TRIPOLI Sep 12 (Online): Around a quarter of Libya’s eastern city of Derna was wiped out by floods after a dam burst in a storm, and more than 1,000 bodies have been recovered so far, a minister in the administration that controls the east said […]
ISLAMABAD Sep 12 (Online): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau belatedly left India on Tuesday after an aircraft breakdown forced a two-day extension of his rocky visit to New Delhi for the G20 summit. Trudeau arrived in India for the meeting of the leaders of 20 […]
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (APP):The “shocking” and “cruel” oppression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban against the backdrop of a severe humanitarian crisis has put the country’s future in jeopardy, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned Tuesday. “Human rights in […]
Washington SEPTEMBER 12 (Online): US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that US insists on free elections in Pakistan but does not support any political party or candidate. In the routine news briefing of US State Department on Monday, when asked about the meeting of […]
Marrakesh, Morocco, Sept 12 (AFP/APP): Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco’s search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,800 people, most of them in remote villages of the High Atlas Mountains. Search-and-rescue teams from the kingdom and from abroad kept […]
Seoul, Sept 7 (AFP/APP): North Korea on Friday announced it had built a “tactical nuclear attack submarine” as part of its effort to strengthen its naval force, the state news agency KCNA reported. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over the unveiling ceremony on […]
Yagidne, Ukraine, Sept 7 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken praised what he called Ukraine’s “extraordinary resilience” against Russian aggression during a visit to the Chernigiv region Thursday as he concluded a surprise two-day trip. A day after talks with the Ukrainian leadership in […]
WASHINGTON, Sep 11 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, has called on Pakistani-American businessmen to invest in Pakistan with “full confidence”. “We are inviting investments from the United States and the Gulf region,” he told Pakistan America Business Forum (PABF) Annual Award […]
NEW YORK Sep 10 (Online): Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban have curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, a United Nations report said on Sunday. “The surge in methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and the region suggests […]
ISLAMABAD Sep 10 (Online): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his G20 presidency to burnish his image at home and abroad as a steward of national power and prosperity, asserting India’s place in the world ahead of general elections next year. For months, the 72-year-old […]
