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Kuwait City, June 4 (AFP/APP): Kuwait is staging its seventh general election in just over 10 years on Tuesday as the oil-rich Gulf state remains mired in a political impasse undermining hopes of economic reform. Fearing that widespread skepticism will discourage many people from voting, […]

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 3rd (Online): Balasore train accident: 238 passengers were killed and 900 injured in Odisha. Salman Khan, Vivek Agnihotri, Manoj Bajpayee, and Sonu Sood extend condolences. Hours after the Balasore train accident in Odisha which killed at least 238 passengers and injured 900 others, […]

Helsinki, June 2 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called the invasion of Ukraine a “strategic failure” for Russia, pointing to Western unity and Moscow’s losses. Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a strategic failure — greatly […]

New Delhi, June 2 (AFP/APP): At least 28 people have died, more than 300 were injured and many are feared trapped in a multiple train collision in eastern India’s Odisha state, a medical officer said Friday. Witnesses and officials told local media that the Coromandel […]

TAXAS, June 02 (Online): Dr Fouzia Siddiqui has appealed to Americans Muslims in connection with financial and legal assistance to her sister Dr Aafia Siddiqui imprisoned in US. Addressing Muslim community in Plano Islamic centre Dr Fouzia Siddiqui and JI Senator Mushtaq Ahmad said Jail […]

DUBAI 01 June (online): Dubai’s ruler on Wednesday announced a new plan for the Palm Jebel Ali, a man-made palm-shaped island that has been dormant since 2009 following a real estate crash, and is double the size of the functioning Palm Jumeirah. “Its visitors and […]

OSLO 01 June (Online): NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on its member Turkiye to drop its objections to Sweden’s membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time US President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month. Fearing […]

Amman, June 1 (AFP/APP): Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah married Saudi architect Rajwa Al Saif on Thursday in a wedding attended by royals from across the globe. The ceremony took place in the mid-century Zahran Palace in the capital Amman — the scene of […]

Makkah Mukarma, May 31 (APP):The Pakistan Hajj Mission has taken special measures this year to cater to the needs of differently-abled intending pilgrims, ensuring their ease and comfort during their stay in Saudi Arabia for Hajj. During a recent visit, an APP correspondent assessed the […]

Zvecan, Kosovo, May 31 (AFP/APP): NATO-led peacekeepers stepped up security around a town hall in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, where hundreds of ethnic Serbs gathered again at the scene of clashes earlier this week that left more than 80 people injured. NATO has decided to […]