Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is leading Republican rival Donald Trump by 4 per cent after their first televised debate, according to a poll. The poll published by the Public Policy Polling (PPP) institute on Thursday showed Clinton received the support of 44 per cent of the 933 voters consulted in telephone or online interviews, […]
Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi is set to meet UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday to inform him about the “surgical strikes” that India carried out on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC). On Thursday, Lodhi met with New Zealand’s UN Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen, who is the current president of the […]
Following the Indian Army’s surgical strikes against terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the US has called for steps to avoid steps that escalate tensions between India and Pakistan. “Our message to both sides has been the same, in terms of encouraging them to increase communication to deal […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s spokesman has refused to be drawn into a controversy over whether India and Pakistan were “getting ready to go to war”, saying he would only reiterate earlier statements that called for dialogue between the two nations. Asked by a reporter on Wednesday if Ban had spoken to Prime Ministers Narendra […]
The US State Department has agreed to process for public release before the November 9 election almost 3,000 pages of Democratic nominee Hillary Clintons emails recovered by the FBI during their recent probe. A federal judge previously ordered the State to review 1,050 pages of the Clinton messages before the election. The deal that State […]
Most people are responding to messages, looking at social media notifications, reading news or replying to office emails in middle of the night which has significantly disrupted their sleep patterns, a new study has warned. The study “Global Mobile Consumer Survey 2016” conducted by global consultancy firm Deloitte found that almost half of 18 to […]
Sam Allardyce has left his post as England manager by mutual agreement with the Football Association after one match and 67 days in charge. It follows a newspaper investigation claiming he offered advice on how to “get around” rules on player transfers, the BBC reported. Allardyce, 61, is also alleged to have used his role […]
With India deciding to pull out of the Saarc Summit scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November, the US has said that it continues to pressurise Pakistan to act against terror safe havens within its borders while calling for “de-escalation of the political discourse” between the two South Asian neighbours. Following the September 18 […]
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Jeffrey DeLaurentis as the first US Ambassador to Cuba in over 50 years. “Today, I am proud to nominate Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis to be the first US Ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years,” Xinhua news agency quoted Obama as saying in a news release issued by […]
Pakistan’s Defence Minister has termed the terror attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir an “inside job” and said the assault which left 18 soldiers dead was planned by India itself. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Dawn News that no proof implicating Pakistan in the September 18 attack has […]