Pakistan is looking forward to work closely with the new US administration over regional security and to help resolve the Kashmir issue, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi has said. He made the remarks in Washington while interacting with the current US administration and as part of reaching out to officials […]
The pilot of the ill-fated Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed into a mountain on Wednesday killing everyone on board reportedly lost control of one of the engines, the airline said. Azam Sehgal, PIA’s chairman, told reporters that the pilot for flight PK661 told the control tower at 4:09 p.m. local time that an engine […]
As nearly 500,000 children are living under siege amid escalating violence across Syria, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for lifting sieges and allowing immediate humanitarian access. The number of children living under siege has doubled in less than one year, Xinhua news agency quoted UNICEF as saying in a press release. “Nearly 500,000 […]
The first HIV vaccine efficacy study in seven years has begun in South Africa to test whether a modified vaccine candidate can provide effective protection against the AIDS virus, the US National Institutes of Health said. The study — called HVTN 702 — aims to enroll 5,400 sexually active men and women aged 18 to […]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Monday officially inaugurated the Asian International Railway line connecting the two countries at a special ceremony organised in Turkmenabad, local media reported. Ghani called the inauguration of the Imam Nazar (Turkmenistan) and Aqina (Afghanistan) railway line “historic” and said his government remains committed to turning […]
A bomb was found on Monday morning near the US embassy in the Philippines capital, Manila, according to media reports. Police closed the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard in front of the embassy at around 7.30 a.m. local time, Xinhua news agency reported. The Manila Police District’s bomb squad unit detonated the bomb around 8 […]
US President Barack Obama said on Saturday in a statement on Fidel Castro’s death that history would be the judge of the Cuban revolutionary leader’s “enormous impact”. In a statement on the White House’s website, Obama also noted that the United States was extending a “hand of friendship to the Cuban people” at the time […]
Cuban dissidents said on Saturday that the death of ex-President Fidel Castro does not mean there will be any political changes in Cuba, given that he left power 10 years ago, though they do fear more repression during the nine days of national mourning. “Nothing is changing here. The only good news is that we […]
Canadian Conservative Party leaders have ripped Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the condolence message he sent following the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The Canadian leader, following Fidel Castro’s death on Friday night at the age of 90, said in his condolence statement on Saturday that his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, […]
UN Secretary-General Ban-ki-Moon expressed serious concern over the prevailing situation at the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said on Friday. The Secretary-General said he was “deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation along the Line of Control in Kashmir in recent days,” a statement issued by his office said. […]