ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi chaired the concluding session of Command and Staff Conference of Pakistan Navy held at Naval Headquarters, Islamabad. During the conference, matters related to…
SKOPJE: German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Macedonians to embrace a deal with Greece over the country’s name at a referendum later this month, in order to secure membership of NATO and European…
BOGOTA: Health officials in one Colombian coastal city have a controversial recommendation for residents trying to stay cool during an intense heat wave: Take a break from sex. Santa Marta city health…
CAIRO: An international rights group has called for an international inquiry into a violent dispersal of an Islamist sit-in in Cairo in August 2013. That summer, security forces descended on supporters of…
BEIRUT: The Syrian army urged people in rebel-held Idlib province to agree to a return of state rule and told them the war was nearing its end in leaflets dropped over the…
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 came before Britain’s new Brexit negotiator Dominic…
DHAKA/MUMBAI: The death toll in a Bangladeshi “zero tolerance” crackdown on drugs has risen to 140, with about 18,000 people arrested, the government said on Thursday, as a group of activists urged…
BERLIN: A leading member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives has urged Social Democrats (SPD) to finish coalition talks within two to three weeks, warning that Germans were losing trust in democracy after…
TRUJILLO: Pope Francis on Saturday urged Latin America’s faithful to fight rampant violent crime against women including murder while holding mass in Trujillo. “I wish to invite you to combat a plague…
PUERTO MALDONADO: Pope Francis issued a ringing defence of the people and the environment of the Amazon on Friday, saying big business and “consumerist greed” could not be allowed to destroy a…
ANKARA: Turkey called on Russia and Iran on Wednesday to pressure Syrian authorities to halt a military offensive in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib launched by Damascus despite an international deal…
SAN JOSE: A Latin American human rights court said on Tuesday that countries in the region should legalise same-sex unions, endorsing a growing push for marriage equality despite opposition from the Roman…
BEIJING: President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday offered to open up France to Chinese investment in exchange for greater access to Chinese markets for French companies, warning that existing trade imbalances would lead…
The son of Al-Qaeda’s slain founder Osama bin Laden has urged Saudis to “overthrow” the kingdom’s rulers in order to “free” themselves from US influence, SITE Intelligence Group reported Wednesday. In an…
Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said Tuesday that rather than provoking people to riot, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan should the masses to serve the country. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament…
PM’s adviser says govt is facing public pressure on matter of holding talks with Taliban. Irfan Siddiqui, adviser to prime minister on political affairs, on Wednesday said it would not be possible…
