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A Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran has been arrested and charged with plotting a murder-for-hire scheme targeting US government officials and politicians, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday.

Muhammad Yunus has been named the interim leader of Bangladesh following the ouster of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country amidst escalating protests.

The Pakistan-Afghanistan trade has slowed down since the implementation of the Temporary Admission Document (TAD) for truckers, complains a business leader.

Bangladesh’s ex- foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has been arrested at the Dhaka airport and handed over to the military, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar its new chief after Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran last week.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (IEA) will convene an open-ended extraordinary meeting of its Executive Committee at the foreign ministerial level at its secretariat in Jeddah on Wednesday.

A Khyber Pakhtunkhwa business leader has regretted the plummeting trade volume between Afghanistan and Pakistan in recent years.

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced its intention to join the genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

At least five US personnel have been wounded in a rocket strike on an American military base in Iraq, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Foreign Ministers of the Group Seven (G7) countries have called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to avoid actions that could lead to an escalation, a media report said on Monday.

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi travelled to Iran and met the country president amid US and its Arab allies efforts to prevent a wider war in the Middle East, a media report said on Monday.

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretary general Hissein Brahim Taha has condemned the ongoing Israeli military aggression in Gaza Strip and all Palestinian territories as against international laws and relevant resolutions of the United Nations.