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A soldier stands on guard at a railway station in Balochistan. Photo: Reuters/ File

3 more terrorists killed as Operation Shaban continues in Balochistan: Pakistan state media

Security forces' joint operation launched after Ziarat police post attack; death toll from ongoing campaign reaches 88.

Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian education reformer, who has been on hunger strike, rests on stage during a sit-in protest called by CJP demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, July 14, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra

Activist Sonam Wangchuk enters 18th day of hunger strike as Delhi court hears plea for medical intervention

People chant slogans as they walk during a protest and shutter-down strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil society groups, in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, June 21, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer ud Din/File Photo

Nine killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir clashes

A police officer stands in front of the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Air India crash probe enters final stages after cockpit recorder, psychology reviews

A police officer sits as he guards a street following the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in a town near Kolkata, West Bengal, India, July 11, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary

Brutal killing of 11-year-old highlights unrelenting sexual violence in India

A man holds the flags of India and the US while people take part in the 35th India Day Parade in New York August 16, 2015. Photo :Reuters

India bans imports of goods made with forced labour amid US trade scrutiny

Taslima Nasreen who is currently in New York will return to Kolkata for the first time since 2007, when protests against her book Dwikhondito (Bifurcated) forced her to leave the city. Photo: Collected

Taslima Nasrin set for Kolkata visit after 19 years, likely to share stage with West Bengal CM Suvendu

A Myanmar protester living in Japan holds a placard of Myanmar's detained former leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally denouncing an upcoming election led by the military junta, outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Phot

'Is Aung San Suu Kyi dead?': The Economist

Television journalists are seen outside the premises of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Deciding citizenship should be through fair, reasoned process: India’s Supreme Court

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: Reuters

An emboldened India holds out for better terms in US trade talks

The Qatari government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. Photo: Collected

India declares one-day national mourning for former Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani

Protesters led by the Joint National Squatters Front face-off with the police in Kathmandu. Photo: Collected

Gen-Z protests erupt in Nepal as youth-backed Balen Shah government faces first major challenge

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Pakistan FM calls for 'restraint' in call with Iran counterpart: Ministry