Islamabad, Pakistan: Tensions ran high on Saturday as workers from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) entered Islamabad’s Red Zone, the area where many government buildings and foreign embassies are located, to join the ongoing Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) sit-in. The PDM, an alliance of opposition parties, has been holding protests across the country since September […]
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Three Mild Earthquakes Shake Arabian Sea: USGS
The Arabian Sea was rocked by a series of mild earthquakes early on Tuesday morning, with three tremors registering magnitudes of 5.1, 5.3, and 5.5, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The first earthquake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck at around 2:30am local time, with its epicenter located nearly 40 kilometers […]