BAJAUR: Four cops were killed and two others were wounded when unidentified attackers opened fire at a patrol party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Wednesday evening. Khar Police Station House Officer Gul Zada told Dawn that the attackers targeted the Ababeel Squad — an exclusive patrolling force — at the time of Iftar near... Read More

Bill Gates has admitted making a “huge mistake” in associating with Jeffrey Epstein, telling staff at his charity foundation that he had affairs with two Russian women but denying involvement in the disgraced financier’s crimes. The Microsoft co-founder is among the prominent names appearing in documents released by the US Justice Department that revealed close... Read More

Phil Collins, Pink and Shakira nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame- Last year, the Miami Herald reported that just three out of more than 1,000 individual inductees were born in Latin America. Five members of Wu-Tang Clan performing on stage at Glastonbury in 2019The Wu-Tang Clan are the only hip-hop act to be... Read More

Deceased include women, incident also leaves two injured.Bodies of deceased, wounded shifted to hospital, say police.Balochistan, KP remain worst-hit provinces from violence-QUETTA: At least six people have been killed after unknown gunmen opened fire at a house in the Buleda area of Balochistan’s Turbat, the police said on Wednesday The deceased includes a woman, whereas... Read More

Clashes provide uneasy backdrop to third round of talks on nuclear programme in Geneva. Iran’s campuses turn into battlegrounds again forty days after massacre.Now, with in-person classes resumed, memorial gatherings for those killed in January’s violent crackdown have evolved into open defiance on campuses in Tehran, Mashhad and Isfahan. Some have escalated into stand-offs between... Read More

Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover receives the Congressional Medal of Honor during U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 24, 2026.WASHINGTON – A helicopter pilot wounded in the raid that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro received the Congressional Medal of... Read More

A report on the findings also said that Christians were “subject to ongoing violent attacks” from armed militias and terrorist groups. The report said blasphemy laws in Nigeria’s northern states are used to silence speech and dissent, target Christians and minorities, and “justify so-called ‘convictions’ without due process.Nigeria faces complex security challenge: What to knowNigeria... Read More

The blast occurred just after midnight at Savyolovsky railway station square, according to the ministry’s statement on Telegram. Savyolovsky station, in northern Moscow, is one of the capital’s main railway hubs. The attacker approached traffic police officers sitting in their patrol vehicle and then an explosive device detonated, the statement said, adding that the attacker... Read More