US, Pak to hold talks next week
Mar 3: The United States and Pakistan will hold talks in Washington D.C. next week amid the frosty ties between the two countries in recent times, according to officials. Senior officials of Pakistan’s foreign ministry were quoted by The Nation as saying that Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua’s visit to the United States from March 6 […]
UNICEF says aid convoy for 180,000 Syrians could go on Sunday
GENEVA – Syria’s government may allow an aid convoy with supplies for 180,000 people to go to the town of Douma in the besieged enclave of eastern Ghouta on Sunday, the Middle East director of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF said on Friday. Geert Cappelaere told a news conference that there was no sign of […]
UN: 2 staff among 11 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
GENEVA — The U.N.’s migration agency says two of its staffers were among 11 people killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on a military base in northeastern Nigeria. The International Organization for Migration said Friday that “a large number” of Boko Haram members attacked the base in Rann, in Borno state, a day […]
Fire kills 24 in Azerbaijan drug rehab centre
, March 2 :At least 24 people were killed in a fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the capital of Azerbaijan, the authorities said in a joint statement on Friday. The statement was released by the Public Prosecution Office, Health Ministry, Interior Ministry and Ministry of Emergencies, Xinhua reported. The authorities said 34 people […]
Pakistan 13th among 25 most powerful world armies
LAHORE: With a total military strength of 919,000 personnel, total aircraft might of 951 and a defense budget of $7 billion, the Pakistani armed forces have been ranked 13th amongst the 25 most powerful world militaries, according to a fairly recent February 26, 2018 report of an American financial and business news website “Business Insider.” […]
War against terror is fight between moderates, extremists: Jordanian King
Visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II on Thursday said that the global war against terror was not a fight between different religions but between moderates and extremists. “Today’s global war against terror is not a fight between different religions or people. It is between moderates of all faiths and communities against extremism, hate and violence,” the […]
US urges India, Pakistan to sit together and ease tensions
WASHINGTON: The United States (US) has on Wednesday urged the two nuclear-armed neighbours, Pakistan and India, to initiate dialogue on the issues raising alarm for heightened tensions in the near future. The US State Department’s spokesperson Heather Nauert said that both parties should sit and discuss the escalating border tensions between the two South Asian countries […]
Gunmen open fire on officer in SW Pakistan, killing 2 guards
ISLAMABAD : Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on a vehicle carrying a senior police officer in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing two of his guards but the officer escaped unhurt. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, police chief in Quetta, said the target of Wednesday’s attack was Hameedullah Dasti. He was en route to a […]
Afghanistan’s Ghani offers talks with Taliban “without preconditions”
KABUL – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani offered recognition of the Taliban as a legitimate political group on Wednesday as part of a proposed political process that he said could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war. The offer, made at the start of an international conference aimed at creating a […]
North Korea helping Syria make chemical weapons
United Nations: North Korea has been shipping supplies to the Syrian government that could be used in the production of chemical weapons, United Nations experts contend. The evidence of a North Korean connection comes as the United States and other countries have accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons on civilians, including recent attacks […]
