Indian PM’s visit to IIOJK attempt to project false normalcy: Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (APP):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Indian Prime Minister’s staged visit to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and laying foundation stones of hydroelectric projects, in contravention of Indus Waters Treaty, was another desperate attempt to project false ‘normalcy’ in […]

UN human rights experts urge U.S. to ease Afghanistan assets freeze

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (APP): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN human rights experts Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on the war-torn country’s foreign assets. The ‘Da Afghanistan Bank’ has more than $7 billion in blocked reserves […]

Moldova summons Russian ambassador over military statements

Chisinau, April 22 (AFP/APP): Moldova on Friday summoned Russia’s ambassador after a senior Russian commander said Moscow sought “control over the south of Ukraine” that could provide access to Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria. “Moldova’s foreign ministry views these statements as unfounded and contradicting Russia’s […]

Ex-Honduran president appears in US court on drugs charges

New York, April 22 (AFP/APP): Ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez made his first appearance before a US judge Friday following his extradition to America to face drug trafficking charges. The 53-year-old appeared in a New York federal court via video-link after he was brought to […]

Ukrainian journalists carve out new niche in Germany

Greifswald, Germany, April 22 (AFP/APP): Two months ago, Roksana Panashchuk was working as a freelance journalist in Ukraine. Now, she’s a refugee in Germany, closely watching events back home from the northeastern city of Greifswald. “The situation is tough, of course, but everyone is doing […]

‘Important to continue talks with Putin’ says Macron

PARIS – April 22 (ONLINE) French President Emmanuel Macron said that it is necessary to continue negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told the France Inter radio station on Friday. “I think it is our duty to continue negotiations with President Putin. There is […]

One killed as transport plane crashed in South Ukraine, reports

KYIV – April 22 (ONLINE) One person was killed and two were injured when a Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane crashed during a “technical flight” in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine on Friday, local authorities said. The Zaporizhzhia regional administration said that, according to preliminary […]

Six dead in Russian military research institute fire

Moscow, April 21 (AFP/APP): Six people died Thursday when a fire engulfed a Russian military research institute involved in developing air defence systems in the northwestern city of Tver, local officials said. Russian television showed thick black smoke rising from inside the yellow four-storey building […]