Letymbiotis pointed to initiatives such as the delivery of aid to Gaza and the evacuation of US nationals as evidence of the island's strategic value.

Leon Schreiber, South Africa’s home affairs minister, expressed satisfaction with the achievement, attributing it to reforms within the department.

A terrorist attack on a relief convoy in Kurram's Char Diwal area martyred one security official and injured four others. Six terrorists were killed in retaliation as gunship helicopters assisted ...