Chinese baby born four years after parents’ death in car crash
Beijing: A surrogate mother has given birth to a baby boy in China four years after his parents died in a car crash, Chinese media reported. The deceased couple was undergoing fertility treatments before the fatal accident in 2013. Their parents fought a drawn-out legal battle to gain access to the couple’s fertilised embryos, kept in […]
Pakistan parliament passes resolution on Kashmir, condemns ‘rights violations’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the alleged human rights violations in Kashmir and demanding the UN Human Rights Commission to send a fact-finding mission to the Valley. The resolution moved by Pakistan’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs Barjees Tahir in the National Assembly, the lower house of the parliament, appealed to […]
Protests erupt after 8-year-old girl burnt alive after rape in Pakistan’s Punjab
Lahore: An eight-year-old girl was burnt alive after being raped in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a brutal incident which triggered protests in the province. A large number of people of Chichawatni, Sahiwal district, some 200-km from Lahore, held a demonstration and blocked the main GT Road for several hours to lodge their protest against the brutal incident. […]
UN should play its part on Kashmir issue: Pakistan PM
BEIJING: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday met UNSecretary General Antonio Guterres in China and urged the world body to play its part in stopping “Indian atrocities” in Kashmir and accused New Delhi of “unprovoked ceasefire violations”, which he warned can dangerously escalate the situation along the LoC. According to an official statement from the Pakistan Prime Minister’s […]
Saudi Arabia To Show Films For First Time At Cannes Festival
RIYDH:-Saudi Arabia will make its first official appearance at France’s Cannes film festival, submitting a selection of short films when the prestigious competition opens next month, the Saudi culture minister said today. “We are very happy… That there will be an official participation at the Cannes festival, for the first time,” Awwad Alawwad said after […]
50 die in Indonesia from bootleg liquor
Jakarta—More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in Jakarta, officials said Monday. In the latest incident, 20 people died between Thursday and Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung. Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, […]
Hong Kong can take decision on Nirav Modi’s arrest: China
China today said that Hong Kong can accede to India’s request to arrest fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi based on local laws and mutual judicial assistance agreements. India’s Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh told parliament last week that “the ministry has sought the provisional arrest of Nirav Deepak Modi by the […]
Syria aid group says at least 60 people killed after Douma chemical attack
PARIS – Suspected chemical attacks over the weekend killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 1,000 in Syria’s rebel-held eastern Ghouta, a Syria medical relief group said on Monday. The death toll is likely to rise, according to the Union of Medical Care Organizations, a coalition of international aid agencies that funds hospitals […]
Gaza buries journalist killed after covering mass protests
GAZA CITY,: — Hundreds, including Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous day. Yasser Murtaja died from a gunshot wound he sustained while filming Friday in an area engulfed in thick black smoke […]
Pakistan PM: Kabul accepts offer to renew talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister says Afghanistan has accepted his offer to revive stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said war is not the solution to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. His remarks Saturday came a day after he visited Kabul and met with the Afghan leadership. Pakistan […]
