FIFA World Cup CONCACAF qualifying standings

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (Xinhua/APP):Following are the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying standings in the North and Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) region after Thursday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn lost, goals for, against, points): United States 4 2 2 0 7 2 […]

Safe Spaces inaugurated for Afghan refugees at Khazana, Akora

PESHAWAR, Oct 08 (APP):Commissioner for Afghan Refugees, Abbas Khan, Head of the Social Support for vulnerable Afghan Refugees and Host Communities (SSARC) Project, Heidi Herrmann, and Chief Coordinator RAHA at Commissionerate for Refugees, Fakher-e-Alam, inaugurated Safe Spaces in Khazana (Peshawar) and Akora Khattak (Nowshera). Abbas […]

5.6-Magnitude quake jolts western Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (XINHUA/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 rocked Indonesia’s western province of Aceh on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said here. The quake hit at 17 : 04 a.m. Jakarta time (1014 GMT) with the epicenter at 29 km southwest Calang […]

Japan, Russia to continue talks on peace treaty

Tokyo – October 8 (Online): Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to move forward with negotiations on a post-war peace agreement between the two countries. Speaking to the press after his first phone call […]

Journalists Ressa, Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize

Islamabad – October 8 (Online): Philippine and Russian journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have won Noble Peace Prize for their ‘courageous efforts for press freedom in their native countries. According to international media, the committee called the pair “representatives of all journalists who stand […]

Mehbooba, Omar denounce civilian’s killing in IIOJK

Srinagar – October 8 (Online): Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s former Chief Minister and PDP chief, Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference Vice President, Omar Abdullah and have called for “sanity to prevail” after killing of civilian by Indian troops in Islamabad district of south […]

Pakistan: Mainly dry weather expected in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, Oct 08 (ONLINE): Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad seventeen degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-five, Karachi twenty-seven, Peshawar twenty-two, Quetta twelve, Gilgit ten, Murree fourteen and […]