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Agreement to operationalize loss & damage fund reached at Dubai climate conference: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 30 (APP): Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help compensate vulnerable countries, such as Pakistan, coping with loss and damage caused by climate change, a major breakthrough on the first day of this year’s […]

War-ravaged Gaza City now a ‘ghost town’, UN aid agency

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (APP): Amid hopes of a deal to extend the pause in Israeli attacks on Gaza, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRW, ) reported on Wednesday that humanitarian assistance had reached its shelters in northern Gaza for the first time since […]

SCO Year of Tourism forum held in Urumqi, China

BEIJING, Nov 29 (APP):The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Year of Tourism 2023 forum was recently held in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. The SCO Year of Tourism 2023 was the first thematic event held by the SCO Secretariat and the People’s Government of the […]

Palestinians going through ‘one of the darkest chapters’ of their history: UN chief

UNITED NATINS, Nov 29 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Hamas’s October 7 operations “cannot justify” Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinian people” in the war-torn Gaza Strip. In a statement issued for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the UN […]

Disease, fueled by Israeli-imposed blockade, could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza: WHO

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (APP): With the brief “humanitarian pause” between Israel and Palestinians so far failing to result in the delivery of sufficient aid in Gaza, UN officials on Tuesday warned that the spread of disease could soon begin killing more Palestinian people than […]

Wang Yi to chair UNSC meeting on Palestinian-Israeli issue on Nov, 29

BEIJING, Nov 27 (APP): Chinese Foreign Minister and a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Wang Yi will preside over a high-level UN Security Council meeting in New York on the Palestinian-Israeli issue on November 29, Chinese Foreign […]

Pakistani delegation explores China’s textile hub

BEIJING, Nov 27 (APP): A Pakistani delegation, led by Pakistan’s Consul General in Shanghai, Hussain Haider has visited Shengze Oriental Textile City in Suzhou, China, and had a meeting with representatives from local textile enterprises. During the meeting, Hussain Haider introduced the trade and […]

CAIR offers $10,000 reward for Info on perpetrators of gun attack on 3 Palestinians in US city

WASHINGTON, Nov 27 (APP): A prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator of a shooting Saturday targeting three Palestinian university students in Burlington in the U.S. state of Vermont, […]

Pakistan, China sign cooperation agreement on sustainable development of rivers: Ambassador Hashmi

BEIJING, Nov 25 (APP):: Pakistan and China have signed a cooperation agreement focusing on the Indus and Yangtze rivers to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by river cultures, ecosystems and economies and engage in discussions on sustainable development of major rivers, Pakistan Ambassador to […]

India’s expanding covert global operations heightening concern: US media

NEW YORK, Nov 24 (APP): A leading American newspaper Friday highlighted India’s growing covert global operations, including espionage and extraterritorial assassinations, that have set off alarm bells around the world. “For the second time in recent months, the Indian government is facing questions about whether […]

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