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Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300 – Pictures

Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country’s biggest lake from bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday raised its toll of flood deaths by another 24. Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan’s northern mountains have brought floods …

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Taiwan deploys anti-drone guns to offshore islands

The move follows several incidents involving UAVs believed to be from mainland China The Taiwanese military announced the deployment of anti-drone guns to the offshore islands of Kinmen and Matsu on Friday, following several UAV incursions allegedly coming from the Chinese mainland. Kinmen and Matsu are groups of small islands …

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US ambassador leaves Russia

John Sullivan has completed his tenure in Moscow, the diplomatic mission said John Sullivan has left Russia after almost three years as US ambassador, the diplomatic mission in Moscow announced on Sunday. “US Ambassador to the Russian Federation John J. Sullivan has concluded his tenure as US envoy and departed …

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Iraqi PMF launches a large-scale security operation in Kirkuk

Iraqi Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) launched a large-scale search campaign south of Kirkuk, an official statement said on Sunday. The statement said that the operation aims to secure the vicinity of the Daquq district and close the security gaps that ISIS militants might exploit to wage terrorist attacks in …

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Iraqi PMF arrested an ISIS leader south of Baghdad

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) arrested on Thursday, an official affiliated with ISIS and carried out a joint operation with the Iraqi army west of Mosul. PMF said in a statement that the Intelligence and Information department apprehended an ISIS official south of Baghdad. The detainees worked with the terrorist …

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