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ISLAMABAD 08 April (Online): China has begun three days of military exercises around Taiwan amid anger in Beijing over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting in California with the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims Taiwan as its own […]

ISLAMABAD 08 April (Online): Saudi and Omani envoys are planning to visit Yemen’s capital Sanaa next week to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Iran-aligned Houthi officials and end an eight-year-old conflict there, two people involved in the talks said. If an agreement is reached, […]

Islamabad, April 7 (Online): The forty-first meeting of the National Security Council was held on Friday at the Prime Minister’s House. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presided over the meeting in which federal ministers, chairman, joint chief of staff committee, Service Chiefs and senior officials of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (APP):The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Afghanistan on Thursday warned that Taliban’s decision to ban women from working for the UN will have devastating consequences for aid delivery. Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 06 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for people of faith worldwide to “join their voices in a common prayer for peace”, as the holy observances of Ramazan, Easter and Passover coincide this week. The UN chief issued his plea for […]

Panama City, April 4 (AFP/APP): A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Panama’s Pacific coast on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of fatalities or damage. The quake was relatively shallow, at a depth of 12 kilometers (seven miles), the […]

Jerusalem, April 5 (AFP/APP): Israeli police clashed with Palestinians inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque Wednesday, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes in flaring violence as the Jewish Passover coincides with the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. Armed police in riot gear stormed the […]

ISTANBUL / ANKARA, Apr 5 (AA/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing on Wednesday on a three-day state visit to China, state media reported. Macron is leading a large delegation that will stay in China until Thursday. “President Xi (Jinping) will hold talks with […]

Washington, April 5 (AFP/APP):US voters woke Wednesday after Donald Trump’s arraignment in New York to a uniquely uncertain 2024 presidential election landscape, where the leading Republican candidate faces trial and the incumbent, Joe Biden, has not even confirmed he’s running. Trump pleaded not guilty on […]

United Nations, United States, April 4 (AFP/APP):The Taliban have extended a ban on women working for NGOs to the United Nations’ mission throughout the country, a UN spokesman announced Tuesday, calling such an order “unacceptable.” The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) had said […]