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BEIJING, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Xingwen County of Yibin City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 28.22 degrees north latitude and 105.03 degrees east longitude, […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 5 (APP): Russian Federation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that there was an attempt by the United States to interfere in the internal affairs of an independent state. Commenting on the political developments in Pakistan the other day, she […]

Bunia, DR Congo, April 5 (AFP/APP):A UN peacekeeper was killed Tuesday during an operation in the northeastern region of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission in the country said. The peacekeeper’s nationality was not mentioned. A week earlier, a UN helicopter […]

Colombo, April 5 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka’s president lost his parliamentary majority Tuesday as former allies urged his resignation following days of street protests over the island nation’s crippling economic crisis. Unprecedented shortages of food and fuel along with record inflation and blackouts have inflicted widespread […]

AMMAN – April 4 (ONLINE) Prince Hamza bin al-Hussein, a former heir to Jordan’s throne who was placed under house arrest last year, announced on Sunday he was giving up his royal title in protest over Jordan’s current policies. Hamza was accused last April of […]

London, April 3 (AFP/APP):British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said Russian troops were guilty of war crimes in Ukraine after Kyiv retook control of areas around the capital and discovered mass graves and apparently executed civilians. “Russia’s despicable attacks against innocent civilians in Irpin […]

San Francisco, April 3 (AFP/APP):At least six people were killed and 10 others wounded in a shooting in the California state capital of Sacramento early Sunday, police said. A video posted online showed people scuffling in the street, then starting to run as gunfire can […]

Colombo, April 3 (AFP/APP): Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews. All 26 ministers aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 3 (APP):Deputy Speaker of National Assembly Qasim Suri Sunday rejected the vote of no- confidence motion moved by the joint opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan, on the basis of Article 5 of the Constitution of Pakistan, under which loyalty to the state […]

Islamabad, April 2, 2022 (Online): In the wake of no-confidence motion, PTI led government changing its strategy very rapidly. According to a new strategy, Prime Minister Imran Khan mulling to take resignations from all Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) members of Parliament. Credible sources privy to […]