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SYDNEY: A man and woman have been hospitalised with serious injuries following a shooting and car crash in Melbourne's northern suburbs in Australia.

ISLAMABAD: More than 2.4 million people have been affected and over a thousand villages submerged as record-breaking monsoon rains unleash devastating floods across Pakistan’s Punjab province, in what officials are calling one of the worst flood disasters in the region’s history, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), local media reported.

SEOUL: A South Korean's special counsel team on Tuesday raided the homes and offices of Rep. Choo Kyung-ho of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law bid in December when he served as the party's floor leader.

DHAKA: Bangladesh is experiencing its most severe crisis in over a decade, caused by Islamist militancy, extremism, economic collapse, unemployment, a breakdown of law and order, and widespread unrest under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, the Awami League stated on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: John Mearsheimer, a leading American international relations expert and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, has termed the Trump administration’s India policy a “colossal blunder” and asserted that secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil “won’t work.”

WASHINGTON: US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has condemned a break-in at a Hindu temple in Santa Clara, California, calling for strict action against the perpetrators.

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the Pakistan government to take measures to end enforced disappearances in the country, calling it a practice that constitutes a crime against humanity under international law.

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani government helicopter crashed in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer district on Monday, killing all five crew members on board, local media reported, quoting officials.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has temporarily suspended mail delivery to the United States following the new taxes and duties imposed by the Donald Trump administration, local media reported on Monday. The Pakistan Post has also stopped delivering booked mail to the US due to its fears that it will be returned as per the new rules announced by Washington.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, as the death toll rose to 812, and conveyed India's readiness to provide humanitarian aid.

CHINA: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said that Moscow and New Delhi continue to further develop their multifaceted bilateral partnership which remains "absolutely non-partisan in nature", backed by people of both countries.

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday expressed deep concern over the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, which has claimed more than 600 lives so far.

KABUL: The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 622, with more than 1,000 others injured, reported the state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) on Monday.

DHAKA: Bangladesh Awami League on Monday strongly condemned the attack, vandalism, looting, and arson at the office of one of the country’s major political parties -the Jatiya Party (JaPa).

TIANJIN: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin were seen walking past Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday, who appeared isolated, as both leaders engaged in an informal conversation on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin.

TIANJIN: Striking photos of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's informal interaction with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have surfaced, capturing a light moment shared between the three leaders on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump claimed his tariffs brought in “trillions of dollars” to the US economy, after a federal appeals court ruled that he overstepped his presidential authority by imposing them without congressional approval.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he strongly condemned the arbitrary detentions of at least 11 UN personnel by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen in areas under their control.

TIANJIN: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Sunday hosted a banquet at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin to welcome the international guests attending the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCo) Summit.

GAZA: The Israeli army intensified its air and ground attacks on Gaza City on Sunday, aiming to force residents to flee to the central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

WASHINGTON: In a setback to U.S. President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down most of the administration’s global reciprocal tariffs. In its ruling, the court ruled that President Trump did not have the “power to impose tariffs.” Hours after the ruling President Trump stated that he would approach the Supreme Court on the ruling.

MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Saturday reported that it has tallied 2,525 cases of the highly contagious Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in just one week, bringing the total number of cases to 39,893 recorded from January to August 16.

DHAKA: In a growing conflict ahead of next year's general election in Bangladesh, political parties, including radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP), voiced opposition to the election roadmap recently unveiled by the Election Commission (EC), local media reported.

TOKYO: Showcasing a perfect blend of timeless Indian artistry and Japanese culinary tradition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gifted a set of vintage precious stone bowls with silver chopsticks to his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba during his two-day Japan visit which concluded on Saturday.

TOKYO: Semiconductor is an important sector in the cooperation between India and Japan, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday.

WASHINGTON: In a setback to U.S. President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down most of the administration’s global reciprocal tariffs. In its ruling, the court ruled that President Trump did not have the “power to impose tariffs.” Hours after the ruling President Trump stated that he would approach the Supreme Court on the ruling.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate ceasefire in and around the El Fasher area in Sudan's North Darfur, his spokesman said.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the success of his two-day official visit to Japan, calling it a “productive” engagement that yielded several significant outcomes aimed at deepening the India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has intensified its scrutiny of hiring practices under the H-1B visa program, calling on workers and employers to report instances where US citizens are unfairly overlooked in favour of foreign visa holders.

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed expectation that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Tianjin Summit will inject powerful new momentum into the organization.

NEW DELHI: In a possible reprieve for India, a federal appeals court has struck down the reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, ruling he did not have the extensive powers to set them.

TOKYO: Terming it as "crucial" for a multi-polar Asia and a multi-polar world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that stable, predictable and amicable ties between India and China can have a positive impact on regional, global peace and prosperity.

KABUL: Afghanistan's foreign ministry summoned Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul to lodge a formal protest against what Taliban authorities said were Pakistani military strikes in Nangarhar and Khost provinces, the local media reported on Friday. Afghan officials "strongly condemned" the overnight strikes which according to them claimed the lives of three people and injured seven others.

TOKYO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday as both leaders discussed the progress in bilateral partnership across trade, critical technologies and human resource mobility sectors.

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan and said that he looks forward to discussing the strengthening of bilateral ties in various sectors, with him.