still limited," Baluch said.( Reporting by Kate Abnett, Editing by William Maclean)....

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Join our Whatsapp channel TEHRAN: At least 10 police officers were killed in a “ terrorist attack ” in an area of southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “ police vehicles ” in Sistan-Baluchis-tan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news agencies reported, without saying how it was carried out.No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred some 1, 200 kilometres southeast of the capital

Gunmen tried to storm Pakistan’s stock exchange in the city of Karachi on Monday morning, killing at least four security officers, officials said. Officials reported that four gunmen drove up to the gate in front of the exchange, and that two managed to enter the parking area before all four were killed in a firefight with security forces.... Officials and traders were reported to have taken shelter inside the exchange during the shooting, which lasted for almost an hour, officials said.In soci

ISLAMABAD — Most of Pakistan, including the capital and many of its major cities, lost power early Sunday in one of the biggest blackouts to affect this country of more than 200 million people. The cause was not immediately clear.... Initial reports said that the breakdown was traced to a power station in southern Sindh Province that ultimately affected the entire transmission system.... Officials said emergency efforts were being made to restore power, but it was not immediately clear how soo

Olaf Scholz moved closer to becoming Germany's new chancellor this past week.... It came as his Social Democratic Party( SPD), The Greens and the Free Democrats( FDP) entered a second round of" in-depth exploratory coalition talks".... The Greens are currently in the' kingmaker' position, having placed third in the election with 14.8 percent, while the FDP came fourth. The EU will likely be keeping a close eye on the results given Germany's great influence within the bloc. Much has been said a

Hussain’s death could have followed an abduction “ at the behest of a Pakistani intelligence agency.” Taliban and Islamic State militants operate in Mr.... Hussain’s home province in Pakistan, as do criminal groups. Pakistan has long been a dangerous country for journalists, who regularly face threats, intimidation and attacks from a vast array of forces, ranging from the country’s powerful intelligence agencies to its militant groups.... He served as editor in chief of The Balochistan Times,

The violence began with blasts that ripped through a military camp in Pakistan’s Baluchistan Province late Sunday night, killing at least one soldier.... Around the same time, armed men stormed into at least four police stations in the province, spraying bullets at officers and setting police vehicles on fire, local officials said.By daybreak, militants had destroyed a bridge, bringing the major railway that runs across it to a halt.... Nearly all of the victims were from Punjab Province, offi

Olaf Scholz, the Social Democratic Party of Germany's( SPD) candidate for Chancellor, this weekend made a step closer to forming a coalition and becoming the country's next leader.... Much has been made of a" new departure" and" change" from the direction of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.... She was at the helm of German politics for 16 years, having moulded both the country's and the EU's discourse. However, since winning the election late last month, many have claimed that Mr Scholz will u

The French President has in recent weeks thrown his weight around on the global political stage.... He reacted furiously to the news that the UK, US and Australia had entered a trilateral security alliance.... Canberra had an existing agreement with Paris to build and buy 12 French submarines — but the new defence pact, AUKUS, will see Australia instead buy US-made submarines.Mr Macron, widely seen as spearheading the EU alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, immediately condemned the agre