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Khartoum, April 20 (AFP/APP): Explosions and gunfire resounded in Sudan’s capital on Thursday as fighting between the forces of two rival generals showed no signs of abating ahead of festivities marking the end of Ramazan. More than 300 people have been killed since the fighting […]

Sloviansk, Ukraine, April 19 (AFP/APP): Rescuers dug frantically for Anastasia Komarista’s two-year-old son in the rubble of their east Ukraine housing block for hours after Russian strikes last week. Then they dug for her husband. She buried them both again on Wednesday, days after the […]

Brussels, April 19 (AFP/APP): European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed an extra 100 million euros of support for EU farmers to ease a standoff over Ukrainian grain. Brussels is scrambling to find a solution after Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria banned […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 19 (APP): India is poised to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation, with almost 3 million more people than China by the middle of this year, according to a major report released by the United Nations on Wednesday. In its […]

Wilmington, United States, April 18 (AFP/APP): Opening arguments begin Tuesday in a major defamation trial against Fox News that tests the extent of free speech rights for media in America — even when broadcasting election falsehoods. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 […]

ISLAMABAD, April 18 (Online): It has been revealed that a meeting has taken place between DG ISI Lt Gen Nadim Ahmad Anjum and ChiefJustice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial. As per media reports the meeting has taken place in Chief Justice Chamber. Defence secretary […]

ISLAMABAD, April 18 (Online): More than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctor strike in England last week, figures show. It includes people who were waiting for operations and other treatments as well as scans and follow-up appointments. The number […]

BEIJING 18 April (Online): China’s foreign minister told his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks, state media Xinhua reported Tuesday. The separate phone calls between Foreign Minister Qin Gang and the Israeli and Palestinian top diplomats come amid […]

Khartoum, April 17 (AFP/APP): Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, leaving hospitals damaged and medical supplies and food in short supply Monday after three days of urban warfare. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly […]

DUBAI 16 April (Online): Sixteen people, including three Pakistanis, were killed and nine were injured in a Dubai residential building fire on Saturday, local media said on Sunday. In a statement released by the Government of Dubai Media Office early Sunday, a Dubai Civil Defense […]