- Pakistan UN representative says Strait of Hormuz disruption threatens energy, food supply chains
- Ambassador Ahmad highlights diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between US and Iran
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Rare killing of woman police constable in Balochistan highlights frontline risks for female officers
- 35-year-old officer, a mother of three, died in militant shootout in Khuzdar last week
- Her death underscores limited but growing role of women in Pakistan’s frontline policing
- Former Pakistani PM taken from Adiala Jail to PIMS for follow-up treatment
- Hospital says scans showed “clinical improvement” before procedure
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- Abdulaziz Alwasil calls during high-level UN Security Council debate for greater efforts to protect key waterways and safeguard international shipping
- As world deals with ‘an unprecedented economic, social, political and environmental crisis, ensuring the safety and security of maritime navigation is more important than ever,’ he says
- A new group of wounded or ill Palestinian children from Gaza have arrived in Jordan to receive medical care, the kingdom’s army said on Tuesday
- The same man was suspected of later opening fire on the ground floor of a court building in another part of central Athens
- Iran’s announcement that it would open Hormuz had sent stocks and bonds surging on Friday and oil prices down
- Third-placed United moved to 61 points, 11 ahead of sixth-placed Brighton & Hove Albion with four games left
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- Iran has offered to end its chokehold on Strait of Hormuz in exchange for US lifting blockade and end to war
- Pakistan’s UN envoy says Islamabad remains firm in efforts to end the war that has threatened global economy
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