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BEIJING, Feb 18 (Xinhua/APP): Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, made requirements regarding the implementation the Yellow River protection law on Friday. Addressing a symposium on the enforcement of the law held by the NPC Standing Committee in Beijing, Li […]

Hatay, Turkey, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Former Ghana international Christian Atsu was found dead on Saturday, almost two weeks after a devastating earthquake in Türkiye. Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude quake that rocked Türkiye and Syria on February 6, killing more than 43,000 […]

Rawalpindi, 16 February 2023 (Online): Closing ceremony of Pakistan – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Joint Military Exercise “Al Kassah-IV” was held at Military College of Engineering Risalpur today. Troops from Royal Saudi Land Forces and Pakistan Army participated in the exercise. The two weeks […]

Islamabad, 16 February 2023 (Online): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Presidential Complex in Ankara today. During their tete-a-tete as well as during the delegation level talks, the Prime Minister extended heartfelt condolences to President Erdogan and the […]

Edinburgh, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her surprise resignation Wednesday after more than eight eventful years, starting the race for a new leader to deliver on her party’s faltering campaign for independence. In a hastily arranged news conference, the Scottish National […]

Pavlohrad, Ukraine, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): At a hospital a short drive from the scene of fierce fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, two orderlies carefully carry an injured soldier onto a medical bus. Four others soon join him on individual beds on […]

HONG KONG,Feb 13 (Xinhua/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at 09:18:07 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 374.033 km, was initially determined to be at 29.5218 degrees south latitude and 177.9727 […]

Brussels, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Long-serving NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg has no plans to extend his mandate for a fourth time and expects to be replaced in October, the military alliance said Sunday. “The mandate of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been extended three times and […]

Nicosia, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tightly fought presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post in the south of the divided Mediterranean island. Polling stations close at 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) in the race to succeed […]

WASHINGTON 11 Feb (Online): A US F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska, US officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across the United States. A Sidewinder missile […]