ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia on Thursday concluded the 10th session of their Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) in Islamabad, signing a set of new cooperation agreements and reaffirming plans to deepen collaboration in energy, trade, education, science and disaster-management, according to a statement from Pakistan’s Press Information Department (PID).

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MAIDUGURI: Thomas Marama is praying less often these days. His faith hasn’t waned, but with the height of the Boko Haram conflict behind him, the Nigerian pastor no longer feels the need to plead to God each time he goes to a crowded market or gets caught in a traffic jam. “You were always scared

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KHERSON: When Olena Horlova leaves home or drives through town outside the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, she fears that she’s a target. She believes that Russian drones could be waiting on a rooftop, along the road or aiming for her car. To protect herself and her two daughters, the girls stay indoors, and she

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KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday condemned the killing of three Chinese workers in a militant attack in Tajikistan near the Afghan border, expressing solidarity with Beijing and Dushanbe and warning that the incident underscored the escalating regional threat posed by militant groups operating from Afghanistan.

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KARACHI: Extreme heat in Pakistan is transitioning from short, episodic spikes to chronic, season-long and potentially year-round hazards, with Karachi emerging among Asia’s hottest megacities, the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has warned in a new report.

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NEW YORK: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off Thursday in New York City, with new balloons depicting Buzz Lightyear and Pac-Man set to take to the skies and floats featuring Labubu and Lego gracing the streets. The parade is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. EST, rain or shine, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

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LIMA: A Peruvian court will issue its verdict on Thursday in the trial of former left-wing president Pedro Castillo, who was impeached and jailed all in the same day in 2022 following a power grab attempt. Dubbed Peru’s first poor president, the former rural schoolteacher and trade unionist, who had never held elected office before

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CARACAS: Venezuela’s aviation authority said Wednesday that it banned multiple airlines accused of “terrorism” after they suspended routes, heeding warnings from the United States about military activity in the region.

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HONG KONG: A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been spread by unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work, police said on Thursday. Working through the night, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped

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RIO CAUTO: Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history. By day, families walk toward the nearest river to fill plastic containers with water and by night, they squeeze together to sleep under

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