ISLAMABAD: The birth anniversary of Chaudhry Rehmat Ali was observed here on Friday. He is credited with coming up with the name for a separate Muslim homeland in South Asia, Pakistan. Chaudhry…
MOSCOW: The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Alexander Zakharchenko, is believed to have been killed in an explosion in a cafe in the region’s capital, Interfax news…
JOHANNESBURG: The new leader of Amnesty International says many world leaders, especially President Donald Trump, are rolling back gains made in respecting human rights. Kumi Naidoo describes the Trump administration’s separation of…
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday approved a long-awaited law to allow minority Muslims in the south to start moving toward self-rule by 2022, a bid to tackle extremism and defuse…
WASHINGTON: Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given a high-level US delegation a proposal for how the two countries can work together on key areas of cooperation. That’s according to Marcelo…
ADDIS ABABA: Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is visiting Ethiopia on Saturday, the latest step in an unprecedented diplomatic thaw between the former archrivals that is ending one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts. Eritrea’s…
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly from Bannu Malik Shereen has held Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Malik Shah Muhammad Khan responsible for the bomb attack on his convoy on Saturday…
PESHAWAR: Sardar Charan Jeet Singh, an active leader of the Sikh community in Peshawar, was shot dead by unknown assailants in his shop near the Kohat General Bus Stand, Kohat Road on…
KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has been admitted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) following complaints of a back pain. Sharjeel Memon was shifted to…
The tragic road accident on the Muzaffarpur-Sitamarhi highway on February 24, which killed nine children has now started to haunt BJP in the state, reports India Today. It has come to light…
BANNU: Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) district leader Malik Tufail Ahmed was gunned down by unidentified men, early Sunday morning in Ghoriwala area of Bannu, according to a local media outlet. Further investigation into the case…
WASHINGTON: Jerome “Jay” Powell, the Republican former investment banker tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the US Federal Reserve, will take the reins of monetary policy starting Monday. Perhaps the wealthiest…
PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court on Thursday rejected a plea for bail by detained opposition leader Kem Sokha, following his arrest last year on charges of seeking to overthrow the government. Kem…
MANILA: Philippine security forces arrested the head of the communist movement’s armed wing following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to target guerrilla leaders after peace talks collapsed, police and human rights activists said…
NAIROBI: Several hundred supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gathered on Tuesday morning at a park in downtown Nairobi, determined to “swear in as president” their leader who boycotted a re-run…
TANK: The leader of a grand Jirga, held by Mehsood and Burki tribes on Sunday, announced that the educational expenses of murdered Naqeebullah Mehsood’s son and his under-construction house in South Waziristan…
YEMEN: A senior al Qaeda leader has called on Muslims “everywhere” to rise up and kill Jews and Americans in response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s…
