- Three key militant commanders arrested during counterterror operations in Zarghoon Ghar area, says official
- Official says police successfully repulsed militant attack on police station in Dalbandin on Sunday in separate incident
- Private tour operators say lowest Hajj package per person costs $4,666
- People blame surging inflation, weaker currency for rising cost of Hajj
- Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik addresses World Urban Forum conference in Baku
- Minister says millions in Pakistan being pushed deeper into poverty by floods and heatwaves
- Majed Alawad of KACST wins Global Innovation Institute prize
- Also sets up a firm focusing on atmospheric water harvesting
- Amnesty said it had confirmed the executions of at least 2,707 people globally in 2025
- Amnesty and other rights groups have noted that Iran is stepping up its use of the death penalty again in 2026
- Hong Kong for decades was the only place in China where a large-scale public commemoration of the crackdown was held
- Vigils were banned in 2020, and two former organizers were charged in 2021 with inciting subversion
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- Pakistan interior minister arrived in Iran on Saturday, meets Iranian counterpart
- Pakistan has been accepted as chief mediator by both the US and Iran in their conflict
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