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 Lugging suitcases across the border after packing up in Pakistan, Afghans are returning home with their worldly possessions but often lack one key item to restart their lives: an identity card. On the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing, children and adults wheeled their luggage or carried belongings atop their heads, as they moved from desk to desk to log their arrival. “I don’t know how and where to get the ID card; now I’ll go and check,” said 17-year-old Abdulrehman Sudais, standing beside a crate of chickens he had carried across the border for his mother. The Pakistan-born…

France, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded 3,700 excess deaths during the June heatwave that sent temperatures soaring across Europe, with authorities warning that the numbers are preliminary and could rise. Experts have said the heatwave, which lasted from about June 20-28, was the worst recorded in Europe, causing disruption to power generation, damaging infrastructure and overwhelming healthcare systems. The extreme heat was almost certainly driven by climate change, scientists said. There were 2,025 excess deaths recorded in France during the heatwave, with a particular increase in deaths among people aged over 45, French Health Minister Stephanie Rist told local television…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Asim Munir has reached Tehran to attend the funeral of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Upon his arrival in the Iranian capital, CDF Asim Munir was received by Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and other senior officials. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi was also present at the airport to receive the visiting delegation. Several Pakistani delegations have reached Tehran to participate in the funeral ceremony of the late Iranian leader, reflecting Pakistan’s representation at the event. The funeral prayers are being attended by officials and…

At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus travelling from Quetta to Peshawar plunged into a ravine in the Dana Sar area between Zhob and Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, local authorities said. District officials said the bus veered off the road in the mountainous Dana Sar region, resulting in one of the deadliest road accidents in the area in recent years. Shahid Rind, spokesperson for the Balochistan chief minister, said the death toll had risen to 40, while eight injured passengers had been shifted to hospital for treatment. He said district authorities, rescue…

China is willing to lengthen its cooperation list with Canada, and to compress the “problem list” as well, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperson He Yadong made the remarks when asked about the recent statement by Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s minister of international trade, that he looks forward to discussing further tariff reductions on Canadian rapeseed, peas and seafood with his Chinese counterpart this fall. In January, China and Canada, guided by the important consensus reached by the two countries’ leaders, signed an economic and trade cooperation roadmap, which established an initial joint arrangement for addressing bilateral trade…

A think tank report released  delves into the fine qualities and key factors behind the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s remarkable feats. The report, titled “Contemporary Features and Global Significance of Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building,” was jointly released by the National High-Level Think Tank of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National Academy of Governance) and the National High-Level Think Tank of Xinhua News Agency. The report offers an in-depth decoding of the fundamental key to the century-old Party’s enduring vitality and sustained growth. Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building originates from the scientific theory of…

The 10th typhoon of this year, Maysak, is projected to make landfall in south China’s Hainan Province on Friday afternoon, according to an 8 a.m. update from the provincial meteorological service. Upon landfall, it will become the first typhoon to hit China this year, the forecast noted. The service upgraded its typhoon alert from Level IV to Level III at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, as tropical storm Maysak developed. It is forecast to land between Sanya and Lingshui in the southern part of the Hainan island. Provincial authorities have imposed comprehensive transport suspensions across the island province. All inter-island train…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that China and Europe are partners, not rivals, and that cooperation should be the fundamental and defining feature of China-Europe relations. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, reiterated China’s stance during a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in Copenhagen on the first stop of his week-long visit to four Nordic countries: Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. Wang expressed the hope that Denmark will play a constructive role in fostering the sound and steady development of relations between China and…

Pakistan and China are entering a new phase of strategic and economic cooperation under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2.0, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Wednesday, reaffirming that the all-weather partnership with Beijing remains central to Pakistan’s foreign policy and long-term development strategy. Dar outlines priorities for CPEC 2.0 Speaking at a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Dar said the second phase of CPEC will shift from large-scale infrastructure development to high-quality economic growth. He identified industrialisation, agriculture, information technology, mining and minerals,…

ISLAMABAD (DI NEWS) : The Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing today hosted a TVET Symposium on Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Biotechnology under the theme “Building Partnerships for Skills Development, Industry Integration and Investment Facilitation.” The symposium served as a preparatory platform for the Pakistan–China B2B Investment Conference on Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Biotechnology, scheduled to be held in Karachi from 17 to 19 July 2026. In his opening remarks, the Ambassador of Pakistan to China, H.E. Mr. Khalil Hashmi, said that the symposium marks the next phase of the Pakistan–China TVET Initiative by integrating vocational education with investment promotion. He highlighted Pakistan’s…