SUKKUR: Despite immense pressure of what is being termed a “massive operation launched by suitably equipped police force under a wisely devised strategy” in the katcha areas of three upper Sindh districts, a gang of criminals inflicted casualties on a police party by ambushing their mobile van, this time in the Sindh Dhoro locality of Ghouspur town in Kandhkot-Kashmore district. …

Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at sites in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky ceasefire ended 11 days of violence last month. The airstrikes targeted facilities used by Hamas fighters for meetings to plan attacks, the Israeli military said, blaming the group for any act of violence emanating from Gaza. There were …

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is preparing for a likely further displacement of civilians in Afghanistan after US and international troops leave the country in September, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Monday. Violence has been rising as foreign forces begin withdrawing and efforts to broker a peace settlement between the Afghan government and insurgent Taliban have slowed. Grandi …