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01-12-2025 GAZA STRIP: The death toll from Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza has surpassed 70,000, the Health Ministry in the enclave says, as Israeli military attacks continue. The ministry said on Saturday that at least 70,100 people have been killed across the Gaza Strip since Israel’s …

01-12-2025 CARACAS: Caracas has denounced United States President Donald Trump’s announcement that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela is to be considered closed “in its entirety”, as tensions between the countries escalate. In a statement on Saturday afternoon, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said Trump’s statement earlier in the day amounts …

30-11-2025 By SJA Jafri + PR KARACHI:  The Aga Khan University’s (AKU) Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) brought together Pakistan’s leading architects, planners, public health experts, development specialists, and government representatives to address one of the country’s most pressing national challenges: how to redesign homes, neighborhoods, and public …

30-11-2025 KHARTOUM: Hundreds of Sudanese children have arrived in the town of Tawila in Sudan’s western Darfur region without their parents since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city of el-Fasher last month, a humanitarian group says. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Thursday that …

30-11-2025 OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed an agreement with Alberta’s premier that will roll back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast. Under the agreement, which was signed on Thursday, the federal government …

30-11-2025 BISSAU: An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau’s new head of state a day after an apparent coup. Gen Horta N’Tam becomes the transitional president for a period of one year. He took the oath on Thursday, in brief and muted proceedings at army headquarters. N’Tam, who …

30-11-2025 CARACAS: Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there. The airlines had temporarily suspended their routes into the capital, Caracas, after the US warned of “heightened military activity” in the area. Angered by …

30-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: All-rounder Deepti Sharma, whose player-of-the-tournament performance helped India win the World Cup earlier this month, fetched the highest price at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction, while Australia captain Alyssa Healy, one of the marquee players up for grabs, went unsold. UP Warriorz used a …

30-11-2025 VICTORIA: Firefighters in Hong Kong worked for a second day to put out a large blaze at a residential complex that has killed at least 94 people in the Chinese territory’s deadliest and most destructive fire in 60 years. Officials said on Friday that flames in four buildings in …

30-11-2025 COLOMBO: Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 40 deaths in Sri Lanka, where the authorities have stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country, officials say. The government’s Disaster Management Centre on Thursday said 25 of the reported deaths occurred …