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ISLAMABAD, SEP 12 (ONLINE): Iraq has announced to restore the suspended visas of Pakistani Zaireen travelling to Karbala for Chehlum of Imam Hussain (RA). In an important statement issued by Iraqi embassy in Islamabad Monday it was said availability of air reservation facility for Pakistani […]

WASHINGTON / MOSCOW – September 11 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden has confirmed he is planning to attend the Queen’s funeral when it takes place in the UK. While no formal plans for Her Majesty’s funeral have been announced yet, the ceremony is expected to […]

Stockholm, Sept 11 (AFP/APP):Swedes began voting in legislative elections Sunday that will either pave the way for an unprecedented right-wing government supported by the far right or a third straight mandate for the ruling Social Democrats. Opinion polls have predicted a close race with a […]

NEW YORK 09 Sep (Online): Austrian politician Turk will be replacing Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet, whose term ended on August 31. The United Nations General Assembly has approved a veteran Austrian diplomat to be the global body’s human rights chief and its advocate for adherence […]

NEW DEHLI 09 Sep (Online): India’s foreign ministry said on Friday that disengagement along a disputed border area with China where troops from both countries have been locked in a standoff for more than two years will be completed by Sept 12. Indian and Chinese […]

SHARJAH 09 Sep (Online): Three thousand Dirhams fine has been imposed on spectators, who found involved in post defeat violence in Sharjah Cricket ground. Sharjah Police has also issued warning for the next time that next time they will be jailed or deported. The amount […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 9 (AFP/APP): Russian forces controlling Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday. The Zaporizhzhia plant — the largest in […]

London, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):It is no secret that the UK’s plan for the eventual death of Queen Elizabeth II was codenamed London Bridge. But there were special provisions if the monarch died when she was in Scotland, called Operation Unicorn. The unicorn is the national […]

Paris, Sept 7 (AFP/APP): France’s top judicial court on Wednesday confirmed the conviction of Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an “ill-gotten gains” case over wealth estimated at 90 million euros ($89 million). Rifaat al-Assad, 85, is the younger brother of Bashar’s […]

Nairobi, Sept 7 (AFP/APP): Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye replaced his prime minister and a top aide in a high-level political purge Wednesday after warning of a “coup” plot against him. Security minister Gervais Ndirakobuca was sworn in before parliament as new premier, capping a day […]