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ISLAMABAD 17 Mar (Online): North Korea has launched its largest Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), fired during a drill to demonstrate a “tough response posture” to ongoing US-South Korea military drills, state media reported. Photos released on Friday by the country’s government media showed Kim […]

ISLAMABAD, March 17 (Online): Pakistan while welcoming the restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia has said “we are desirous of peace in the region and we will fully support the steps on restoration of peace. “The nuclear program matter is not on the […]

Beijing, March 17 (AFP/APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Moscow next week, where he will hold talks with his strategic ally Vladimir Putin just over a year into Russia’s war in Ukraine. Xi will be in Russia from Monday to […]

Washington, March 16 (AFP/APP): Former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti won his tumultuous bid to become US ambassador to India on Wednesday, filling a key diplomatic position that has been vacant for more than two years. The 52-year-old Democrat was nominated by President Joe Biden […]

Washington (PNI) Arresting Imran Khan will only deepen the crisis in Pakistan, says former US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Zalmay Khalilzad. In a series of tweets, Khalilzad offered Islamabad advice on how to deal with the political, economic and security crises being faced by […]

Tashkent, March 15 (AFP/APP): A constitutional referendum set for late April in Uzbekistan could extend President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s rule of the Central Asian nation for at least another decade, authorities announced Wednesday. Mirziyoyev came to power in 2016 after the death of his autocratic predecessor […]

Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, March 13 (AFP/APP):The gleaming white basilica that overlooks Yamoussoukro symbolises the ambitions of a modern capital of Ivory Coast, a goal that still feels out of reach 40 years after being carved out of the tropical countryside. With smooth wide avenues, manicured […]

London, March 13 (AFP/APP):Gary Lineker will return as presenter of the flagship BBC football show Match of the Day, the broadcaster said on Monday, ending a crisis sparked by his criticism of the UK government’s new asylum policy. The former England footballer was suspended on […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 12 (APP):Former U.S. National Security Adviser, John Bolton, on Sunday warned the Biden administration against “sitting still” as China broadens its relationship with Russia and after it brokered a diplomatic breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia that has been welcomed by the United […]

Chisinau, March 12 (AFP/APP): Moldovan police said Sunday they had arrested members of a network they suspected of being orchestrated by Moscow in a bid to destabilise the small ex-Soviet nation as an anti-government protest kicked off. After searches on Saturday night, 25 men were […]