United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking USD 135.6 million from the donor community for 2024 to meet the critical humanitarian needs of over 5.5 million people in Pakistan, as reported by Dawn.
The Pakistan security forces have conducted around 18,736 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in 2023, which led to the killing of 566 terrorists and the arrest of 5161 terrorists in order to maintain peace and security in the country, reported ARY News.
Veteran politician and senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan claimed that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif might once again leave the country before the upcoming general elections and track the results from overseas, The Express Tribune reported.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is planning to launch three additional spy satellites next year, Yonhap news agency reported, citing Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The Afghanistan Journalists Centre stated that in 2023 it had documented 168 instances of journalists' rights being violated in Afghanistan, and it raised alarm about these crimes, TOLOnews reported.
At least 18 people, including two children, have lost their lives as a result of Ukrainian shelling on the Russian city of Belgorod on Saturday, CNN reported, citing Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's Irian Jaya late at night on Saturday, the National Centre for Seismology reported.
Sanam Javed, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist, has been placed on physical remand for two days in connection with an attack on the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) house, reported ARY News on Saturday.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has filed a joint petition against the caretaker governments of the country for "depriving them" of their constitutional rights, ARY News reported on Saturday.