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Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top illicit opium source; NCB flags India riskMyanmar has become the world's top source of illicit opium, surpassing Afghanistan due to its ongoing civil war and economic crisis. This s...
Venezuela earthquakes kill nearly 1,000, tens of thousands missingThe death toll from twin earthquakes in Venezuela rose Friday to 920, with tens of thousands reported missing as international rescue teams...
White House says Trump to meet PM Modi in France; no word from Indian side yetPresident Trump and Prime Minister Modi are set to meet in France. This meeting comes as US forces have attacked merchant ships carrying In...
Strait of Hormuz closure chokes trade and aid for AfghanistanAfghanistan's trade routes are severely disrupted. Conflicts in the Middle East and border closures with Pakistan have crippled businesses ...
Trump has paused 3 Mideast wars, but grievances remain and could reignite themThe Middle East faces a fragile peace after recent events. Conditional ceasefires are in place, but underlying issues persist. Millions rem...
Pakistan cracks down on widespread fake doctorsThousands of unqualified doctors are running illegal clinics across Pakistan. These practitioners often reuse unsterilized equipment, sprea...
Pakistan, 7 other Muslim nations back UNRWA; say its role in Gaza 'irreplaceable'Eight leading Muslim nations, including Pakistan, have voiced strong backing for the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, deeming its...
Pakistan's population crisis deepens as experts warn of national collapsePakistan is on the brink of a demographic disaster, experts cautioned at the conclusion of the Pakistan Population Summit on Tuesday, warni...
Polio continues to cripple Pakistan as virus yet again detected across 20 sewage samplesPakistan faces a polio challenge. Poliovirus is found in sewage samples from various districts, including Islamabad. Sindh has the highest ...
Pakistan debt unsustainable, headed towards inevitable default, says reportPakistan's debt crisis is more severe than anticipated, with the possibility of an inevitable default and a devastating economic spiral. Th...
- UN: 5.7 million Pakistani flood victims to face food crisis
A top U.N. official announced an increase in the humanitarian appeal for Pakistan to $816 million, from $160 million, amid rising deaths fr...
Looming food crisis worries Red Cross, other agencies in flood-hit PakistanSome 21 million acres of crops were under water, and an estimated 65 per cent of Pakistan's food basket -- crops like rice and wheat -- had...
Over 1/3 of Pakistan underwater amid its worst floods in historyAs deadly floodwaters threaten to create secondary disasters, food is in short supply after water covered millions of acres of crops and wi...
Lockdown in India has impacted 40 million internal migrants: World BankAccording to the report -- 'COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens' -- the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times ...
COVID-19: IMF approves nearly $1.4 billion to Pakistan to meet balance of payment crisisThe International Monetary Fund's (IMF) decision comes at the request of Pakistan, which faces an urgent balance of payment crisis. This is...
Pakistan emulates ‘Chinese model’ of social distancingHowever, videos of people violating the social distancing measures have gone viral, according to media reports in Pakistan. In this situati...
Platform was humanitarian, not political: MEA on Pakistan raising Kashmir during SAARC video-conference"A crisis of this magnitude does not recognise borders. In this spirit, the prime minister had called the SAARC video-conference on coronav...
Drug crisis in store if Sino-Indian ties worsenIndia imports around 85% of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) used in medicine formulations from China.
- Past records show US aid cut unlikely to hit Pakistan
Last November, the IMF announced a loan of $7.6 billion to Pakistan, which was on the brink of defaulting on debt repayments.
- Pakistani children in danger from food crisis: UNICEF
Pakistan's government must take urgent action to protect children from the effects of the global food crisis.