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Bamako, May 20 (AFP/APP): Armed men have kidnapped an Italian couple and their child as well as a Togolese national in southeastern Mali, a local official and a Malian security source told AFP Friday. They said the abductions occurred late Thursday about 100 kilometres (60 […]

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday ordered to de-seat 25 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) members of Punjab Assembly, accepting the disqualification reference against them. Earlier, the ECP had reserved its decision on the disqualification references against 25 dissident Punjab MPAs […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (APP): Delegates of India and Pakistan Thursday got into a fresh verbal duel in the UN Security Council ministerial-level meeting on food security, after Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari denounced New Delhi’s repressive actions in occupied Kashmir, saying it is […]

STOCKHOLM – May 18 (ONLINE) Finland and Sweden formally applied to join NATO on Wednesday, prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and triggering one of the most significant changes in Europe’s security architecture in decades. The applications came after more than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered […]

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 […]