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COLOMBO – June 7 (ONLINE) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament Tuesday that country’s cash-strapped government will need at least $5 billion in the next six months to maintain basic standards of living, including some $3.3 billion for fuel imports. “Only establishing economic […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 06 (APP):The National Assembly on Monday recommended the government to approach the Supreme Court for legal action against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan as his ‘anti-state statement’ could undermine Pakistan’s security and integrity as well as its atomic programme. The House unanimously adopted […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (APP):A United Nations spokesman, asked to comment on the blasphemous remarks by India’s ruling party leaders against Holy Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him), said Monday the world body supported “respect and tolerance” for all religions. “I’ve seen stories, I haven’t […]

London, June 6 (AFP/APP):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced down a no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs on Monday, after dozens rebelled over a string of alleged scandals that have left the party’s public standing in tatters. The British PM has spent months battling to maintain […]

Chittagong, Bangladesh, June 5 (AFP/APP): At least 34 people have died after a fire that sparked a huge chemical explosion and was still blazing on Sunday at a shipping container depot in Bangladesh, officials said. The toll was expected to rise with over 300 people […]

HONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua/APP):An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted 142 km WNW of Naha, Japan at 07:03:35 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 26.7993 degrees north […]

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, June 2 (AFP/APP):Israeli troops shot dead a teen in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, the fourth Palestinian killed in the occupied territory in two days. The ministry identified the slain Palestinian as 17-year-old Odeh Odeh, who was […]

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, June 2 (AFP/APP): Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The fighting rocked the Dheisheh camp nar Bethlehem, a ministry statement said, identifying the dead man as […]

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, June 1 (AFP/APP): A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli raid in the north of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry said the Palestinian died after arriving at a hospital in Jenin in a […]

ISLAMABAD, June 01 (Online): Supreme Court (SC) has accepted bail plea of one Muhammad Ashraf accused in blasphemy case. A two members bench of SC presided over by Justice Qazi Faez Isa took up for hearing the petition filed by Muhammad Ashraf accused in blasphemy […]