Black Sea grain deal extended, UN says

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 (APP): The Black Sea Grain Initiative, a UN-brokered deal aimed at supplying markets with food and fertilizer amid global shortages and rising prices, exacerbated by the Ukraine war, was extended on Saturday, the day it was due to expire. The announcement […]

Key Saied adviser quits as Tunisia interior minister

Tunis, March 17 (AFP/APP): Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he had resigned to spend more time with his children following the death of his wife last year. Charfeddine, 54, who had held his post since October […]

Erdogan and Egypt’s Sisi to meet: Turkish minister

Cairo, March 18 (AFP/APP): Turkey’s top diplomat said Saturday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi would meet to mark the end of a decade of estrangement between the two countries. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking alongside his Egyptian counterpart Sameh […]

Pak-China ready to advance bilateral cooperation

BEIJING, Mar 18 (APP): China is ready to work with Pakistan to advance friendly cooperation and promote the construction of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and all-round cooperation between the two countries for greater progress, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang said during his […]

China’s Xi Jinping to visit Russia next week, says Kremlin

MOSCOW 17 Mar (Online): Chinese President Xi Jinping will be in Russia next week for a state visit after he was invited by President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Friday. The two-day trip beginning on Monday comes as Beijing offers to broker peace in […]

ICBM launch serves as warning to US, South Korea over drills: DPRK

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 […]

We welcome restoration of relations between Iran, Saudi Arabia: FO

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 […]