65 journalists and media workers killed in 2017: Reporters Without Borders
Tue Dec 19, 2017 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says 65 journalists and media workers have been killed across the world in 2017. The France-based media rights group said in its annual report on Tuesday that war-torn Syria remained the world’s most dangerous country for journalists, where 12 reporters lost their lives, followed by Mexico with 11 killed. […]
US speaking India’s language, says Pakistan
DECEMBER 18, 2017 Pakistan on Monday accused the US of “speaking India’s language”, and said the two nations have “the same ideas” regarding the Jammu and Kashmir conflict. National Security Advisor of Pakistan Lt. Gen Naseer Khan Janjua (Retd) said here that “the US is willing to give India a bigger role in Afghanistan while […]
ARAB STATES WORRY OVER INDIA’S LACKLUSTER RESPONSE TO TRUMP’S JERUSALEM MOVE
DECEMBER 18, 2017 A dozen Arab ambassadors have asked India to clarify its position on the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, diplomatic sources said, after New Delhi’s muted response suggested a shift in support for the Palestinian cause. US President Donald Trump abruptly reversed decades of US policy this month when he recognized […]
DGP inaugurates CME & Live Surgical Workshop on Minimal Access Surgery at Police Hospital Jammu
JAMMU, : The LAPCON-PHJ-17 CME and Live Surgical Workshop on Minimal Access Surgery was inaugurated by Director General of Police, Dr. S.P Vaid at Police Hospital, Jammu, today. Speaking on the occasion the DGP complemented the Superintendent of the Police Hospital, Jammu and his team for fulfilling the commitment and the mission they had taken up […]
Yemeni forces fire retaliatory missile at Saudi army command in Jizan
Sat Dec 16, 2017 Yemeni forces have reportedly fired a ballistic missile at a Saudi army command and control center in the kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region, as the Riyadh regime steps up its bloody attacks against the country. A Yemeni military source told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network on Saturday that the medium-range Qaher M-2 missile had accurately hit the […]
What’s next for Brexit as EU agrees to new of talks?
15 December 2017 BRUSSELS : — Leaders of 27 European Union nations gave British Prime Minister Theresa May an early Christmas present on Friday, declaring that Brexit talks can move on to their next phase: transition and future relations. But there is hard work and uncertainty ahead when negotiations resume in the new year. Here’s […]
UN Chief calls on Myanmar to free arrested journalists
Washington Dec 15 : Condemning the arrest of two journalists in Myanmar, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that their arrest indicated that press freedom is shrinking in Southeast Asian country and the international community must do all it can to get them released. Guterres, who spoke to press in Tokyo on Thursday, drew the […]
43 Indian fishermen arrested by Pak authorities: official
Karachi, Dec 15 : Forty-three Indian fishermen have been arrested and seven of their boats seized by Pakistani authorities for allegedly fishing illegally in the country’s territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, officials said today. The fishermen were arrested yesterday and have been handed over to the Docks police, a spokesman for Pakistan’s Maritime Security Force […]
Pakistan views Palestine issue at par with Kashmir issue: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday reassured the Ambassador of the State of Palestine His Excellency Walid A.M. Abu Ali that Pakistan views the unresolved Palestine issue at par with the Kashmir issue. The ambassador called on General Bajwa at the General Head Quarters on Tuesday, the Inter-Services […]
World leaders gather at climate summit — without Trump
PARIS — More than 50 world leaders are gathering in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord. Some 3,100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event, including extra patrol […]
