Raisi blames Iran’s enemies poisioning of schoolgirls
Iran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi blamed wave of poisonings of hundreds of schoolgirls around country on Tehran’s enemies. So-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities began in November in Iran’s h...
G20 meeting in India marred by Russia-Ukraine war, says Blinken
NEW DELHI: The Group of 20 (G20) meeting of foreign ministers has again been marred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said as he called for the bloc to call on Russia to withdraw its forces. The war has been a ma...
Hina Khar warns against ‘generous’ arms supplies to India
GENEVA: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar voiced concern over the “generous” supply of conventional and non-conventional weapons to India, saying it was severely straining South Asia’s strategic stability and t...
Greece trains collision kills at least 36, dozens injured
GREECE: A passenger train and cargo train collided head-on in Greece last night, killing at least 36 people and injuring 85 as country’s deadliest rail crash in decades threw entire carriages off tracks. Sixty-six of those injured were hospital...
Special Envoy to Afghan Sadiq resigns
Islamabad: Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq has resigned from his position after serving for almost three years. In statement posted on his official Twitter handle, Sadiq stated that he had requested government to rel...
‘Elections to be held on time despite quake calamity’
Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ruled out any delay in elections after devastating quake that killed tens of thousands in Turkiye, saying vote would push ahead on May 14 as planned. After massive 7.8-magnitude quake that killed more than 45...
FATF suspends Russia’s membership over violations
Washington: Financial Action Task Force (FATF) global financial crime watchdog suspended Russia's membership, saying Moscow's war in Ukraine violated organisation's principles. FATF is an inter-governmental organisation set up to combat money launder...
Pakistan abstains as UNGA adopts resolution calling for lasting peace in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS: With Pakistan abstaining, UN General Assembly voted to adopt by an overwhelming majority, resolution late Thursday afternoon on Ukraine crisis, underscoring need for peace and ensuring country's "Sovereignty, independence, unity and t...
US shifts prisoners from Guantanamo Bay Prison
WASHINGTON: US shifted two brothers from Guantanamo Bay Prison to Pakistan. According to foreign news agency, statement has been issued by PANTAGON that Abdul Rabbani and Muhammad Rabbani were arrested in 2002. Statement said Abdul Rabbani was arrest...
Australian TV journalist ‘kissed’ by female fan amid live broadcast
A video of an Australian reporter getting kissed by a female fan while he was getting ready to film a news segment for News First in Moldova is going viral. In the footage, Europe correspondent Johnpaul Gonzo is seen practising a news report about Am...
