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Pakistan told the Independent Monitoring Board in Geneva that polio eradication is now within reach, pointing to a steep decline in cases over recent years even as officials acknowledged that insecurity in southern…
PM Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed support for polio eradication in talks with the Gates Foundation and separately approved measures to streamline Pakistan's trade procedures.
Pakistan has seen a marked decline in environmental poliovirus detections during the first six months of 2026, a development that public health officials are treating as encouraging but not conclusive. Data released by…
New research cited by NPR suggests invasive plants and animals can cause greater ecological and economic damage in lower-income countries across the Global South.
Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar used the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers' meeting to hold a string of bilateral talks, while placing the bulk of his…
A Tanzanian-flagged tanker has been seized by armed men off the Yemen coast, marking the latest in a string of maritime attacks indicating a surge in regional pirate activity
Conservationists and regulators are ramping up efforts to control the spread of giant hogweed, a highly toxic invasive species that causes severe, painful skin blistering upon exposure to sunlight