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Macron to unveil bid for second term

Paris, March 3 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron will announce later Thursday that he will seek a second term in office at elections next month, aides said, with Russia’s war in Ukraine likely to eclipse the campaign but boost his chances. Macron will formally announce […]

UN aid chief says ‘let us do our job’ in Ukraine: AFP interview

Geneva, March 3 (AFP/APP):The United Nations’ aid chief pleaded Thursday for the protection of civilians in Ukraine and for unhindered humanitarian access amid the spiralling violence, in an interview with AFP. UN emergency relief coordinator Martin Griffiths said he had the resources ready to go […]

At UN, Pakistan calls for ending Russia-Ukraine conflict through diplomacy

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday underscored the need for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, hoping that the talks initiated between the two countries at Belarus would bring about an end to hostilities. “Pakistan remains deeply concerned […]

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ by Ukraine healthcare attacks

Geneva, March 2 (AFP/APP):The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that it was “deeply concerned” by reports of attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine and that it was working to verify them. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference that the organisation was […]

Russia’s king of diplomacy becomes sanctioned pariah

Paris, March 2 (AFP/APP):When Russia’s veteran Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosted his British counterpart Liz Truss for talks in Moscow in February in a doomed attempt to avert war, he had a trick up his sleeve. “Do you recognise the sovereignty of Russia over the […]

Three die, 24 injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA, Mar 02 (APP): At least three persons were killed and 24 others sustained injuries in an explosion at a shop here on Fatima Jinnah Road on Wednesday, police said. According to the police, the shop caught fire after the blast. Balochistan Health Department Media […]

PM Imran Khan unveils an incentives package for promotion of industrial sector

Islamabad March 01 (Online): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday unveiled an incentives package for promotion of industrial sector with focus on attracting investment from the local and overseas business community. Announcing the industrial package at a ceremony in Lahore, he said the package will […]

UN calls on combatants to spare Ukraine civilians as conflict intensifies

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 01 (APP):UN humanitarian officials Tuesday appealed for protection of civilians from further bloodshed amid fighting in Ukraine since the start of last week’s Russian military offensive that has driven out over 600,000 people from the country. “We know that children have been […]

UN says 440 civilians killed in SSudan clashes

Nairobi, March 1 (AFP/APP): At least 440 civilians died in fighting between warring groups in southwestern South Sudan between June and September last year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. “Grave human rights violations and abuses, including hundreds of killings, were committed against civilians during […]

Russia-Ukraine conflict: China opposes Western Sanctions on Russia

BEIJING – February 28 (ONLINE): China said Monday it does not support sanctions imposed over Russia by the western countries, in wake of intensifying Russia-Ukraine conflict. A statement issued by the Chinese foreign ministry said that China opposes ‘illegal’ and ‘unilateral’ sanctions over Russia. Sanctions […]

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