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Death toll from oil tanker blast in Pak's Balochistan rises to eight

The Balochistan government had 24 critically wounded patients airlifted to Karachi on April 29 via Edhi Air Ambulance for specialised treatment in Karachi

PM Wong's PAP wins two-third majority in Singapore general election

The opposition Workers' Party has won six seats and is leading in four seats. As results are coming in, the PAP is leading in the rest of the seats.

Russian drone strikes in Kharkiv injure 47, Zelenskyy seeks support

Meanwhile, Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 170 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry said eight cruise missiles and three guided missiles were also intercepted

Trump calls opponents 'communists,' evoking charged echoes of US history

All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody who is going to destroy our country, he told reporters at his New Jersey golf club in August

Islamabad calls India's IMF loan review push 'politically motivated'

The Express Tribune said Saturday quoting officials that India's attempt to involve the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an extension of its political campaign to isolate Pakistan diplomatically

Russia downs 170 drones, 8 Western-supplied missiles over and around Crimea

In the early hours on Saturday, 14 Ukrainian naval drones were destroyed in the Black Sea, the Russian ministry said

South Korea's conservative party names Kim Moon Soo as presidential pick

In a party primary that ended Saturday, Kim won 56.5 per cent of the votes cast, beating his sole competitor, Han Dong-hun, the party said in a televised announcement

UN judge gets 6-year sentence in UK for holding Ugandan woman as slave

A United Nations judge studying at Oxford has been sentenced in the UK for keeping a Ugandan woman as an unpaid domestic worker in her home

Man injects snake venom for 18 years. His blood may help create antivenom

US' Tim Friede endured 200 venomous snake bites over 18 years to build immunity-now, antibodies in his blood may help scientists develop a universal snake antivenom

Germany declares AfD 'extremist'; Marco Rubio, JD Vance condemn move

Germany's move to label AfD as an extremist group draws sharp criticism from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who calls it "tyranny in disguise" and urges reversal

JD Vance blends diplomacy, dealmaking and family time in global travels

Vance's trips have included a five-day trip to Europe in February, a hastily reorganised trek to Greenland in March and a tour of Italy and India in April

Taiwan detects 7 Chinese aircraft near its territory amid tensions

According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND), all seven sorties crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone

US approves $3.5 bn missile sale to Saudi ahead of Trump's planned visit

The sale, announced early Saturday, likely will be one of several heralded by Trump on his visit to the kingdom

Donald Trump shares AI-generated image of himself as pope, faces backlash

Donald Trump posts AI image of himself as pope, days after joking he'd like the role; faces backlash for being 'disrespectful' following Pope Francis' death

Musk's next challenge? Reviving Tesla as Europe sales plunge 50% in a year

Tesla sales collapsed in April by more than two-thirds from a year earlier in Sweden, the Netherlands and Denmark, according to auto groups and government agencies Friday

Singapore votes amid US-China trade tensions, ruling PAP seeks re-election

Voting began at 8 am on Saturday at 1,240 stations set up island-wide, with polling polling booths set to be be closed at 8 pm and results expected late at night

US army's 250th anniversary parade to be held on Donald Trump's birthday

Trump has long wanted a military parade, and discussions with the Pentagon about having one in conjunction with the birthday festival began less than two months ago

CIA, other spy agencies set to shrink workforce under Trump admin plan

In response to questions about the reductions, the CIA issued a statement saying CIA Director John Ratcliffe is working to align the agency with Trump's national security priorities

1 killed, many injured as vehicle rams pedestrians in Germany's Stuttgart

Five people were slightly injured and three seriously injured in the accident

Australians vote as high prices, housing shortage dominate election issues

Australia is among the few countries where voting is compulsory, a system that leans toward creating centrist governments