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• Saudi Arabia has gradually allowed the resumption of the year-round Umrah pilgrimage from the 4th of next month under necessary health preventative measures.
• At the United Nations, the world leaders have adopted a declaration calling for global unity and pledging to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.
• Prime Minister Pakistan Imran Khan lauds the Turkish President for raising his voice in support of Kashmiris.
• Saudi Arabia celebrates its 90th National Day, known locally as Al-Yaom-ul-Watany.
• In Pakistan Public and Private sector schools in the federal capital, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan resumed classes for sixth to eighth grade today.
• In Afghanistan, at least seven security force personnel and four Taliban militants were killed in fresh clashes in Kunduz and Herat provinces.
• Two soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom due to Indian unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in the Dewa Sector.
• In Lebanon, a big explosion has destroyed an arms depot belonging to Hezbollah in Ain Qana village situated in the country's southern region.
• At least 380 whales dead in Australia mass stranding.
• Russia has said it will develop military cooperation with Tehran after a United Nations arms embargo on Iran expires next month despite US efforts to block arms deals.