Tag: New

Beijing does not need Taiwan’s permission for new air route, says...

BEIJING: The Chinese government said on Wednesday that it does not need Taiwan’s permission to open new air routes, after Taipei complained that a...

US ultimatum on nuclear deal, new sanctions threaten Iran

TEHRAN:  Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to...

South Africa wants to target investment, graft under new ANC leader

EAST LONDON: South Africa wants to attract foreign investors to help it kick-start economic growth and will crack down on corruption, the new leader...

Germany worried about new Israeli settlements in West Bank

BERLIN: Germany late Friday expressed concern over Israel’s approval of thousands of new housing units for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. "We note the...

New Zealand beat Pakistan in 3rd ODI

DUNEDIN: Pakistan batting was ripped apart by New Zealand bowling in the third ODI in Dunedin on Saturday, as the tourists were bowled out...

Japan refuses South Korean call for new steps to help ‘comfort...

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday rejected South Korea’s call for more steps to help “comfort women”, a euphemism for women forced...

New York bomb attack suspect indicted on 6 counts

WASHINGTON: The suspect accused of attempting to bomb a New York subway transitway was indicted by a grand jury on six federal charges Wednesday...

Miyazaki: Japan’s new Supreme Court judge will issue rulings under maiden...

TOKYO: Yuko Miyazaki, newly appointed to the country’s top court, says she will issue her legal judgments under her maiden name — Miyazaki —...

Papua New Guinea volcanic ash-spew forces villagers to flee

SYDNEY: A remote island volcano in Papua New Guinea has begun spewing ash into the air, forcing the evacuation of more than 500 residents,...

Ayesha Gulalai forms ‘Tehreek-e-Insaf Gulalai’

LAHORE: Member of National Assembly (MNA) and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Ayesha Gulalai recently revealed in a video, that her new political party...

Syria’s Assad names new prime minister

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday named electricity minister Imad Khamis as the new prime minister of the war-ravaged country. Assad tasked Khamis with forming...

New bin Laden documents show a suspicious, pressured al Qaeda in...

Al Qaeda’s leaders were increasingly worried about spies in their midst, drones in the air and secret tracking devices reporting their movements as the...

New Charlie Hebdo cartoon depicts Aylan Kurdi as sex offender in...

French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo has sparked another controversy by releasing a cartoon suggesting that if three-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi had survived, he...

Modi to inaugurate new Afghan parliament building

India’s symbolic gift of democracy to Afghanistan – its new parliament building – is almost complete with plans in the works for Prime Minister...

‘Not a tyrant or a pushover’

New PEMRA chief says will ensure freedom of expression but would not compromise on writ of Authority Alam postpones bidding of DTH licences The newly appointed...

Charlie Hebdo moves into new high-security offices

Nine months after the Charlie Hebdo attack in which some of France's most celebrated cartoonists were shot dead, the satirical magazine began moving Tuesday...

CJP has something to say to new civil servants

A 65-member delegation of participants of 101st National Management Course, comprising faculty members and course participants called on the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)...