Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will remain in office despite his coalition losing its upper house majority in the recent election. His party remains the largest, but the minority status complicates legislation. Calls for his resignation have emerged, but he cites his priority is to address rising prices, tariffs, and avoid political instability.
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Traders in Gilgit-Baltistan protested against taxes at the Pakistan-China border, blocking the Karakoram Highway and closing Sost Dry Port. Authorities detained several traders as talks continued to resolve the situation, with tourists stranded and tensions rising between traders and the local administration.
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The US State Department's South and Central Asian Affairs Bureau expressed condolences over the Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash in Uttara, calling it tragic and extending thoughts to the injured and families of the victims.
Ranjit Singh, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, was working at a construction site when unidentified gunmen attacked, killing two Indians and abducting him.
The Ministry of Public Health has launched a four-day polio vaccination campaign in 19 provinces, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under five. Vaccination teams are working in neighborhoods across the country. Public awareness and continued investment are crucial, say doctors. Tolo News reports.
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The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with the People's Republic of Bangladesh and conveyed its sincere condolences over the victims of the Bangladesh Air Force jet that crashed into a school and college campus in the capital, Dhaka, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.
According to the report, the Bangladesh Air Force F-7 fighter jet crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka earlier in the afternoon. The jet was being piloted by Bangladeshi Air Force Flight Lieutenant Mohammad Towkir Islam Sagar, who had also died in the crash.
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'Deeply shocked and saddened at the loss of lives, many of them young students, in a tragic air crash in Dhaka. Our hearts go out to the bereaved families. We pray for the swift recovery of those injured. India stands in solidarity with Bangladesh and is ready to extend all possible support and assistance,' PM Modi said in a X post.
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The Embassy of India in Kathmandu, the Government of Nepal's Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration, and Project Implementing Agencies on Monday signed Memorandums of Understandings (MoUs) for undertaking five High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal under the grant assistance of the Government of India
The Indian Embassy in Kuwait in a post on X also noted that the Ambassador also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Kuwaiti counterpart.
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Last year, the ruling coalition also lost the majority in the lower house of the parliament.
The aircraft, identified as an 'F-7 BGI' training jet, took off around 1:06 pm (local time), according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Moments later, it crashed into the school premises and burst into flames.
At least three people were killed, and more than 100 others were injured in the crash at the Milestone School and College campus in the Diabari area of the Bangladeshi capital, the Daily Star reported.
Central leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), Sibghat Ullah Shahjee and Bebarg Baloch, are staging a protest inside the Cantt Police Station in Pakistan's Quetta, raising serious concerns over the violation of basic prisoners' rights and legal procedures.
The reports, seen by TPS-IL accuse Israel of 'genocide,' organ theft, using banned thermal weapons, burying Palestinians in mass graves, massacring Palestinians in Gaza's Shifa Hospital, deliberately using Palestinians as human shields, and sexually assaulting Palestinian women. These reports are published on Relief Web, an information portal overseen by OCHA and widely used by the international humanitarian community.
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday congratulated Cho Hyun on his appointment as the new Foreign Minister of South Korea.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the aircraft involved was an 'F-7 BGI' training jet. It took off for a routine training mission but crashed just after 1:06 pm. After the crash, the aircraft caught fire, and thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, creating panic among local residents, as per BDnews24.
The Chinese-made F-7 BGI training aircraft crashed into the Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka’s Uttara area around 1.15 pm
Latest visuals showed the British Navy aircraft, part of the UK Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. An official confirmation is awaited.
At least 1,180 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas's attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 50 remaining hostages, around 30 are believed to be dead.
Police in Islamabad on Sunday blocked Baloch protesters from reaching the National Press Club, as a sit-in led by the families of forcibly disappeared persons and leaders of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) entered its fifth consecutive day, The Balochistan Post reported.
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