North Korea halved the real range of their ballistic missile in its latest test earlier this week, which fell into the waters of the Pacific Ocean after passing over Japan, the South Korean Defence Ministry said on Thursday. The North Korean regime’s intermediate-range ballistic missile Hwasong-12, launched on Tuesday, was fired at a “normal” angle […]
Qatar has introduced a visa-on-arrival facility for Pakistani passport holders, the media reported on Thursday. According to flag carrier Qatar Airways, Pakistani nationals can obtain a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 30 days under the new rules, reports Dawn news. They can also apply to extend their stay by another 30 days. […]
The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest missile launch by North Korea, demanding it immediately cease such actions. In a statement, the council stressed that those actions are not just a threat to the region, but to all UN member states, Xinhua reported. “The Security Council expresses its grave concern that N. […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to give up what he called the kingdom’s “interference” in Yemen’s internal affairs. “Saudi Arabia should leave the Yemen’s affairs to its people,” Rouhani said in a live broadcast from the state IRIB TV. If the Saudi officials stop their intervention in Yemen and give up […]
Iranians and Qataris are among the more than 1.7 million Muslims gathered in the holy city of Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage, even though the governments in Tehran and Doha are at odds with Saudi Arabia. Despite closing the border with Qatar on June 5 as part of the Gulf countries’ economic and diplomatic offensive […]
The US city of Houston has declared a night-time curfew as it battles the impact of Hurricane Harvey, media reports said. The storm has dumped record rainfall, leaving large parts of the city underwater, homes destroyed and at least 15 people reported dead, the BBC said. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the curfew was needed […]
North Korea has said its firing of a missile over Japan was “the first step” of military operations in the Pacific, signalling plans for more launches, media reports said. North Korea’s official news agency KCNA has also repeated threats to the US Pacific island of Guam, and called it “an advanced base of invasion”, the […]
India has suggested diverting a portion of the peacekeeping budget to the under-funded peace-building activities because there can be lasting peace only with development and political solutions. Criticising UN peacekeeping, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Tanmaya Lal called on Tuesday for reforming the operations to align them with peace-building objectives and finding political solutions to conflicts […]
Around 700 Islamic State militants and their families started evacuating their last stronghold in western Qalamoun region toward the eastern city of Bukamal on Monday, according to Xinhua reporters at the site. Around 300 IS militants were among those who evacuated and the rest are their family members. A total of 16 buses carrying the […]
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to roll back limits on the flow of surplus military gear, including high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers, to local police departments. The directive Trump signed lifts restrictions put place two years ago by former President Barack Obama amid a nationwide outcry over the police use […]