Libya suspends foreign minister over secret meeting with Israeli counterpart

Tripoli, Aug 28 (Online): Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has suspended his foreign minister Najla al-Mangoush over a meeting with her Israeli counterpart. The Speaker’s Office in parliament had accused Najla Mangoush of grand treason, and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah referred her for […]

Two dead, 56 injured in Romania gas station blasts

Bucharest, Aug 27 (AFP/APP): Prosecutors opened an inquiry Sunday into two explosions at an unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas filling station that left two people dead and 56 people injured north of Romania’s capital Bucharest at the weekend. Most of the injured were firefighters who rushed […]

Xi, Modi hold rare sitting for China-India border

BEIJING Aug 25 (Online): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held “candid and in-depth” talks to ease tensions along their disputed frontier, Beijing said on Friday, after a rare face to face encounter between the two leaders. Relations between the world’s […]

Chief Election Commissioner decides not to meet President Arif Alvi

ISLAMABAD, AUG 24 (ONLINE): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja has decided not to meet President Arif Alvi. The meeting held under CEC has concluded. The meeting was attended by members and secretary Election Commission (EC). The meeting reviewed the invitation of President Arif […]

Absent Trump expected to steal show at Republican debate

Milwaukee, Aug 23 (AFP/APP): Eight Republican presidential candidates face off for the first primary debate of the 2024 cycle on Wednesday — with frontrunner Donald Trump bidding to steal the spotlight despite spurning the showdown. The former president announced at the weekend that he would […]

Trump plans to turn himself in on Thursday over Georgia indictment

WASHINGTON Aug 22 (Online): Former US president Donald Trump plans to surrender on Thursday in Atlanta in connection with his indictment in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, he said on social media on Monday. “I’ll be […]

North Korea plans satellite launch as Seoul, US hold drills

Seoul, Aug 22 (AFP/APP):North Korea is planning to launch another satellite just three months after its first attempt to put a military eye in the sky failed, prompting condemnation from Tokyo and Seoul on Tuesday and demands to call it off. The launch is set […]

Blast in Shawwal Tehsil of North Waziristan leaves 11 died

SHAWAL Aug 20 (Online): 11 laborers were killed in an explosion in a vehicle carrying laborers in Shawal Tehsil of North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to the police, an explosion occurred in a vehicle near Gul Mirkot area of North Waziristan tehsil, as […]