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SEOUL July 22 (Online): North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine in South Korea. While adding to its barrage […]

ISLAMABAD July 22 (Online): Russia has come under pressure at the United Nations Security Council from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain shipments. Moscow was also criticised by the […]

Athens, July 22 (AFP/APP): More than 2,000 people were ferried to safety from beaches on the Greek island of Rhodes on Saturday, where a wildfire has been raging out of control for five days. Three coastguard boats were leading more than 30 private vessels in […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 22 (APP): Pakistan has welcomed as “bold and perhaps timely” UN Secretary-General’s new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux. Commenting on UN chief Antonio Guterres’ New Agenda […]

ISLAMABAD July 21 (Online): Women in India’s northeastern state of Manipur attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has enraged the nation, police said on Friday. The person allegedly dragged two tribal women onto the streets in May and […]

MUMBAI July 21 (Online): Indian authorities said on Sunday they had started to relax a curfew imposed in violence-hit Manipur after 45 days of civil unrest in the north-east state, seeking to reduce anger spilling onto the streets and restore normalcy. “We have decided to […]

ISLAMABAD July 1 (Online): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan says Pakistan and United States should invest more in bringing the two peoples closer. Addressing the concluding session of a day-long ‘Conference on Diplomacy for Development’ at Houston, Texas, he urged the Pakistani […]

AGRA July 19 (Online): A river that runs through the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has risen to lap the compound walls of the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra city, causing concern about damage to the 17th-century white marble monument. The water level of […]

Tel Aviv, July 18 (AFP/APP): Israelis on Tuesday marched on highways and blocked army headquarters in Tel Aviv in the run-up to a parliament vote on the government’s judicial reform agenda protesters say would “dismantle democracy”. The proposals have divided the nation and triggered one […]

ISLAMABAD July 18 (Online): Amid Islamabad’s calls for Afghanistan to rein in militants responsible for escalating militancy within Pakistan, the United States on Tuesday also asked the Afghan Taliban to prevent their country from becoming a “safe haven” for terrorist attacks. The statement from US […]