iranian authorities called a “terrorist attack” that also left hundreds injured near Soleimani’s tomb in the southern city of Kerman. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts in Iran, which has in the past suffered deadly attacks by jihadists and other militants, as well as targeted killings of officials and nuclear scientists blamed on archenemy Israel. The

October 31, 2023

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International

Gazan surgeons work in corridors as Israeli bombs fill hospitals

GAUZE: When the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza received a sudden influx of patients seriously injured by Israeli shelling on Tuesday, doctors set up an operating room in a corridor because the main operating rooms were full, they said. Juggling dwindling supplies of medicine, power outages and airstrikes or artillery that shake hospital buildings, surgeons in Gaza work through the night trying to save a steady stream of patients. “We are taking it one hour at a time because we don’t know when we will receive patients. Several times we have had to create operating rooms in the corridors and even

October 31, 2023

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International

Global protests in support of Palestine after Israel’s deadly bombings

Gaza suffered a total communications blackout on Friday night, cutting off its residents from the rest of the world as a result of Israeli bombardment, a move protested by global citizens on Saturday. Pro-Palestine protesters in London, New York and Turkey took to the streets in huge numbers to call out Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Israel’s military pounded Gaza mercilessly on Saturday after a night of intense shelling that rescuers said destroyed hundreds of buildings, three weeks after the war sparked the worst attack in the nation’s history. An estimated 100,000 people took part in the ‘March for Palestine’

We die 1,000 times every day from bombings and fear

FO issues advisory for Pakistani nationals in Lebanon

10 Islamic State militants re-sentenced to life in 2015 Ankara bombings

ISIS claims Qassem Soleimani memorial bombings as grieving Iran vows revenge

Day of mourning in Iran for the 84 dead in two explosions

Gazan surgeons work in corridors as Israeli bombs fill hospitals

Global protests in support of Palestine after Israel’s deadly bombings

Asif Khaliq drives blue-eyed Chaiwala Arshad Khan’s London success

Munir and Naqvi Join Makkah Pact Talks in Tehran

Iran Says the Border Is Open as Pakistan Ships LPG by Sea