First killing by police in Sri Lanka protests

Colombo, April 19 (AFP/APP): Sri Lanka police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on Tuesday in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over a crippling economic crisis. The South Asian country is in the grip of its most painful […]

Cabinet Division notifies federal cabinet members, their portfolios

ISLAMABAD, Apr 19 (APP): The Cabinet Division on Tuesday notified the federal cabinet members including the federal ministers, ministers of state and advisors, along with their portfolios assigned by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The cabinet members, notified by the Cabinet Division, had already been sworn […]

Six killed in blasts at Shiite school in Afghan capital

Kabul, April 19 (AFP/APP): At least six people were killed and 24 wounded on Tuesday by two bomb blasts that struck a boys’ school in a Shiite Hazara neighbourhood of the Afghan capital, police and hospital staff said. The number of attacks in the country […]

Russian forces capture Kreminna in east Ukraine: Kyiv

Novodruzhesk, Ukraine, April 18 (AFP/APP): Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine town of Kreminna, local authorities said, as Kyiv’s armed forces launched salvoes on Russian forces in the nearby settlement of Rubizhne. “There was a major attack in the night” from Sunday to […]

Russia bans British top official from entry

MOSCOW, Apr 18 (XINHUA/APP):The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that 13 top officials of Britain, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have been barred from entering Russia.   “This step was taken as a response to London’s unbridled information and political campaign aimed at isolating […]

Powerful explosions heard in Kyiv after Russian warship sinks

KYIV – April 15 (ONLINE) Powerful explosions were heard in Kyiv on Friday and fighting raged in the east after Ukraine claimed responsibility for the sinking of the Russian navy’s Black Sea flagship in what would be one of the heaviest blows of the war. […]

‘Person of the two Decades’ Bilquis Edhi passes away at 74

LAHORE, Apr 15 (APP): Pakistan’s towering philanthropist, humanitarian and ‘Person of the two Decades’ Bilquis Edhi passed away after a brief illness in Karachi on Friday. She was 74, according to a spokesperson for the Edhi Foundation Lahore. Her death was confirmed by her son […]