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AT Kabul: Germany opposes sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, its foreign minister said on Friday, a day after U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with the weapons, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians. Human rights organisations oppose such a move and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock …

AT Kabul: A private rocket carrying the first Arab woman astronaut has blasted off on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher from Saudi Arabia, was joined on Sunday’s mission by fellow Saudi Ali al-Qarni, a fighter pilot. The pair are the first …

AT Kabul: Eight Pakistanis died while six were injured in a fire incident at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah city, the Pakistan Foreign Office said on Saturday. In a statement issued today, it says, “In an unfortunate fire incident in a hotel in Makkah, we have reports of eight …

AT Kabul: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has called for nationwide “freedom” protests on Sunday after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest. Khan, who has been tied up in dozens of legal cases since being ousted from power in April 2022 – was freed on …

AT Kabul: At least two Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded on the fourth consecutive day of Israeli bombardment on the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said. One of the people killed in Friday’s air raid on an apartment was a senior leader of the Palestinian …

AT Kabul: The Israeli military killed 15 Palestinians, including three Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commanders along with their wives and children, in a fresh attack on the Gaza Strip. A total of 40 fighter jets participated in bombing different locations in the besieged enclave, according to the Israeli military. Another …

AT Kabul: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in capital Islamabad over corruption allegations. Fawad Chaudhry of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party confirmed the arrest in a tweet on Tuesday. Chaudhry tweeted that the Islamabad High Court complex has been “occupied” by the …

AT Kabul: Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC), the body responsible for developing the United Arab Emirates’ nuclear energy sector, has signed three agreements with Chinese nuclear energy organisations as it looks to boost low-carbon nuclear power. The UAE, which is hosting the COP28 climate summit this year and wants to …

AT Kabul: India’s Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has accused his visiting Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of being the “promoter, justifier and spokesperson” of terrorism during a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), marking an open hostility against his country’s rivaling neighbor. “Victims of terrorism do not sit together …

AT Kabul: Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking the Kremlin with drones in a failed attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin, vowing retaliation for the “terrorist attack.” Moscow said on Wednesday two drones were used in the alleged attack on Putin’s residence in the Kremlin’s citadel overnight, adding that the …