International

Nearly 7,000 people entered the Syrian territory from Lebanon in the past 24 hours, Oleg Igansyuk, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Russian defense ministry), said. “Over the past day, as many as 6,886 people crossed Syria’s border from Lebanon via the checkpoints of Al-Arida, Al-Jawasiyeh, Al-Dabousiyah, Jisr ...

At least 20 miners were killed and six others injured in a suspected militant attack in southwestern Pakistan, an official said on Friday. Attackers targeted miners in the Duki area of Balochistan, Kaleemullah Kakar, deputy commissioner of Duki, told reporters. According to local police, the militants also fired rockets and threw hand grenades while attacking the miners and destroyed machinery ...