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Pakistan, Lebanon army chiefs meet as Middle East mediation drags on

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP): The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the Middle East war dragging on.Pakistan has been mediating between the United States and Iran to end the months-long conflict, with...

Pilots 'fine', says Trump after reported downing of US copter near Hormaz

NEW YORK, June 9 (AFP): President Donald Trump said Tuesday that two pilots were uninjured after reports that a US military helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz.It was not immediately clear whether the Apache helicopter was shot down, experienced mechanical failure or encountered some other problem, the New...

Palestinians 'trapped' between Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas: UN probe

GENEVA, June 9 (AFP): Palestinian civilians are caught between "mass atrocities" of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas's brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said Tuesday.Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being "systematically and deliberately" subjected to severe rights violations, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry said.The...

Militants kill 6, abduct 8 security personnel in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 9 (AFP): Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants killed six paramilitary personnel and abducted eight others during an attack on a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Tuesday. Dozens of members of the militant group, which claimed responsibility for the attack, stormed a checkpoint in the city...

Israeli military kills six in Gaza

CAIRO, June 8 (Reuters): Israeli strikes killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials there said, as Israel's military expanded the area under its control, according to residents.The reports came as mediators in Cairo said they were pressing on with efforts to salvage a...

20,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines,Jun 09, (AP): Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 20,000.Only four people were...

Global nuclear weapons spending hit record high in 2025: study

GENEVA, June 9 (AFP): Nuclear-armed countries swelled their spending on atomic weapons by a fifth last year to a record high of nearly $119 billion, with plans to ramp up those investments for decades, campaigners said Tuesday.The world's nine nuclear-armed states jointly increased their spending on their arsenals by nearly...

ICC chief prosecutor suspended over misconduct allegations

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has been suspended from his duties after the court's oversight body initiated disciplinary proceedings over allegations of sexual misconduct, reports AP.The decision was announced late Monday by the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, the executive committee of...