A new case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, four months after the end of the country’s last outbreak. The National Institute of Biomedical Research said on Saturday that a 31-year-old male was detected in Mbandaka city, the capital of Congo’s Equateur province. The patient’s symptoms began on […]
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Sri Lankan PM faces pressure to quit amid economic crisis
As a cabinet minister, Sri Lanka’s beleaguered prime minister is under increasing pressure to quit, while other senior party members back public protests calling for resignations over the country’s deteriorating economic crisis. On Saturday, Media Minister Nalaka Godahewa declared his support for the thousands of people protesting outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office, demanding that he […]
Seven killed in Kashmir before Modi’s visit to disputed territory
In two separate clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, six accused rebels and one Indian paramilitary officer were killed, only days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the disputed territory. According to authorities, a gunfight broke out early Friday on the outskirts of southern Jammu city after police and soldiers saw a group of militants in […]
World Bank ready to support Sri Lanka amid economic crisis
Sri Lanka will receive $300m to $600m from the World Bank over the next four months to buy medicine and other essential items, the country’s finance minister said Friday, as the Indian ocean island suffers its worst economic crisis in decades. Finance Minister Ali Sabri, who is in Washington to negotiate a rescue package with […]
Fighters in Afghanistan fire heavy weapons onto Pakistan military station
According to the army, fighters in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border onto a Pakistani military station, killing three soldiers. The assailants were engaged in a gunfight in Pakistan’s harsh North Waziristan region, and several people were killed, according to a military statement released on Saturday. It was unclear which of Afghanistan’s several armed […]
Iran’s IRGC commander survives ambush, bodyguard dead
In the country’s southeast, gunmen opened fire on a vehicle carrying a general from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), killing a bodyguard in the process. According to the IRNA state news agency, Brigadier-General Hossein Almassi, an IRGC commander in Sistan-Baluchistan region, was unharmed in the ambush on Saturday. According to the allegation, “criminals” […]
PM expresses concerns over resurfacing of poliovirus
PM expresses concerns over resurfacing of poliovirus. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced alarm on Saturday over the poliovirus emerging in Pakistan after a 15-month hiatus. In North Waziristan, a 15-month-old boy tested positive for type-1 wild poliovirus (WPV1). The prime minister demanded a report from the relevant authorities and instructed them to devise a plan […]
Budget likely to be tabled in June 1st week
ISLAMABAD: On Friday, sources told the Local News Media that the federal budget would be presented to the National Assembly in the first week of June. They went on to say that the budget session will begin on June 1 and last for a month. To ensure that the House completed its four-year parliamentary term, a […]