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Athens, March 22 (AFP/APP): Some intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation’s worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said. Several passenger services were back on […]

London, March 22 (AFP/APP): UK lawmakers endorsed Wednesday a crucial part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit deal with the EU to overhaul Northern Irish trade rules, despite a rebellion by ex-leader Boris Johnson and other Conservative eurosceptics. The vote on the so-called “Stormont brake” […]

Shaykh al Hadid, Syria, March 22 (AFP/APP):Umm Esmat, a mother living in war-torn Syria, is preparing for the onset of Ramadan this year with a heavy heart, after a deadly earthquake forced her from her home. Now displaced in the rebel-held countryside of northern Syria, […]

LONDON 21 Mar (Online): The Indian government summoned the United Kingdom’s senior-most diplomat to protest the taking down of its national flag at the Indian High Commission (HC) in London by pro-Khalistan demonstrators. In a video shared on social media platforms, a Sikh protestor can […]

Moscow, March 21 (AFP/APP): China and Russia’s leaders hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united front in Moscow as Vladimir Putin accused the West of rejecting Beijing’s proposals to end the Ukraine conflict. The nations, eager to curb Western […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 21 (APP)::Pakistan looks forward to Wednesday’s UN Water Conference elevating water in international discourse with an action-oriented outcome that accelerates the achievement of the goal about “clean water and sanitation for all” by 2030. “This year’s Water Conference has a great significance […]

Kabul, March 21 (AFP/APP): A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5. “It was a terrifying tremor. I had never […]

Geneva, March 21 (AFP/APP): More than 530 people have been killed this year in gang violence in Haiti, the United Nations said Tuesday, with many killed by snipers shooting victims at random. The UN human rights office said it was concerned that extreme violence was […]

Amritsar, India, March 20 (AFP/APP): Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. The blackout extension came after supporters of Amritpal Singh were filmed vandalising India’s consulate in San […]

PESHAWAR, Mar 21 (APP):At least 10 persons including Pakistan Tahrik Insaf (PTI) leader Atif Munsif Khan were killed after their vehicle was attacked by a rival group at Havelian in Abbottabad district on Monday. District Police Officer (DPO) Abbottabad Umar Tufail confirmed the killing of […]