Tag: States
EU urges member states to ‘step up preparations’ in case Brexit...
BRUSSELS: The European Union on Thursday urged the remaining 27 member countries and businesses to "step up preparations" in case Brexit negotiations fail.
The appeal...
29 member states say NATO is united
BRUSSELS: A raucous and divisive NATO summit concluded Thursday with all 29 NATO member states agreeing that there still is a common commitment to...
21 states sue to keep net neutrality
WASHINGTON: A group of 21 US state attorneys general filed suit to challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to do away with net neutrality...
PM Abbasi calls for keeping politics out of regional trade
Warns against hindrances in development projects for regional political gain
SOCHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Friday that politics should be kept out...
Far right wants Austria to join group of anti-immigrant states
VIENNA: The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) — set to become kingmaker after elections on October 15 — wants Austria to join the Visegrad Group...
Economic inertia hinders development in OIC states: Dastagir
Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the Muslim world is suffering not only from pervasive poverty “but also from a poverty...
China links India’s NSG bid with Pakistan, other non-NPT states
China has said it will not back India's bid alone to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group as "other states" are also aspiring to join...
Chastened US takes cautious view of Mali conflict
The United States has chosen to play a cautious supporting role to France’s military action against rebel fighters in Mali, after Washington’s own attempt...
Bush Sr released from hospital
Former US President George HW Bush has returned to his home in Texas after spending nearly two months in a Houston hospital. He was...
Oil prices slip on concerns over US debt ceiling
Global oil prices fell yesterday after President Barack Obama warned Republicans over the debt ceiling, with traders bracing for more US partisan bickering in...
Geneva talks on Syria end without solution
International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said that Russia seems as determined as the US to end Syria's conflict, but that he does not expect...
US tells Pakistan to secure religious minorities
Condemning a series of terror attacks this week targeting Shia Muslims, a US Congress-established body on religious freedom on Friday asked the Obama administration...
Reaching out to the poor govt’s top priority: Shaikh
US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson called on Federal Minister for Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Wednesday to discuss issues of mutual concern....
Oil prices fall amid weak US energy demand
Oil prices retreated slightly on Monday as weak energy demand and concerns over more fiscal battles in Washington tempered news of growth in the...
Iran hopes Hagel confirmation will bring US policy changes
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it hoped the appointment of Chuck Hagel as the next US defense secretary would lead to “practical changes”...
Oil mixed in Asia as US fiscal fears offset jobs data
Oil prices were mixed in Asian trade Monday as weak energy demand and concerns over more fiscal battles in Washington tempered news of a...
Congressional Gold Medal for Malala reintroduced in US legislature
A legislation to award the prestigious United States (US) Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani peace activist who was shot in the...
