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Paris, April 26 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron faced the daunting challenge of uniting a deeply divided nation Monday after winning re-election in a battle against Marine Le Pen that saw the far right come its closest yet to taking power. Centrist Macron won 58.54 […]

ISLAMABAD, April 26 (Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has allocated portfolios to four federal ministers and one minister of state. Khurram Dastgir Khan has been given the portfolio of Power, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Economic Affairs, Riaz Hussain Pirzada Human Rights and Murtaza Javed Abbasi has […]

KARACHI, Apr 26 (APP): Four persons, including two foreigners, were reportedly killed and four personnel of Sindh Rangers among many others injured in a van blast here at Karachi University Tuesday. The explosion took place in the van outside the Confucius Institute. At the time […]

PARIS – April 25 (ONLINE) Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and saying he would seek to make amends. His supporters erupted with joy as the results appeared […]

WASHINGTON, Apr 26 (APP): The state of religious freedom in India “significantly worsened” last year, a U.S. panel’s report has said, calling for targeted sanctions against the country over alleged abuses. In its annual report released on Monday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom […]

Tripoli, Lebanon, April 24 (AFP/APP):At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after a migrant boat capsized off Lebanon, state media said, in the latest tragedy at sea off the crisis-hit country. The boat capsized on Saturday night […]

Kunduz, Afghanistan, April 22 (AFP/APP): A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan, killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks. Since Taliban fighters seized […]

Moscow, April 22 (AFP/APP): Russian authorities on Friday declared opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza a “foreign agent” and ordered his pre-trial detention for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian army amid its military campaign in Ukraine. Moscow’s Basmanny district court ordered that the 40-year-old Kremlin […]

ISLAMABAD – April 22 (ONLINE) Federal Minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain has been given the charge of Chairman of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. According to details, Salik’s designation will have an equal rank to Federal Minister. In the past, General Retired Asim Saleem […]

MOSCOW – April 22 (ONLINE) The European Union currently has no plans of introducing a collective ban on Russian oil supplies, because several EU members threatened to veto this initiative, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell told the LENA news […]