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The foreign ministry in Tehran has summoned the Saudi ambassador over the execution of six Iranian nationals in the oil-rich kingdom on drug smuggling charges.

The Palestinian Authority has temporarily suspended operations of Al Jazeera television channel, blaming the network for disseminating “inciting material’’.

Scores of people have been killed and wounded in a deadly attack in the US city of New Orleans, CNN reported on Thursday.

Russian gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine came to an end on Wednesday when a five-year deal between the warring countries expired.

At least 122 journalists and media workers, including 14 women, have been killed in 2024, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says.

Russian says its air defence systems have destroyed more than a hundred Ukrainian drones in a single day.

Scores of Afghan nationals have been deported to their country after being arrested for crossing into Pakistan illegally.

Three Afghans convicted in Belgium over their involvement in a major people smuggling ring following a joint investigation by the Belgian Crime Agency and police have been arrested in the UK, a media report said on Tuesday.

A South Korean court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, a media report said.

Pakistan has been urged to expand trade relations with Afghanistan and Iran to address the unemployment challenge in southwestern Balochistan province.

At least 66 people have died as a result of a traffic accident in the Sidama state of southern Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, authorities said on Monday.

Former US pesident Jimmy Carter, also a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has passed away at the age of 100, a media report said on Monday.