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Former IS-K chief killed in Afghanistan shootout
The militant leader, who hailed from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai district, was killed during an investigation against organized kidnappers and criminal mafia.
At least 12 killed in Afghan earthquake, says official
"The worst-hit areas were Badruk, Darband-e-Safed and Khak Polak localities in Qadis district, east of the provincial capital Qala-e-Naw," Xinhua news agency quoted district chief Mohammad Saleh Purdil. Multiple houses were affected by the quake which occurred at 4:10 p.m., and the number of casualties may rise, the source said.
Saudi royal family descendants of Jews: Iranian general
The speech made on January was aired on Iran's Bushehr TV and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). "We cannot bear to see injustice in a Muslim country that is perpetrated by the Zionists and the seed of the Jews," the commander, General Alireza Tangsiri, could be heard saying in a video recording of the speech, the report said.
Pfizer CEO says this may be last Covid wave with restrictions
Bourla gave an interview to French outlet BFM TV to mark the announcement of an investment package by the pharma firm in France. Bourla also touted the effectiveness and safety of vaccines, saying that he believed people will continue to require booster shots, the report said.
London's iconic red buses under threat in pandemic funding crisis, warns Mayor
Khan said that the continued electrification of London's bus fleet is also under threat, with the date for a zero-emission fleet likely to slip till at least 2037, Xinhua news agency reported.
UK preacher Anjem Choudary called to free 'Lady Al Qaeda' 'physically' or by 'ransom'
Choudhary called on his supporters to release Aafia Siddiqui 'physically or by ransom' in a Telegram post in September last year, the report said. The 54-year-old has been able to openly carry out social media campaigns again after licence conditions barring him from public speaking expired in 2021, three years after he was released from prison following a conviction for supporting ISIS, the report said.
2 Indians feared killed in drone attack in UAE, Houthi rebels claim responsibility
As per the Abu Dhabi police, three persons -- two Indians and one Pakistani, were killed. Besides, six others were injured. "An important statement will be announced in the upcoming hours to reveal details on the strategic operation deep inside the UAE," said the Houthi rebel group's spokesman Yahya Saree in a brief press statement on Monday. A minor fire also broke out in the new construction area of Abu Dhabi International Airport, according to the WAM.
Concerns raised after Pak central bank refuses to open Afghanistan Relief Fund
The Pakistan government recently announced that it would be opening an account titled Afghanistan Relief Fund to keep a record of donations from Pakistan and abroad to help the people of Afghanistan meet their humanitarian needs. Following the announcement, the Finance Ministry had directed the State Bank of Pakistan to open the account with immediate effect for the Afghanistan Relief Fund.
Texas hostage-taker's Pak link being probed; was supporter of Tablighi Jamaat
As the police in the US and the UK scramble to find if he was part of a wider terror cell, it has emerged that Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was branded a 'menace' for expressing his desire to be onboard one of the planes that destroyed the World Trade Centre in 2001. Akram's links to Pakistan are also being probed, having been a regular visitor to the country where his father was born. He was reportedly a supporter of the conservative Tablighi Jamaat group, set up to 'purify' Islam.
China blames Omicron case in Beijing on parcel sent from Canada
Combined with the epidemiological studies, the testing results of suspicious samples and the gene sequencing result of the case, the possibility that the Beijing case was infected by the virus through the international mail cannot be ruled out, the Global Times quoted Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing centre for disease control and prevention, as saying to reporters.
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