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LONDON — Security researchers believe a Russia-based disinformation group amplified and added to the frenzy of social media conspiracies about the Princess of Wales's health.In the days before Catherine revealed her cancer diagnosis in a video message, there had been a surge in online rumors and often wild claims ...

LONDON The British government's new anti-extremism plan has raised concern, with many arguing that the controversial move risks "disproportionately targeting Muslim communities."With the ruling Conservative Party already under fire over allegations of racism, a government move that is expected to be announced later this week has already caused worry ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif only returned from self-imposed exile last year but is now the clear front-runner to win the Feb. 8 election.Few could have predicted his return to the top, despite his dominance in Pakistani politics for much of these past three decades.His ...

TEHRAN — Four senior members of Iran's security forces have been killed in a suspected air strike on the Syrian capital.Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard blamed Israel for the attack, which it said killed four military advisers as well as a number of Syrian forces.Israel has not commented. For years ...

It appears an open season has been declared for extraterritorial air, missile, and drone strikes. If Vladimir Putin kicked off the most brutal round of warfare this decade with his invasion of Ukraine on February 23, 2022, the Middle East becoming a cauldron of incendiary explosive action across countries, ...

NEW DELHI: India has strongly protested the visit of the British high commissioner in Islamabad to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), calling it highly objectionable and asserting that such infringement of India's sovereignty and territorial integrity is unacceptable.Government had in the past lodged similar protests with envoys of other countries, ...

LONDON — Courts in the UK and Pakistan are involved in a complex legal tussle to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif.Sara, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August. Her father, stepmother and uncle deny her murder.The overlapping cases will ...

LONDON —An adviser to the jailed ex-Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan says he was the victim of an acid attack outside his home in the UK.Mirza Shahzad Akbar said the chemical used in the attack missed his eyes but caused injuries on his body.Police said they were investigating. No ...

LONDON — The UK government is to charter flights to relocate Afghan refugees living in Pakistan who have been promised UK visas, starting on Thursday.Thousands of people who worked with or for the UK government in Afghanistan and fled the Taliban are in Pakistan, waiting for relocation to the ...

UK Parliament celebrated Jammu and Kashmir Day on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the Accession of the then princely state to India on October 26, 1947 Published Date - 12:25 PM, Thu - 26 October 23 ANI Photo London: The House ...