Resolution of Kashmir issue must for peace: Says Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today said the dream of peace and prosperity in the region would remain elusive without resolving the Kashmir issue and reaffirmed its support for the people in the Valley in their struggle for the right to “self-determination”. President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi made these remarks in their separate messages […]
Israel hits Gaza for 2nd time in 2 days
Sat Feb 3, 2018 Israeli warplanes have carried out a second attack in two days against targets in the Gaza Strip that Tel Aviv alleges to belong to the Hamas resistance group. On Saturday, the Israeli military said warplanes had struck “a Hamas compound” in the southern Gaza Strip, “after Palestinians there fired a rocket” into […]
Baloch militants no longer a threat to CPEC: Chinese envoy
Karachi, Feb. 3 : Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing has said that militant groups operating in Balochistan are no longer a threat to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). According to the media reports, Jing said that the members of banned outfits were “not true Pakistanis”. “If they [Baloch militants] are true Pakistanis, they should […]
Russia developing undersea nuclear torpedo: Report
Washington DC Feb 3: A Pentagon report for the first time has acknowledged that Russia is building and developing an “undersea” nuclear torpedo. According to a report from the US Defense Department, which assesses the arms advancements being made in other countries, Russia is “developing” a “new intercontinental, nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered, undersea autonomous torpedo which is […]
Trump likely to approve release of secret memo defying FBI
February 02, 2018 United States President Donald Trump is set to approve the release of a controversial memo accusing the Federal Bureau of Investigation of abusing its surveillance tools during its probe into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election, setting up a clash with the intelligence agency. The approval for the release of […]
Israel strikes ‘Hamas position’ in north Gaza
Israel says its warplanes have hit a target belonging to the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack took place on Friday against “a Hamas observation post,” AFP reported, citing an Israeli military statement. The spot hit was situated near the city of Beit Hanoun in the coastal enclave’s extreme […]
90 refugees, mostly Pakistanis, feared dead in shipwreck off Libya
An estimated 90 refugees are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving three known survivors and 10 bodies washed up on shore, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said. Survivors told aid workers that most of the refugees on board were Pakistanis, who form […]
Kuwait assumes UNSC presidency, invites Palestine’s Abbas to address it
Kuwait, which assumed the presidency of the Security Council on Thursday, is inviting Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to address the top decision-making body of the UN.Abbas is scheduled to address the Council on February 20, at a Council session on the Middle East, Kuwait’s Permanent Representative Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi told the media here on Thursday […]
US not contemplating military action inside Pakistan: Pentagon
The United States is not contemplating military action inside Pakistan, the Pentagon has said, refuting such reports appearing in Pakistani newspapers. Instead, the US seeks Pakistan’s cooperation and assistance in various operations under its new South Asia strategy, Lt Gen Kenneth F McKenzie told reporters at a news conference yesterday. “We actually don’t contemplate military […]
Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar
February 2, 2018 A new report discloses at least five previously unreported mass graves in Myanmar, adding further evidence of the systematic killing of Rohingya Muslim civilians by the country’s military. More than two dozen Rohingya refugees living in temporary shelters in neighboring Bangladesh confirmed the existence of the mass graves in interviews with The Associated Press, […]
