Imran Khan announces to quit all the provincial assemblies

Islamabad (PNI) Imran Khan has announced to quit all the provincial assemblies. Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan has said in a rally in Rawalpindi that he has decided to quit all the assemblies. will no longer be part of the system. […]

Russian shelling kills 15 in Kherson as Ukraine battles to restore power

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed 15 civilians Friday, officials said, as engineers across the country sought to restore heat, water and power to major cities. Throughout the country, Russian air strikes in recent weeks have brought […]

Three killed in twin school shootings in Brazil: authorities

Brasília, Nov 25 (AFP/APP):At least three people including an adolescent girl were killed and 11 others wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire on two schools in southeastern Brazil, authorities said. The mayor of the town of Aracruz, in Espirito Santo state, said a group […]

Anwar Ibrahim appointed Malaysia’s Prime Minister

KUALA LAMPUR – November 24 (ONLINE) Malaysia’s King Al Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah on Wednesday appointed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim as country’s next prime minister, media reports said. Anwar was sworn in by the king at 0900 GMT. His wife, Was Azizah Wan Ismail […]

PM names General Sahir Shamshad as CJCSC, General Asim Munir as COAS

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP):Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir as the […]

Ukraine nuclear plants cut from grid after strikes: operator

Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):All three nuclear power plants still under Ukrainian control disconnected automatically from the electricity grid on Wednesday after fresh Russian air strikes hit the country, Ukraine’s nuclear operator said. The strikes activated emergency protocols at the Rivnenska, Pivdennoukrainska and Khmelnytska plants […]

After bitter election, Brazil seeks unity in World Cup glory

Rio de Janeiro, Nov 23 (AFP/APP):A sea of streamers and mini-Brazilian flags flutters over Freedom Alley, one of myriad narrow streets criss-crossing Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela, Rocinha, which decks itself out in World Cup splendor every four years. But residents vetoed a graffiti portrait […]

38 killed in central China fire

Beijing, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, with authorities blaming workers for illegal welding. The fire broke out at a plant in Anyang City in Henan Province on […]

Hunt for buried survivors after Indonesia quake kills 162

Cianjur, Indonesia, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Rescuers searched for survivors buried under rubble on Tuesday after an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java killed 162 people, injured hundreds and left more feared trapped in collapsed buildings. As bodybags emerged from crumpled buildings in Indonesia’s most populous […]

Türkiye hit 89 targets in northern Iraq, Syria operation: Defence ministry

ISTANBUL 20 Nov (Online): A total of 89 targets were destroyed in the ongoing Operation Claw-Sword in northern Iraq and Syria, and “many terrorists” were “neutralised,” the Turkish Ministry of National Defence has announced. “Among the terrorists neutralised by the air operation are the so-called […]