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3 US troops killed in drone attack in Middle East

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Three US troops stationed in the Middle East, near the Jordan-Syria border, were attacked on Sunday by a drone carried out at the US base named Tower 22, BBC reported. US President Joe Biden, in a statement issued after the drone attack, said the attack was carried out by “radical-Iran-backed militant groups”, adding that Washington “shall respond” to the attack.  According to reports, the one-way drone attack killed three soldiers, while more than 30 were injured and are receiving all necessary treatment. This is the first attack on US troops since the…

6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Guatemala, El Salvador

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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Pacific coast of Guatemala late Friday, Al Arabiya News reported citing the country’s INSIVUMEH seismological agency. El Salvador, a neighbour of Guatemala, felt the same earthquake that struck the Escuintla area of Guatemala. No immediate reports of damages or casualties have been made yet. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 119 kilometres (73.9 miles) by the German Research Centre for Geosciences, which also reported a magnitude of 6.1.

Feb 8 polls: ECP faces connectivity issues with Election Management System

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As the country gears up for upcoming general elections slated on February 8, the polls organising authority Saturday tested its Election Management System (EMS) which faced “connectivity” issues during the trial. As per the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) spokesperson, though the mock text of the EMS was “successful”, the activity did face connectivity challenges causing minor issues in transmitting results to some presiding officers owing to the involvement of fibre/DSL connectivity, EMS app log-in and the steps for results transmission and editing.  The development comes as the ECP would rely…

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months jail for disobeying subpoena

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Peter Navarro, who disobeyed a subpoena pertaining to the congressional inquiry into the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for contempt of Congress. In September, Navarro was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for disobeying a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee looking into the attack, according to CNN. Prosecutors had requested that US District Judge Amit Mehta sentence Navarro to six months on each offence, running concurrently, and penalise him $200,000. Each count caries a statutory…

Tareen, Dogar face-off in NA-149 Multan-I

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MULTAN: A closely contested battle is unfolding in NA-149 Multan-I, featuring heavyweight candidates such as Istehkam Party Pakistan patron-in-chief Jehangir Khan Tareen and independent candidate Malik Amir Dogar, a representative of the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI). Aijaz Janjua, the former PTI Multan district president, is also running as an independent. No PMLN candidate is participating due to a seat adjustment with the IPP. Jehangir Khan Tareen is contesting from this constituency due to his ancestral home, which has deep-rooted ties to prominent families, including Pathan families, known for having significant…

Pakistan benefiting from first CPEC phase: Kakar

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday said that having achieved the first phase of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistan was benefiting from its early harvest projects while remaining engaged with China to execute the next phase. “We have already achieved the CPEC’s first phase and we are benefiting from its early harvest projects. We are entering the second phase. We do need more deliberations when it comes to the second phase,” he said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN). He said CPEC’s second phase…