Tag: Halt

UN child rights panel calls on Saudi Arabia to halt Yemen...

GENEVA: A United Nations human rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to halt its deadly air strikes against civilian targets in Yemen...

Gaza protesters halt fire after deadly flare-up with Israel

  GAZA CITY: Gaza militants halted fire Thursday after targeting Israel with some 180 rockets and mortars, provoking Israeli strikes across the enclave that killed...

Hundreds of Thai police halt anti-junta protestors

BANGKOK: Hundreds of police in Thailand on Saturday blocked protestors planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country...

A year on, no quick fix to halt IS ‘caliphate’

IS's success is driven by various factors, chief among them its significant financial resources, superior firepower, and ability to play on the legitimate grievances of local populations in Syria and Iraq.

Govt to halt executions in Ramzan

The government on Friday imposed a moratorium on executions during the upcoming holy month of Ramzan. A notification was issued by the Federal Interior Ministry...

10 killed as violence flares in Karachi

Gunmen and arsonists went on the rampage in the country’s financial capital Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Nawab Shah and other cities of Sindh on Tuesday,...

Quetta Express stopped due to engine

Quetta express that travels between Peshawar and Quetta has been suspended due to unavailability of engine, according to a private TV channel. Extra bogies...

Iran wants talks under spectre of possible war

Iran is to host a high-level team from the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday as part of efforts to defuse dire international tensions over...

Karzai wants immediate halt to NATO night raids

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes,...

Rail traffic grinds to a halt

Chaos hit Pakistan Railways on Monday as workers who have not been paid for months held protests across the country, staging wheel-jam strikes at...

Halt attacks on US troops: Iraq’s Sadr

Iraq's fiercely anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday called on his followers to suspend attacks against US troops to ensure they leave Iraq by...

Job growth grinds to halt, fuels recession fear

US employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging confidence discouraged already skittish businesses from hiring, piling pressure on the Federal Reserve...

Gaza militants agree to halt fire on Israel

Gaza's Popular Resistance Committees on Monday agreed to halt to rocket fire on Israel and abide by an Egyptian-brokered truce after four days of...

Load shedding brings industrial production to halt

Industrial productions has almost halted due to frequent power failures (after every 15 minutes) thus reversing all government and private sector efforts to rejuvenate...

US military says won’t halt spy flights near China

The US military vowed on Monday to press ahead with surveillance flights near China despite opposition from Beijing, after reports Chinese jets crossed a...

PSO threatens to halt fuel supplies to Railways

The problems being faced by the cash-strapped Pakistan Railways (PR) have exacerbated as the Pakistan State Oil has threatened to halt diesel supply to...

Peru out to halt resurgent Colombians

Peru, dreaming of a first triumph in 36 years, will try to halt a resurgent Colombia on Saturday in their Copa America quarter-final meeting. "Now...