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Pakistan's gas crisis has gone retail: in Peshawar, LPG cylinder prices have jumped 37% — from PKR 400 to PKR 550 — as traders exploit a Sui Gas shortage, flouting an official rate of PKR 300 per kg.…
A suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a police check post near the Punjab-KP border in Pakistan, killing two…
A minority rights body in Bangladesh has condemned threats and desecration targeting Lord Ram's idol at the Radha-Gobinda Temple…
The White House posted 'New bling' on X on June 15, 2026, alongside two images and no explanatory text. The informal post from…
The White House posted a solitary fire emoji on X on June 15, 2026, with one image and no explanatory text. The minimal post,…
The White House posted a single internet slang term, 'AURAMAXXING', on X on June 15, 2026, with one image and no explanation. The…
The White House posted a terse patriotic declaration — 'PATRIOTS ARE LOCKED IN' — with a bald eagle emoji and a video on June 15,…
The Iran-US ceasefire has handed South Korea a lifeline — the country imports 70 percent of its crude through the Strait of…
Despite an active ceasefire, Israel struck a Hezbollah command centre in Beirut's southern suburbs — prompting a UN rebuke, an…
