Pakistan brings up Kulbhushan Jadhav in UN Security Council debate
United Nations, Jan 20:At a high-level Security Council meeting, Pakistan has raised the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, whom Islamabad has accused of being an Indian spy and given him a death sentence. “Those who speak of changing mindsets (about terrorism) need to look within and their own record of subversion against my country as our […]
US government shuts down after Senate rejects spending bill
January 20, 2018 The United States government officially shutdown on Saturday for the first time in five years after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill to keep the federal government running, marking a chaotic end to Donald Trump’s first year as president. The shutdown began at 12:01 am (local time) after a few Republicans […]
Israel army considers taking over security in East Jerusalem al-Quds
The Israeli military is reportedly considering a plan to take over from police the control of the situation at a Palestinian refugee camp and an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem al-Quds amid ongoing tensions there over a controversial US policy shift on the occupied city. Citing unnamed sources, Haaretz said the Israeli ministry for military affairs has confirmed […]
Pakistan summons Indian Deputy HC over ceasefire violations
Islamabad, Jan 19 : Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh to condemn the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by Indian forces along the International Border in Sialkot Sector, that left one civilian dead and injured nine others. A 24-year-old man Irfan, resident of village Harpal, was killed while the injured included women and […]
Indo-Israel friendship is a match made in heaven: Netanyahu
Mumbai, Jan 18 : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday termed his country’s partnership with India as one “made in heaven”, which rests on shared values of love for humanity, democracy and freedom. Addressing the India-Israel Business Summit in Mumbai, Netanyahu mentioned the “deep personal friendship” he shares with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, adding […]
52 Uzbek citizens die in bus fire in Kazakhstan
January 18, 2018 A bus fire in northwestern Kazakhstan killed 52 Uzbek citizens on a route used by migrant workers heading to Russia, the Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The bus was travelling along a road in the remote Aktobe region that links the Russian city of Samara to Shymkent, a city in southern […]
US, Israel, India nexus major ‘threat’ to Muslim world: Pakistan Senate Chairman
Islamabad, Jan 18 : An emerging nexus between the US, Israel and India is a major threat to the Muslim world, Pakistan’s Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani has said. According to a press release issued by the Senate secretariat on Wednesday, Rabbani sounded the “warning” while addressing the 13th session of the Parliamentary Union of Islamic […]
Pakistani Taliban claims Bhutto’s assassination in new book
Islamabad, Jan 15 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has for the first time claimed responsibility for the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in a new book in written by Taliban leader Abu Mansoor Asim Mufti Noor Wali. Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack in Rawalpindi shortly after she addressed an election […]
India, Pakistan trade gunfire and blame in Kashmir; 4 killed
15 January 2018 Four Pakistani soldiers were killed Monday after Indian and Pakistani soldiers traded gunfire in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, leading both of the nuclear rivals to blame the other for initiating the latest cease-fire violation. Separately, at least five suspected militants were killed in a gunbattle with Indian troops Monday […]
Nuclear threats can’t undermine need for India, Pakistan talks: Pakistani daily
Islamabad, Jan 15 : India Army chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that his force was ready to call Pakistan’s “nuclear bluff” and cross the border cannot “erase the core truth” that the two countries need to engage each other in dialogue, a Pakistani newspaper said on Monday. Dawn, Pakistan’s influential newspaper, in its editorial “Aggressive […]
