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India continues ceasefire violations on line of control. According to ISPR, Indian forces once again resorted to unprovoked firing in Battal sector on line of control. The Pakistani troops are befittingly responding to Indian unprovoked firing.

Iraqi troops advancing towards Mosul battled on Saturday for the last town left between them and the Islamic State stronghold to the north, which is already under assault from special forces fighting inside the city’s eastern districts. Saturday’s attack on Hammam al-Alil, about 15 km south of Mosul, targeted a force of at least 70 Islamic State fighters in the ...

This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of the Toyota Corolla, one of the world’s best-selling cars. Since the first model went on sale in Japan on Nov. 5, 1966, some 44.3 million Corollas have been sold globally through the end of September, including the Corolla Fielder station wagon and other variants, the Japanese automaker says. Here are some milestones along ...

Barrister Zafarullah Khan of the Watan Party has challenged formation of commission for investigation into Panama Papers Leaks, Samaa reported Saturday. According to our correspondent, Zafarullah Khan, whose petition was disposed of by the Supreme Court in Panama case last month, filed another petition in the apex court, challenging formation of a single-member judicial panel that was proposed by Chief ...

England’s leading test wicket-taker James Anderson will join up with the squad for the five-match series in India after making “encouraging progress” from a shoulder injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board said in a statement on Saturday. Anderson, who has not featured for the side since August, had been cleared to travel after passing a late fitness test on ...

China has launched its new Long March-5 heavy rocket, state media said, sending its payload into orbit in the country’s latest step in advancing its space exploration program. The launch comes after China began its longest manned space mission last month, sending two astronauts to spend a month aboard a space laboratory that is part of a broader plan to ...

Tens of thousands of South Koreans protested in central Seoul on Saturday in one the largest demonstrations in the country’s capital for years, calling on embattled President Park Geun-hye to resign over a growing influence-peddling scandal. Roughly 43,000 people were at the candle-lit rally early on Saturday evening, according to police. Organizers said a growing crowd of 100,000 had assembled, ...

The Paris concert venue where Islamist militants killed 90 people in November 2015 has enrolled rock star Sting for a concert to mark its reopening a year after the tragedy. Sting, who headed up hit pop music band The Police before a long solo career, announced the news, saying on his website that the show would seek to honor those ...

Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Jalil Abbas Jilani has said bilateral relations between Pakistan and the United States have significantly improved during the last few years. He was talking to journalists who arrived in Washington for the coverage of us presidential elections. Pakistani envoy said cooperation in diverse sectors including trade, energy and Defence has been enhanced. He said ...

A roadside bomb has killed 11 people on their way to a wedding in the northern Afghan province of Faryab. Those killed included women and children. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast but officials blamed Taliban militants.