World leaders join in support of US after deadly NYC terror attack
Nov 1, 2017, Leaders from around the world, as well as former U.S. presidents, offered their condolences to the victims of the harrowing terror attack in New York on Tuesday with many of them sending warm messages and words of encouragement through social media. The outpouring of global support came just hours after a man, […]
200 dead in N Korea after tunnel collapses
October 31, 2017 As many as 200 construction workers are feared dead after the collapse of a tunnel at a nuclear test site in North Korea, writes the Independent reports citing a Japanese media report. The tunnel was being built at the Punggye-ri test site when it collapsed, according to a report on Japan’s TV […]
China rejects report of planned tunnel to divert Brahmaputra waters
China denied a media report on Tuesday as “false and untrue” after it said Beijing was planning to build a 1,000-km long tunnel to divert water from the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh to the parched Xinjiang region. South China Morning post, based in Hong-Kong, on Monday reported that engineers in China […]
Palestinian prisoner gets ’10 minutes’ to see dying son
A Palestinian political prisoner was given “10 minutes” to visit his terminally ill teenage son, according to his family. The visit between Rajab Tahhan, who is serving a life sentence, and his son, Majd, who suffers from leukaemia, took place on Monday morning at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem. The family said that the Israeli court handling […]
Pakistan seeks new US deal after returning 9 choppers
Oct 31, 2017, Pakistan is trying to reacquire an unspecified number of helicopters from the US for anti-narcotics operations after returning nine Huey II helicopters it had acquired in 2002, the media reported. Pakistan returned on Monday the remaining five of the nine helicopters it had received from the US almost 15 years ago. The […]
Nawaz Sharif’s name should be placed on ECL: Aitzaz Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has called for the name of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). Aitzaz said if Sharif’s name is not placed on the ECL, then this would be a double-standard. According to Aitzaz, this would be a major test […]
Bangladesh seeks global support for UN Resolution on Rohingyas
Dhaka , Oct.31 : Bangladesh has sought global support for the passing of a special United Nations resolution against what it calls ongoing “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingyas by Myanmar. The Daily Star quoted diplomatic sources, as saying that Dhaka has initiated fresh moves in this regard, including convening a special session of the UN Human […]
Is ICRC still operating in kashmir?
Is ICRC still operating in kashmir is the question being asked by the family members of those undertrails who are getting no response on the plight of their wards presently lodged in different jails in and outside the state. The dormant role of ICRC in kashmir has been matter of discussion in media and human […]
Pakistan politician, brother killed in bomb blast
KARACHI, OCT 28: A leader of a key opposition party in Pakistan was killed along with his brother when a bomb blast ripped through their vehcile in the restive Balochistan province, according to the police. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Abdul Razzaq and his brother Abdul Khaliq were on their way to Pishin to attend […]
Spain takes control of ‘independent’ Catalonia
Madrid, Oct 28 (AFP) Spain today moved to seize direct control of Catalonia, sacking its police chief a day after the Catalan regional parliament’s independence declaration sent shock waves through Europe. The firing of Josep Lluis Trapero, the highest-ranking officer of the Mossos d’Esquadra regional police, follows yesterday’s dismissal of Catalonia’s president, his deputy, all ministers, […]
