UN Security Council at impasse over cross-border Syria aid

United Nations, United States, July 8 (AFP/APP): Russia on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have extended cross-border aid to Syria by one year without Damascus’s backing. Western powers then voted down a competing resolution put forward by Moscow that proposed extending […]

World leaders condemn Abe assassination

Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): World leaders condemned Friday’s assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and paid tribute to the 67-year-old, who was his country’s longest-serving leader. Here are some key comments: – United States – US President Joe Biden, who said he was […]

Syria’s Assad in first official visit to Aleppo since war

Damascus, July 8 (AFP/APP):Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Friday visited the former rebel bastion of Aleppo, including its historic Old City, for the first time since war broke out 11 years ago. The visit to Syria’s second city and previously the economic capital is highly […]

Global shock as former Japan PM Abe assassinated

Kashihara, Japan, July 8 (AFP/APP):World leaders recoiled in horror after Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead Friday during a campaign speech — an especially shocking assassination given the country’s strict gun laws and low rates of violent crime. The gunman — an […]

James Caan: Hollywood celebrities remember legendary Godfather star

HOLLYWOOD 08 July (Online): James Caan: Hollywood celebrities remember legendary Godfather star. Al Pacino, Adam Sandler and other Hollywood celebrities recently paid their tributes to the iconic actor James Caan on social media. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Caan’s rep revealed that The Godfather’s star […]

JAKARTA: G20 Foreign Ministers meeting begins in Indonesia

JAKARTA 08 July (Online): The G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting has begun in Indonesian city Bali on Friday. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are also attending the meeting. A senior US official Retno Marsudi said that it is […]

Mehwish Hayat feels ‘Ms. Marvel’ makes Muslims feel seen

LAHORE 08 July (Online): Superstars Mehwish Hayat and Fawad Khan have officially entered Ms Marvel’s universe as Kamala Khan’s great grandparents. With a coming-of-age story like this, Hayat is particularly excited about her “immortal” role redefining how Pakistanis are often (mis)shown on mainstream media. The […]

Amber Heardís perjury probe receives FBI attention

CANBERRA 08 July (Online): Amber Heard’s ongoing perjury investigations have reportedly received Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) attention. According to the reports, the FBI is in contact with the Australian government as the 36-year-old actor continued to get investigated by Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Water […]

Raza Rabbani calls out Alvi on ‘subjective’ concerns about media

ISLAMABAD 08 July (Online): Senator Mian Raza Rabbani said on Friday that President Dr Arif Alvi’s concern for media freedom was “subjective”, asking him to not view matters through “politically tinted glasses”. The former chairman Senate condemned the harassment of journalists before adding that “all […]

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