Top News

Beijing, Sept 5 (AFP/APP): At least 21 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern China on Monday, state media reported, as violent tremors in a remote region damaged homes and left some areas without electricity. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers […]

PESHAWAR, Sep 04 (APP):Good news for poor citizens as the imports of onions and tomatoes from Afghanistan through Torkham are continuing with 222 trucks of tomatoes crossing the Pak-Afghan border, customs officials told APP when contacted. The customs official, who wished not to be named, […]

GENEVA 02 Sep (Online): The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Friday there was a risk of “many more” child deaths in Pakistan from disease after floods claimed the lives of around 400. The toll for children, estimated at 416 by national authorities, represents […]

Khartoum, Sept 2 (AFP/APP): Renewed ethnic clashes in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state have killed 18 people, a government aid agency said Friday, despite a ceasefire agreement between rival groups following deadly violence weeks ago. “The region has been witnessing renewed clashes between the Hausa […]

Moscow, Sept 2 (AFP/APP): Russia has halted gas deliveries to Germany via a key pipeline for an indefinite period, after saying Friday it had found problems in a key piece of equipment, a development that will worsen Europe’s energy crisis. Russian gas giant Gazprom said […]

MUMBAI 01 Sep (Online): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned the country’s first home-built aircraft carrier on Friday, underlining his government’s efforts to boost domestic production to supply a military deployed on two contentious borders. After 17 years of construction and tests, Modi commissioned the […]

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 […]