Considered to be executed North Korean official reappears
A senior North Korean official who had been reported as purged over the failed nuclear summit with Washington was shown in state media on Monday enjoying a concert alongside leader Kim Jong…
Twitterati go crazy as PTI official account tweets in Hindi
Ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s official account on Monday tweeted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s message in Hindi and Twitterati on both sides of the border went crazy. Sharing Imran’s earlier tweet on…
South Korean embassy official jailed for issuing fake visas to Pakistanis
A South Korean Embassy official in Malaysia was handed a jail term on charges of issuing fraudulent visas to Pakistani citizens. The accused faces charges for being into this illegal practice for…
Karachi mayor’s official vehicle snatched at gunpoint
KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar’s official car was snatched away by unidentified armed men on Saturday, according to the police. Police said that the vehicle of the mayor was snatched from Shehbaz…
Man posing as FIA director deprives citizen of thousands
ISLAMABAD: The cyber-crime wing of FIA has sprung into action and registered an FIR against a con artist posing as Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) director who defrauded a citizen of Rs352,000. According…
Govt official ‘coerced’ to get married after being kidnapped
KARACHI: A government official who was abducted three days ago was freed on Tuesday after being coerced to marry an unidentified girl while in captivity. On March 10, an FIR was lodged…
Jordan to ensure five-year US aid pledge: official
AMMAN: Jordan will secure a promise of five more years of US financial aid on Wednesday, a Jordanian official said, despite US President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold support from countries that…
Myanmar official denies report of five mass graves in Rakhine
RAKHINE: Myanmar officials have denied a report of five mass graves of Rohingya in a village in crisis-hit Rakhine, a border region gutted by a military crackdown on the Muslim minority. Myanmar…
US official to promote military sales at Singapore show
WASHINGTON: The United States for the first time in years is sending its diplomat responsible for foreign military sales to the Singapore Airshow to promote US-made weapons, a US official said on…
May to give parliament official analysis before Brexit deal vote
WUHAN: British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that lawmakers would be given official analysis on any Brexit deal before they are asked to approve it, dismissing a leaked document showing…
Levies Force official shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: Levies Force personnel were shot dead by some unidentified armed assailants at Qambarani Road near Sariab area here on Tuesday. According to the police sources, the victim was a resident of…
Tunisian forces kill top aide of al Qaeda in Maghreb
TUNIS: Tunisian security forces have killed a top aide of Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), an official source told Reuters on Saturday. Tunisia has…
Pakistan’s support critical for success in Afghanistan, says US state dept official
ISLAMABAD: US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Ambassador Alice Wells on Monday said that Pakistan’s support is critical to the success of American strategy in Afghanistan. In a meeting with Foreign Secretary Tehmina…
Talks to resume Russia-US cultural exchange may start by spring, says official
MOSCOW: Talks on resuming cultural exchanges between museums of Russia and United States, halted in 2010 over the so-called Schneerson Library case, may resume this spring, the Russian president’s special envoy on…
Senior State Dept refugee official sidelined
WASHINGTON: A US official who has been a defender of refugees has been sidelined within the State Department in what some advocates and former officials fear is part of the Trump administration’s…
Myanmar police charge Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act
YANGON: Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court Wednesday for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14 years in jail, despite calls for their immediate…
Emmanuel Macron pursues ambitious agenda on first official China visit
PARIS: In Mandarin, Emmanuel Macron’s name is rendered “Makelong”, or “the horse vanquishes the dragon” — an encouraging image for the French president as he heads to China on Sunday hoping to…