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ISLAMABAD, May 17 (Online): At the United Nations, Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to promote peace and cooperation in its own and adjacent regions. Participating in a debate of the UN General Assembly on the Zones of peace, trust and cooperation of Central Asia, Pakistan’s […]

Belfast, May 16 (AFP/APP): Voters in Northern Ireland head to the polls in local elections on Thursday, with the British province politically paralysed due to a boycott by the biggest pro-UK party. The vote in 11 municipal councils comes 15 months after a walkout by […]

Dresden, Germany, May 16 (AFP/APP): A German court on Tuesday sentenced five members of a criminal gang to up to six years in prison for snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in what local media have dubbed the biggest art heist in modern […]

Moscow, May 15 (AFP/APP): The commander of South Africa’s ground forces is in Moscow for talks, Russian news agencies said Monday, days after Washington accused Pretoria of secretly providing arms to Russia. Lieutenant General Lawrence Mbatha is heading a delegation that discussed “issues relating to […]

Geneva, May 15 (AFP/APP): US candidate Amy Pope looked poised to become the first woman to lead the UN migration agency, after Monday’s first round of voting put her squarely in the lead — ahead of her own boss. After an unusually acrimonious leadership battle […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (APP): Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer A. Janjua has lauded the Pakistani diaspora in Canada for their role and contribution in strengthening cultural and trade ties between the two countries. He attended a community’s fun gala of Pakistani diaspora in Ottawa. […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Naila Kiani on summiting Mount Everest. In a tweet, he said Naila Kiani through her passion for mountaineering and amazing achievements to credit, has reinforced the notion that our women are capable of achieving anything. […]

Bangkok, May 15 (AFP/APP): Thai voters have delivered an emphatic rejection of military-backed rule at the ballot box, voting in droves for the two main opposition parties. The result leaves the progressive Move Forward Party (MFP) seeking to form a coalition government with Pheu Thai […]

SYDNEY 14 May (Online): Rescuers were scouring the waters off a remote beach in South Australia on Saturday for traces of a surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack. Emergency services were called to the beach near the town of Elliston, about […]

LONDON 14 May (Online): Religious leaders in the UK have joined a campaign calling for a former Afghan Air Force pilot to be granted asylum in Britain. It comes in the wake of criticism of the government by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who called […]