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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing after facing a technical problem near Rawalpindi district in Punjab province on Tuesday. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief accompanied by other party leaders, was on his way back to the capital city Islamabad from Dera Ismail Khan when his helicopter developed a 'technical fault', reported the Express Tribune citing sources. Watch | WION Dispatch: Pakistan Cabinet approves legal ...

A joint operation by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the Indian Navy has led to the seizure of 200 kilogrammes of Afghanistani Heroin worth 1.45 million USD or 1,200 crores INR off of an Iranian Vessel. Talking to the press, NCB's Deputy Director General (operations) Sanjay Kumar Singh said that the agencies have also arrested six Iranian nationals and that the boat and the seized drugs were brought to Mattancherry wharf. 

The world has seen its fair share of terror attacks. These terrible attacks result in huge losses of life and the devastation of property. People, who survive these are considered lucky, but are they? A 23-year woman who had survived a terror attack when she was a teenager has died after she chose to be euthanised. Shanti De Corte was plagued by depression and PTSD due to the bomb detonation she witnessed back when she was 17 years old.

The key to countering Pakistan's growing reliance on China as per a study group lies in United States' continuing engagement with the south Asian nation. The group which was composed of scholars and former US ambassadors to Pakistan Ryan Crocker, Cameron Munter and Robin Raphel, along with Pakistan's former ambassador in Washington Husain Haqqani, said that investment and climate cooperation are key to the engagement.

Myanmar's Junta leader has not been invited to an ASEAN regional summit happening next month, host nation Cambodia announced on Wednesday.  In what can be seen as a fresh diplomatic snub, the Junta has been invited to "nominate a non-political representative for the upcoming ASEAN Summits". This means that Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won't be allowed to attend the summit.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has warned its members that Russian President Vladimir Putin has deployed Poseidon, a nuclear weapon that is also known as the "weapon of the Apocalypse". Apparently, over the weekend, NATO issued a warning note that was leaked to Italian Media. As per the note, the doomsday weapon is on its way from its base in the Arctic circle to the Kara Sea. What did the warning note say?

A new survey has put into numbers how much Taiwan likes Taiwan and China. Scoring on a ten-point scale, the survey results found that the US got a 5.55 while China scored a dismal 2.82.   The survey was conducted by the Foundation for the People and comes as tensions between China and US over Taiwan are consistently getting worse.

Users of Samsung, Huawei, and Google phones have been advised to remove a number of popular apps that may contain spyware which steals money. Tech experts have cautioned owners of Android smartphones and tablets that a variety of apps could be infected with harmful malware called 'Harly'. What is Harly? Harly, named after Harley Quinn the popular Batman villain, who is also the Joker's girlfriend, is a type of trojan known as a "trojan subscriber" signs users up for paid...

As per a Reuters report, Afghanistan rulers the Taliban have signed a provisional deal for gas and wheat with Russia. It quotes Acting Afghan Commerce and Industry Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi as saying that ministry was trying to diversify the nation's trading partners, and that Moscow had offered Afghanistan a discount on the average global commodity prices.

A few days back, Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, issued the country's first call for mobilisation since World War 2. Following this announcement, many citizens attempting to avoid the army drafting hastily departed the country. Countless others are still trying to get out. Men of military age are rushing to flee the nation in response to the Kremlin's announcement of partial mobilisation. According to reports, most travellers are en route to Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, c...