- D8 summit is gathering of leaders forms eight developing countries to promote economic cooperation and development
- Ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza has killed over 44,000 people, injured thousands since Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack
- Khalil Haqqani was killed by a suicide bomber inside his ministry’s compound
- He is the most high-profile Taliban casualty since the group’s return to power
- Hamid, who was DG ISI from June 2019 until October 2021, was widely seen to have been close to Khan when he was PM
- PM Sharif government says Hamid may have been a “strategic adviser” to Khan in planning anti-military riots in May last year
- The Artificial Intelligence Center for Arabic Language Processing is bridging the gap between technology and one of the world’s most spoken languages
- The center’s five advanced labs provide resources for researchers developing AI applications for Arabic, says KSGAAL’s linguistic computing head
- “Our planet is fragile, and it’s a signal to the world that we really need to take care of our national parks, whether they are in Algeria or elsewhere,” Melikechi said
- “The first one that came to my mind was the Tassili n’Ajjer,” he said of the UNESCO-listed vast plateau in the Sahara Desert
- Mary Jane Veloso was arrested and sentenced to death in 2010 after the suitcase she was carrying was found to be lined with 2.6 kilograms of heroin
- Last week, Indonesia’s senior law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra said a ‘practical arrangement’ had been signed for her repatriation
- The match will take place at the 82,000-seat home of Borussia Dortmund on March 23
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- Saudi Arabia was named FIFA 2034 host in a FIFA extraordinary meeting on Wednesday
- Saudi Arabia will be second Middle Eastern nation to host tournament after Qatar in 2022
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