Month: September 2026

US forces are set to leave their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending a military presence of more than two decades and raising concerns over Iran’s influence and security gaps that could be exploited by the Islamic State. The withdrawal was agreed by Washington and Baghdad in 2024 and is being completed under President Donald Trump’s administration. Iran and its allied armed groups in Iraq have described the departure as a victory. Iraqi security analyst Jasim al-Bahadli said Iran could benefit strategically from the withdrawal because the US military…

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Ten children suffered burn injuries after a school van crashed near the Bara Hotar area in Murree and caught fire, according to Rescue 1122 officials on Tuesday. The van went off the road and fell down a slope before suddenly catching fire. Rescue teams reached the scene, pulled the children from the vehicle and shifted the injured to Civil Hospital Murree. The Murree deputy commissioner said all the injured children were out of danger, while some were being shifted to Holy Family Hospital for further treatment. According to a media…

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At least seven India-backed militants were killed in separate security operations in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to security sources on Tuesday. Two militants were killed during an operation in the Nok Kacha area of Chagai district in Balochistan after they allegedly set an empty water tanker on fire and attempted to flee, the sources said. The militants were also involved in arson attacks at various locations along the N-40 highway, according to the security sources. Eleven militants of the Fitna Al Hindustan terror group involved in similar acts of…

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Girls as young as 14 are being married in Gaza as prolonged conflict, poverty and displacement place growing pressure on families, with reported cases of forced and child marriages rising 123% from January through June 2026, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UN agency said worsening poverty, food shortages, disrupted education and reduced household earnings are contributing to the increase. Families staying in crowded shelters or struggling to afford necessities are increasingly considering marriage as a means of reducing financial burdens or providing girls with protection amid…

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei has said the era of foreign domination, dependence and humiliation that Iran’s enemies seek to restore is over and will never return. In a message marking Sacred Defence Week and the second anniversary of the martyrdom of former Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Khamenei contrasted Iran’s pre-1979 history of foreign influence with what he described as the country’s growing strength and independence. He said foreign ambassadors once dictated policies to Iran’s monarch, while the 1979 Islamic Revolution overturned that order. The eight-year Iran-Iraq…

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