Oil prices fall ahead of U.S. crude stocks data
SEOUL – Oil prices fell on Tuesday ahead of U.S. crude inventories data, as the market weighed the impact of rising U.S. crude output versus last week’s deal between OPEC and other crude producers to extend output curbs. International benchmark Brent crude futures were trading down 25 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $62.20 per barrel […]
Will the GCC summit resolve the ongoing crisis?
It remains unclear whether the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Kuwait will have any positive effect on the ongoing fractures between Qatar and a number of Gulf states, analysts say, as the regional body gears into a symbolic rather than functional role. The 38th summit approaches amid the backdrop of a six-month blockade on Qatar imposed by Saudi […]
Pakistan court dismisses Sharif’s plea to consolidate corruption cases
4 December 2017 Islamabad, December : The Islamabad High Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif seeking consolidation of all the corruption cases filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The court had last month reserved its judgement on the petition seeking clubbing of the references filed […]
President Ghani hails India’s contribution to Afghanistan
Kabul :, December 4 : Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has hailed India’s contribution in various sectors of Afghanistan. Emphasising that India is a good partner of Afghanistan, President Ghani insisted that the Afghan government is committed to further strengthening bilateral cooperation with India. President Ghani made the remarks during a meeting with the […]
China invites more countries to take part in CPEC projects
Beijing, Dec 4 : China today termed the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as an “open initiative” and invited more countries to join the controversial project on the “principle of equality and voluntarism”. Commenting on the commissioning of a power plant built by China and Qatar in Karachi, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Geng […]
Palestinians warn Trump against Jerusalem embassy move
The Palestinian president’s office and senior officials have warned of the potentially destructive effects of any move denying their claim to occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. The warnings come as US President Donald Trump is due to decide as early as the next week whether to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to […]
US Defence Secretary to visit Pakistan next week
New York, Dec 2 : US Defence Secretary James Mattis, who has said that Washington needs “to try one more time” to get Islamabad to act against terrorists, is visiting Pakistan on Monday, the Pentagon has announced. He is planning to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed […]
Trump’s hostility toward Muslims has no limits: UK scholar
US President Donald Trump’s hostility towards Muslims knows no boundaries, says a London-based scholar, pointing to the American president’s Islamophobic rhetoric and his government’s close ties with regimes that spread terrorism. Dr. Rodney Shakespeare made the remarks in an interview with Press TV about Trump’s latest anti-Muslim tweets, which have drawn condemnation both in the […]
Pak poll body adjourns petitions challenging Sharif’s PML-N presidency
30 November 2017 Islamabad , Nov 30 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday adjourned the petitions challenging the re-election of ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif as the president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for an indefinite period as the same matter is being heard by the country’s Supreme Court. Chief […]
EU calls for ‘equal rights’ for all in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine
30 November 2017 YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar must guarantee “equal rights” for everyone in troubled Rakhine state as talks on repatriation of more than 620,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh gather steam, the new EU ambassador to the country said on Thursday. Kristian Schmidt, who took over the European Union mission in Yangon […]
