Turkey warns US to rectify ‘mistakes’ or ties would worsen
Wed Jan 10, 2018 Turkey has warned the United States to make amends for its “mistakes” in bilateral ties with Ankara or the relations will sink further. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told state Anadolu agency on Wednesday that ties between Ankara and Washington had been hit the hardest by Washington’s refusal to extradite Fetullah […]
Defence, intelligence cooperation with US suspended, says Pakistan
10 January 2018 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has suspended defence and intelligence cooperation with the US amid growing tensions over Washington’s suspension of military aid to Islamabad, Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir has said. US officials have said that almost all security assistance to Pakistan has been suspended following President Donald Trump’s Tweet on January 1 in which […]
Ex-Iranian president Ahmadinejad reportedly arrested for inciting unrest
Monday Jan 08 2018 Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been reportedly arrested by the state for inciting unrest and protests. This was reported by Al-Arabiya, which cited reports by Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper. Ahmadinejad during a visit to Bushehr city had said that the country suffered from “mismanagement” and blamed President Hassan Rouhani for thinking the […]
BBC editor quits China post over pay discrimination
Monday Jan 08 2018 BEIJING: Carrie Gracie, the China editor for Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, has resigned from her post in Beijing due to pay disparities with her male colleagues, according to an open letter she wrote. The BBC has come under fire recently for paying male employees more and has pledged to close […]
China supports Pak again, opposes US ‘finger pointing’
January 08, 2018 China today said it is opposed to the US “finger pointing” at Pakistan and linking it with terrorism, insisting that the responsibility of cracking down on terror outfits cannot be placed on a particular country. China’s support for its all-weather ally came as the US stepped up its efforts to pressure Pakistan […]
I have not been tortured in Pakistan: Jadhav
islamabad, Jan 4: Pakistan on Thursday released a video of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who says he has not been tortured in custody and that he saw an Indian diplomat “yelling” at his mother and wife after they met him last month. Sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage […]
Benjamin Netanyahu to Present Special Gift to His Friend PM Modi During India Visit
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present a special gift – the Gal-Mobile water desalinisation and purification jeep – to his friend Narendra Modi during his visit to India starting January 14, according to sources here. Netanyahu and Modi waded into the Mediterranean Sea and rode the “buggy” jeep on the coast during the latter’s […]
Iran protests: Pro-government rallies after six days of deadly unrest
Tens of thousands of people have gathered for pro-government rallies across Iran, state media says, following six days of rare unrest that caught the country’s leaders off guard. The rallies follow nearly a week of widespread protests, sparked by rising prices and unemployment, in which at least 22 people have died. The protests, the largest […]
Sharif, Maryam appears before accountability court in Islamabad
Islamabad, Jan.3 : Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad in corruption-related references. According to the Dawn, Sharif and Maryam appeared before the court amid tight security. Maryam’s husband, retired Captain Muhammad Safdar also appeared before the court today. In today’s hearing, […]
Pakistan set to review ties with US after Trump tweet
January 3, 2018 WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi says Islamabad’s cooperation with Washington is not based on any aid consideration, but on national interests and principles. Responding to the questions put to her by reporters following US Ambassador Nikki Haley’s scathing remarks about Pakistan at the UN, she said Pakistan […]
