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ISLAMABAD, Apr 29 (APP): Pakistan wanted to transform its historic relations with Saudi Arabia into a deep and diverse strategic partnership, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday. The prime minister arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday on a three-day visit — his first official […]

SINGAPORE – April 29 (ONLINE) Jakarta is ready to facilitate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said in a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “Exchanged views over the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine, […]

HANOI, April 29 (Xinhua/APP):A total of 3,808 traffic accidents occurred from January to April in Vietnam, killing 2,276 people and injuring 2,431, down 15.4 percent year on year, according to the country’s Traffic Police Department on Friday. On average, in the first four months of […]

NEW YORK, Apr 29 (APP): Pakistani-American men and women holding senior positions in public and elected offices were honoured at an Iftar-dinner hosted Thursday by Pakistan’s Consul General in New York, Ayesha Ali, who called them “role models” for the next generation of leaders. “This […]

  ISLAMABAD, APRIL 29 (Online): Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said that a handful of people maligned Pakistanis at Roza Rasool (SAWW).   In a statement on Friday, he also strongly condemned the disrespectful incident that took place at the holy mosque.   Meanwhile, Religious Scholars […]

NEW YORK, April 29 (Online): UN Security Council has strongly condemned Tuesday’s “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack in the Karachi University and called for bringing those responsible for it to justice. The condemnation was expressed by 15-member Council’s president for this month, Barbara Woodward of […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 28 (APP): Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyed Moammad Ali Hosseini on Thursday said the Al-Quds Day was a great opportunity to realize the world that freedom of Palestine remained the main issue in the Islamic world. Addressing the International Quds Day conference here, […]

KERALA (India) – April 27 (ONLINE) Well-known Malayalam producer-actor Vijay Babu has been charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a female actor and disclosing the survivor’s identity through a Facebook live session. Vijay Babu, who is reportedly untraceable since the police charged him with rape following […]

SINGAPORE – April 27 (ONLINE) Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian with learning disabilities who was convicted of drug trafficking in 2010 and whose case attracted global attention, has been executed in Singapore’s Changi prison. Nagaenthran, who was arrested after police found a bundle of 42.7 grammes […]

Luxembourg, April 27 (AFP/APP): The European Union’s top court on Wednesday ruled that property rental platform Airbnb is obliged to share booking data with regional tax authorities in the Belgian capital Brussels. The firm’s Irish-based European subsidiary had challenged the Brussels Capital Region’s order that […]