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Pakistani-American appointed US State Dept’s Special Representative for Commercial & Business Affairs

Posted on February 16, 2022 by News Desk

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (APP):Dilawar Syed, a Pakistani-American businessman and entrepreneur, has been appointed U.S. State Department’s new Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, the department’s spokesman announced Tuesday. ”Special Representative Syed brings a strong background in business and entrepreneurship, having built global enterprises in […]

Sites of Ukraine defense ministry, state banks under cyber attack

Posted on February 16, 2022 by News Desk

Kyiv, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): Ukraine said on Tuesday that the sites of the country’s defense ministry and two major state banks were hit by a cyber attack. The announcement from Ukraine’s communications watchdog comes with the former Soviet republic fearing a possible attack from Russian […]

S. Africa’s luxury Blue Train suspended after ‘incidents’

Posted on February 15, 2022 by News Desk

Johannesburg, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):Travel on South Africa’s luxury Blue Train, which connects Cape Town to Pretoria in two days, has been suspended until further notice after several incidents including a derailment. “As a precautionary measure following the recent incidents involving the Blue Train, management has […]

Sikhs for Justice calls upon Muslims in India to start Hijab referendum

Posted on February 15, 2022 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Feb 14 (APP):Citing Hijab ban attempts as an existential threat to the Muslims, Pro Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) called upon Muslims in India to start Hijab referendum movement to carve out Urduistan in the areas of Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and […]

Second anti-coup protester killed in Sudan: medics

Posted on February 15, 2022 by News Desk

Khartoum, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):Sudanese security forces shot dead a second protester Monday during crackdowns on rallies against last year’s military coup, bringing the total killed in protests to at least 81, medics said. The protester was killed by a “bullet to the left shoulder which […]

Japan’s Kirin brewery to withdraw from Myanmar

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Tokyo, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): Japanese drinks giant Kirin said Monday it will withdraw from Myanmar, after a failed bid to disentangle its operations from a joint venture with a junta-owned company after last year’s coup. The brewery is the latest foreign company to pull out […]

French police shoot dead knife-wielding man at Paris station

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):French police shot dead a man who lunged at them early on Monday with a long-blade knife at Paris’s Gare du Nord train station, police sources said. The man attacked two police officers on patrol at the busy station, the terminus for […]

US airline makes emergency landing after unruly passenger incident

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Feb 14 (AFP/APP):An “unruly passenger” forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing in the US city of Kansas on Sunday after crew and others onboard subdued the person, the airline said. Flight 1775 from Los Angeles to Washington diverted mid-journey to […]

German leader flies to Kyiv to calm ‘critical’ war threat

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kyiv, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lands in Kyiv on Monday before visiting Moscow to try to head off a “very critical” threat of an invasion that would spark the worst crisis in Europe since the Cold War. Scholz’s visit comes with Kyiv […]

Germany to Putin: ‘untie the noose’ around Ukraine

Posted on February 14, 2022 by News Desk

Berlin, Feb 13 (AFP/APP): Germany’s president on Sunday said “responsibility” for the risk of “war” in Ukraine lay with Russia, bringing greater clarity to Berlin’s position on the crisis which has been criticised as too lenient towards Moscow. Speaking after his re-election for a second […]

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Pakistani-American appointed US State Dept’s Special Representative for Commercial & Business Affairs

Sites of Ukraine defense ministry, state banks under cyber attack

S. Africa’s luxury Blue Train suspended after ‘incidents’

Sikhs for Justice calls upon Muslims in India to start Hijab referendum

Second anti-coup protester killed in Sudan: medics

Japan’s Kirin brewery to withdraw from Myanmar

French police shoot dead knife-wielding man at Paris station

US airline makes emergency landing after unruly passenger incident

German leader flies to Kyiv to calm ‘critical’ war threat

Germany to Putin: ‘untie the noose’ around Ukraine

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