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Dubai: As the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel intensified across the Gulf region, a Pakistani national was killed Tuesday morning in a missile attack on the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, authorities said, as cited by news agency AP. According to the Abu Dhabi Media Office, the man died after shrapnel from an intercepted ballistic missile fell in the Bani Yas area while air defence systems were in operation. With this, the death toll in the United Arab Emirates since the start of the conflict has risen to eight, including two soldiers. Saudi Arabia's Defense…

Abuja: Scores killed and several others were injured after bombs exploded in at least three locations in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state on Monday night, the emergency services told The Associated Press, citing possible suicide bombings. As per the latest updates, explosions were heard in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, where Nigeria's homegrown jihadi Boko Haram extremists have waged an insurgency for more than a decade. Blasts reported at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital The blasts were reported at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and two local markets, known as Post Office and the Monday Market, according…

Washington: In a significant development, US President Donald Trump on Monday said he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as Iranian strikes kept slamming into Gulf countries. He said the US is negotiating with countries heavily reliant on Middle East crude to join a coalition to police the waterway where about one-fifth the world's traded oil normally flows. But European countries demanded to know when the conflict might end as they weighed whether to agree to his call to send warships for that effort. Israel steps campaign against Iran-backed militants in Lebanon …