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Moscow, May 18 (AFP/APP): Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. “Over the past 24 hours, 694 militants surrendered, including 29 wounded,” the ministry said in its […]

KYIV – May 17 (ONLINE) Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it aimed to evacuate its remaining soldiers from their last stronghold in Mariupol, as fighters that have held out for 82 days began to surrender, heralding the end of Europe’s bloodiest battle in decades. Reuters […]

Islamabad, May 17, 2022 (Online): The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while announcing verdict in the presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63(A), said that the vote of dissident party members will not be counted. A five-member larger bench, headed by CJP Bandial, and comprising Justice […]

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP): The federal cabinet on Wednesday constituted a committee, under the federal law minister, to amend the “draconian law” of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to do away with political victimization. The federal cabinet, which met under Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, […]

Saclay, France, May 16 (AFP/APP): The United States and the European Union announced on Monday a joint effort to boost microchip manufacturing and tackle Russian disinformation around the war in Ukraine. The two sides met outside Paris as part of the Trade and Technology Council […]

Abu Dhabi, May 16 (AFP/APP): US Vice President Kamala Harris was Monday leading a high-level delegation to meet the United Arab Emirates’ new president, who takes over after his half-brother’s death, following months of strained ties between Washington and the oil-rich Gulf state. Harris, whose […]

Rawalpindi (ISPR) A suicide blast occurred in the vicinity of Miranshah, North Wazirstan. Resultantly Lance Havaldar Zubair Qadir, age 33 years resident of Pakpatan, Sepoy Uzair Asfar, age 21 years resident of Haripur, Sepoy Qasim Maqsood, age 22 years, resident of Multan and 3 innocent […]

Buffalo, May 15 (AFP/APP):A heavily armed 18-year-old man shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a “racially motivated” attack that he live-streamed on camera, authorities said. The gunman, who was wearing body armor and a helmet, was arrested […]

Abu Dhabi, May 14 (AFP/APP):The UAE’s long-time de facto ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected as president on Saturday, official media said, a day after the death of former leader Sheikh Khalifa. The 61-year-old was unanimously elected by the Federal Supreme Council, […]

JERUSALEM – PALESTINE – May 14 (ONLINE) Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over her killing. […]