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Iran-aligned militias in Iraq were under growing pressure to disarm, but the latest strikes may embolden them to get more deeply involved in the war.
A Russian attack on Ukraine's Poltava region killed one person and triggered a fire at a Nova Poshta terminal.

Iranian media report that a couple and their two-year-old child were killed in latest US attacks on Qeshm Island.

A Russian drone strike on Poltava Oblast killed one person, damaged warehouse facilities and hit a Nova Poshta hub.

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Several locations in southern Iran were targeted by US forces, with explosions heard in the cities of Bushehr, Abu Musa, Kish Island, Ahwaz, and Qeshm Island, Iranian state media Press TV reported.

Israeli strikes have displaced dozens of families in Gaza City's Shati refugee camp.

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Trump met with Saudi defence minister after joint strikes on Iraq: Report US President Donald Trump met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, on Wednesday for urgent discussions following the two countries' joint strikes on Iraq, Axios reported citing an American official. According to news website, the source said the purpose of the meeting was to deliver a message from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about the ongoing war on Iran alongside the situation in the regi

A fragile ceasefire remains in place between Israel and Hamas, but it has not halted the violence in the Gaza Strip, where 1,207 people were killed since the truce began in October 2025.

A drone attack on the Russian city of Penza sparked a fire at a Wildberries logistics centre. Employees were evacuated and air-raid sirens sounded across the city.
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THE floods are visiting us again. The death toll will be counted within days. The damage to roads, bridges and embankments will be tallied within weeks and translated into a dollar figure. Expect this assessment to dominate the coverage. It is legitimate but a wrong ledger regardless. The real casualty of this flood, and the one before it, and the one before that, is not standing in the rubble. It is sitting in a classroom that no longer exists, or should be sitting there and is not. Pakistan is

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Members of a delegation from the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa paid tribute to their ancestors at the historic Ryukyu Kingdom cemetery in Beijing, highlighting a legacy of ties that China is increasingly leveraging as a counterweight in its frictions with Tokyo. During the visit in June – first made public by the Global Times on Sunday – about a dozen delegates travelled to the site southeast of Beijing, which honours six centuries of ties between China and the former island nation later...

Wildfires raged across Turkey and the Greek island of Crete on Thursday, while firefighters in Spain battled a new blaze near the Portuguese border. In contrast, France's wildfire crisis showed signs of easing, with authorities allowing 84,000 evacuees in the southwest to return to their homes. Follow our liveblog for all the latest updates.

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IT seems the finance minister’s meeting with the US treasury secretary last week has yielded some understandings that are already beginning to play themselves out. Consider the decisions made at the last Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) meeting. Subsidies totalling Rs255 billion were approved for ‘exporters’ and, it seems, a conscious decision has been made to pull government funds away from schemes to promote remittances and channel them towards exports instead. So far, so good. The proble

Southern Lebanon’s Mansouri village is divided by Israel's Yellow Line, a military boundary separating area it occupies.

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• Registration, waiting list system introduced; slot can be reserved with 10pc deposit • Govt to lock in long-term contracts to cut costs; multiple Haj packages planned to suit different budgets; bookings, payments and complaints to go fully digital • Private firms set to face tighter oversight ISLAMABAD: Pilgrims will be able to choose the Haj year of their choice under Pakistan’s first four-year Haj Policy for 2027-2030, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf announced o

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"You’ve been a great, great friend of Israel, none better," Netanyahu told Cotton. "And I know you’re a champion of the Israel-American alliance, which enhances the security of both our countries."

KARACHI: An artificial exchange rate not only discourages exporters but also poses a major hurdle to foreign investment, particularly in the exportable manufacturing sector, said exporters, who expressed their dismay over the policy. For the past year and a half, the dollar-rupee parity has been managed, and the local currency has continued to appreciate against the greenback, bit by bit. During the last 18 months, the rupee appreciated by at least Rs4 against the US dollar. Exporters stated tha
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted novelist Salman Rushdie's assailant of "engaging in an act of terrorism" for the bloody August 2022 attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese American, "chose to align his values with the terroristic values of the leaders of Iran," said US Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, adding the defendant spent months planning the stabbing that nearly killed Rushdie and left him blind in one eye.
Both the Evangelical leaders and Netanyahu emphasized the importance of unity and support between the two communities.

Centcom says two hours-long wave of strikes against Iran 'successfully completed' The US Central Command claimed attacks on dozens of targets in Iran, including military command centres, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defence sites, and maritime capabilities. "At 10 p.m. ET on July 29, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces successfully completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran in response to yesterday's attempted missile attacks on U.S. forces," it said in a post on

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ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Health Dr Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath on Wednesday warned that Pakistan’s population could reach 400 million by 2040, stressing that public awareness and individual responsibility were essential to address the country’s rapid population growth. Speaking at a ceremony at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) in Tarlai, Dr Bharath said effective measures for maternal and child healthcare and family planning had become an urgent national priority. He added that Prime Minister She

More explosions reported in Iran, two children wounded by US strike in Qeshm Island Further blasts were heard in parts of the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz, in Khuzestan province. Elsewhere in Qeshm Island, the Director General of Crisis Management of the Hormozgan Governorate said that there are ongoing search and rescue operations after a residential house belonging to a family of five was struck in a US attack. "So far, two children have been pulled out from under the rubble and transferre

The renewed US bombardment ended nearly a week of relative calm and dimmed hopes for diplomacy, as the conflict widened with coordinated strikes in Iraq and missile attacks on Jordan.

LAHORE: At least 22 mouzas (revenue estates) in Multan district have been submerged under three to four feet of floodwater from the River Chenab, forcing thousands of residents to move to safer places, while standing crops over large tracts have also been damaged, according to the district administration’s latest flood situation report. The report compiled by the assistant commissioners, available with Dawn, said the district has 545 mouzas, of which 138 are flood-prone. It said 22 mouzas have b

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LAHORE: At least 22 mouzas (revenue estates) in Multan district have been submerged under three to four feet of floodwater from the River Chenab, forcing thousands of residents to move to safer places, while standing crops over large tracts have also been damaged, according to the district administration’s latest flood situation report. The report compiled by the assistant commissioners, available with Dawn, said the district has 545 mouzas, of which 138 are flood-prone. It said 22 mouzas have b

The US military called the strikes "a powerful response" to Tuesday's firing by Iran on US bases in Jordan.