Paris, Aug 31 (AFP/APP): World leaders paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union who died Tuesday in Moscow aged 91. The man who played a major role in ending the Cold War was praised for being a “rare leader” who […]
Geneva, Aug 31 (AFP/APP): On her way out the door on Wednesday, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet will release a report on alleged violations in China’s Xinjiang region, infuriating Beijing. The outgoing High Commissioner for Human Rights promised to release the report before her mandate […]
BRASILIA 30 Aug (Online): The last member of an uncontacted indigenous tribe in Brazil has passed away, reported the BBC on Tuesday. Officials said that the man, who was called “Man of the Hole”, had been living alone for the past 26 years. His name […]
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit flood-battered Pakistan next week to see for himself the “tragic situation facing millions of men, women and children” in the worst impacted areas of the country, his spokesman said Tuesday. Pakistan’s UN Ambassador […]
Prague, Aug 30 (AFP/APP): The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating EU presidency, faced stiff resistance from some member states Tuesday over barring Russians from travelling within the bloc following the Ukraine invasion. The Czechs want to suspend a 2007 deal that eased visa applications […]
Khuzdar, Aug 30 (Online): At least 7 people were killed and more than 15 sustained injuries in road accident on national highway at Khuzdar Tuesday. A passenger van and pick up collided on Quetta-Karachi national highway near Korak . 6 persons died on the spot […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (APP): The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Monday the combined seventh and eighth reviews of the Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan. The Board’s decision allows for an immediate disbursement of SDR 894 […]
JAMSHORO, Aug 29 (Online): At least 11 people were drowned while seven others rescued when a boat carrying flood victims capsized at village Bilawalpur in Sehwan Sharif in Jamshoro district on Monday. According to the police, the people who drowned were migrating from submerged villages […]
CENTRAL ITALY 28 Aug (Online): Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to help Paksitan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people. The Argentine pontiff appealed for “prompt and generous international solidarity”, and said he was praying for the victims. His […]
NieuwBeijerland, Netherlands, Aug 28 (AFP/APP):Dutch police on Sunday said six people were killed and seven others hurt after a truck ran off the top of a dike and ploughed into a neighbourhood barbecue. Police were questioning the Spanish-registered driver of the lorry following the accident […]
