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Pakistan’s population boom persists as state neglects education, family planning reforms
Dec 12, 2025Islamabad , December 12 (ANI): Pakistan's long-delayed fertility transition has stagnated, showing little to no progress since 2006, according to a new study launched by the Population Council with the support of the Foreign, Commonwealth and......Read More -
Defence Chiefs of Japan, US discuss concerns over China radar row
Dec 12, 2025Washington / Tokyo , December 12 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi discussed over a phone "serious concerns" over intensifying tensions in the region following the recent radar lock-on inc......Read More -
Strong 6.7 quake in northern Japan triggers Tsunami advisory
Dec 12, 2025Tokyo , December 12 (ANI): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 has hit Japan's northeastern region, prompting a tsunami advisory from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), local media reported.The earthquake struck on Friday off... -
Pakistan’s rights crisis deepens as HRCP slams state repression and elite exploitation
Dec 12, 2025Karachi , December 12 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to withdraw the controversial 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, end "enforced disappearances," and release all political prisoners acr......Read More -
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits North Pacific Ocean
Dec 12, 2025North Pacific Ocean, December 12 (ANI): An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.8 struck in the North Pacific Ocean Friday morning, according to seismic data shared by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake occurred at 08:14:15... -
Pakistan: School blast in North Waziristan destroys building, disrupts education for 600 students
Dec 12, 2025Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , December 12 (ANI): A devastating explosion late Thursday night destroyed a government primary school in the Mir Ali tehsil of North Waziristan, leaving over 600 children without a place to study. Unidentified attackers... -
Bangladesh blocks Pakistani singer’s Atif Aslam’s concert during Victory Month
Dec 12, 2025Dhaka , December 12 (ANI) : Pakistani singer Atif Aslam has cancelled his concert in Dhaka after failing to obtain permission from the interim government of Bangladesh in the victory month of December. The celebration marks... -
Ukraine claims drone strike in Caspian Sea even as Zelenskyy asks Europe for more support
Dec 12, 2025Kyiv , December 12 (ANI): Ukraine on Thursday claimed that its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea earlier in the week, reported CNN. This the Ukrainians claim was part... -
BNM slams US loan, calls it boost to Pakistan’s oppression in Balochistan
Dec 12, 2025Balochistan , December 12 (ANI): The Baloch National Movement (BNM) has strongly denounced the US Export-Import (EXIM) Bank's decision to provide $1.25 billion in financing for the Reko Diq mining project, warning that the funding will... -
Spoken to China, Russia on denuclearisation of weapons: Trump
Dec 12, 2025Washington DC , December 12 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) stated that he has held discussions with China and Russia on the denuclearisation of weapons, expressing hopes that all sides could work...
