KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday flayed European Union envoys for asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine. In a letter to the Foreign Ministry this week, nearly two dozen EU ambassadors in Islamabad, including two veto powers, France and the UK, urged Pakistan to vote against...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least three policemen were killed and over two dozen injured in an explosion in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, an official said. The blast that targeted a police van in a busy street occurred in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, Bushra Rindh, a provincial government spokeswoman, said....
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Tuesday welcomed a move by the UN Security Council to classify Yemen’s Houthi rebel group as terrorists and extend an arms embargo to all of its members. The OIC said in a statement that It hopes the UN’s decision will contribute to […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Around two dozen foreign ambassadors to Pakistan, including two veto powers – the UK and France – on Tuesday urged Islamabad to condemn Russia’s war on Ukraine during the ongoing special session of the UN General Assembly. The international community “must work in solidarity and support and uphold the rules-based inter...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Imtiyaz Hussain Ahmad has vivid memories of the morning when a mob attacked his village of Naroda Gam, one day after Muslims were blamed for burning a train that killed 59 Hindus. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the deadly riots in Gujarat state on Feb. 28, 2002, in […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US delegation arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday for talks amid war between Russia and Ukraine. The “high-level bipartisan delegation of former US security officials” was received by Joseph Wu, the foreign minister of the self-ruled island, in the capital Taipei. “We thank the (Joe) Biden administration for ...
Schools in Indian-administered Kashmir reopened Wednesday after 31 months. Health professionals say mental health issues among children spiked during this period. Schools were first closed down due to the security situation arising from India’s revocation of Kashmir’s limited autonomy in August 2019. They remained closed later due to the restr...
Deborah Lyons, head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, said six months of indecision is “eroding vital social and economic coping systems,” pushing the Afghan population into greater uncertainty. As the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Lyons thanked donors for humanitarian contributions since last August. That’s when the last U.S. ...
NEW DELHI – On World Obesity Day, experts revealed that India has the world’s second-largest obese population among children under five years of age. Dr. J S Thakur, professor at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, said India is facing issues of both malnutrition as well as overnutrition. ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Twenty-eight sailors of a Bangladeshi vessel which was stranded at a Ukrainian port after being hit by a missile have been evacuated. “All crew members of the stranded Bangladeshi cargo ship in the Ukrainian seaport have been taken to a safe place. Sailors are now safe.” State Minister for Foreign Affairs [&helli...
