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Madrid, May 29 (AFP/APP): Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a surprise July 23 snap election on Monday, a day after his Socialists suffered a drubbing in local and regional polls. Widely seen as a dress rehearsal for a general election that had been expected […]

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Makkah municipality has completed preparations for Hajj, including recruiting 22,000 workers to boost pilgrim services. Spokesperson Osama Zaituni said that the municipality has mobilized all its human and mechanical capacities, supported by assistance teams including public security and scouts, temporary health […]

Kyiv, May 28 (Online): Russia has carried out a new massive drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Kyiv’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a man died when drone wreckage fell near a petrol station. A woman was injured. Overall, Russia launched record 54 so-called kamikaze drones […]

ISLAMABAD, May 29 (APP): Some 171 members including 27 officers of Pakistani contingents serving in UN Peacekeeping mission have sacrificed their lives to ensure international peace On the occasion 75th International Day of Peace Missions which is celebrated on 29th May every year. The sacrifices […]

Madrid, May 28 (AFP/APP): Spaniards were voting Sunday in local and regional polls seen as a barometer for a year-end general election which surveys suggest Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will lose, heralding a return of the right. The stakes are high for Sanchez, whose Socialist […]

Berlin, May 27 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of civil servants and local employees working for German institutions in Russia will need to leave the country or lose their jobs in the coming days following an order by Moscow, Germany’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. Starting from June, […]

WASHINGTON, May 28 (APP):US former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who marked his 100th birthday on Saturday, is best remembered, among other diplomatic undertakings, for his secret 1971 trip to Beijing from Pakistan, that led to a breakthrough in China-US relations. […]

Cape Town, May 26 (AFP/APP): Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, appeared before a court in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. He allegedly […]

Madrid, May 26 (AFP/APP): An outspoken right-wing hardliner who makes no secret of her national ambitions, Spain’s Isabel Diaz Ayuso is seeking re-election as Madrid’s regional leader through blistering attacks on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. With Spaniards set to vote in local and municipal polls […]

ISLAMABAD, May 25th (Online): Government once again has given six-month extension to Pakistan High Commissioner in UK Moazzam Khan. As per media report, Moazzam Khan has been given 6-month extension in tenure of service. He will continue to serve as Commissioner in London. The earlier […]