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PARIS, June 05 (Online): An incident of maltreatment has taken place with former army chief Gen (Retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and his wife abroad. The unidentified man who is involved in mistreatment was apparently Afghan. According to media reports it can be seen from video […]

ANKARA, June 05 (Online): Pakistan is “very hopeful” of finalizing a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. “We are still very hopeful that the IMF program will materialize. Our ninth review by the IMF will match […]

Warsaw, June 4 (AFP/APP): Half a million protesters packed the streets of central Warsaw on Sunday, Poland’s opposition organisers said claiming one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the 30 years since the end of communism. Lech Walesa, a former Polish president, Nobel Peace Prize […]

Beijing, June 4 (AFP/APP): Fourteen people were killed and five are missing following a landslide in southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Sunday, the local government said. The landslide “took place high on a mountain” at 6 am (2200 GMT) at a state-owned forestry station in […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (APP): The United Nations on Friday appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which is on the brink of financial collapse. Chronic underfunding over the past decade, and resultant severe austerity measures, mean UNRWA is already […]

Khartoum, June 2 (AFP/APP):Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan’s warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce. Witnesses reported artillery fire around the state television building in the capital’s sister city of Omdurman, […]

BEIJING 01 June (Online): Tensions between the United States and China are expected to loom over Asia’s top security meeting this week, as China has declined a bilateral meeting between the superpowers’ defence chiefs. The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts top defence officials, senior military officers, […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (APP): The United Nations has urgently appealed for international support with immediate funding as Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh face new cuts in food aid. “We are extremely concerned that WFP has been forced to cut food aid for the Rohingya refugees […]

ISLAMABAD 31 MAY (Online): In a surprise move, India has decided to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit virtually in the first week of July – raising the question as to why New Delhi is avoiding hosting regional leaders in person. India is the […]