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Pakistan: TTP claims responsibility for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attack; 20 troops, 3 civilians dead

Officials and others attend funeral prayers of police officers, who were killed when gunmen attacked a police training center, in Dera Ismail Khan in northwestern Pakistan. (Picture credit: PTI) The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for a series of deadly attacks on Friday across northwestern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing […]

‘Militants using civilians as human shields’: Did Pakistan bomb a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa village and kill 30 people? What we know

At least 30 people were killed in an overnight Pakistani air strike in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa village, local reports said on Monday.However, the Associated Press, citing police, reported that the blast occurred in the region after a bomb-making material planted by Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) exploded, killing 24, including militants. The police accused the militants of using […]

‘Brutally savage’: At least 21 civilians killed in Russian attack; Zelenskyy demands global sanctions

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (ANI) A Russian glide bomb struck the village of Yarova in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Tuesday. More than 20 civilians were killed as pensions were being distributed, president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.Calling the strike “brutally savage,” Zelenskyy said the bomb hit directly in the middle of the rural settlement, targeting ordinary people. He extended […]

‘Hamas stopping residents’: IDF shares call recording; accuses group of using Gaza civilians as shields

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released an audio recording it said captured a conversation between an Israeli officer and a Gaza City resident, alleging that Hamas was preventing civilians from fleeing to safety in order to use them as human shields.“EXPOSED: ‘We want to go south but Hamas are waiting for us on the way” […]

Gaza civilians struggle as aid fails to reach north

Starving civilians caught in the chaos of food distribution in Gaza (Image credit: AP) Before the war, Hazem Lubbad was a university student, supporting his studies while working as a waiter at a restaurant in Gaza City. For the past 19 months, he has been hunkering down with his extended family in Sheikh Radwan, a […]

HRW warns Rwanda-backed M23 executing DR Congo civilians | World News

HRW warns Rwanda-backed M23 executing DR Congo civilians (AP) KINSHASA: The Rwanda-backed M23 militia has carried out “mass killings” of Congolese civilians in the occupied eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Tuesday.With Rwanda’s support, M23 fighters have seized swathes of the DRC’s resource-rich east, capturing the key city of Goma […]

Syria Land Mines: ‘It’ll take ages to clear them’: At least 249 dead as Syria’s land mines continue to kill civilians months after civil war ends

At least 249 dead as Syria’s land mines continue to kill civilians months after civil war ends (Picture credit: AP) More than four months after Syria’s civil war ended with the fall of Bashar Assad on December 8, 2024, the country remains haunted by a hidden threat, land mines and unexploded remnants of war. These […]

Macron tells Netanyahu ordeal of Gaza civilians ‘must end’

Emmanuel Macron- File Photo (AP) PARIS: France’s President Emmanuel Macron told Israel’s leader during a phone call Tuesday that the suffering of Gazan civilians “must end” and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages.“The ordeal the civilian populations of Gaza are going through must end,” Macron posted on X after the […]

US House passes GOP bill requiring proof of US citizenship for voting. What new documents do civilians need now?

Civilians residing in the US now need more than just an election ID before heading to vote, as the House has approved legislation requiring proof of US citizenship.Following Trump’s executive order on election reforms last month, Republicans advanced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.US Rep. Bryan Steil, leading the House election committee, stated during […]

Pakistan kills own civilians during military operation, admits ‘unintended consequences’

Pakistan said it killed 10 civilians during an anti-militant operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday.The operation, in Katlang, a remote hilltop area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was aimed at militant hideouts and resulted in the deaths of 12 suspected terrorists. However, it also led to the deaths of 10 civilians, including women and children, […]