BJP lawmaker ‘wrestlers body chief’ Bhushan accused of sexual harassment
NEW DELHI: Top Indian wrestlers organise sit-in protest against several coaches and sport’s chief, who is also BJP parliamentarian. Olympic medal-winning Indian wrestlers have accused chief of sport’s governing body and several coaches of...
Ukraine's interior minister dies in helicopter crash
BROVARY: Eighteen people including Ukraine's interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children were killed yesterday morning when helicopter crashed near nursery outside Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. Regional governor said 29 pe...
Copter Crash: 16 dead including Ukraine interior minister
Ukraine’s interior minister was among 16 people, including two children, who were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv, officials said Wednesday. In a video that circulated online from the aftermath of t...
FM Bilawal, Chinese vice premier agree to enhance economic ties
Switzerland: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari held meeting with Chinese’ Vice Premier Liu He at World Economic Forum in Switzerland. According to details, FM Bilawal Bhutto in meeting with vice premier of China Liu. He discussed multifac...
Taliban leader praises Elon Musk for making Twitter great again
Kabul: Head of Taliban’s department for “Access to information”, Hedayatullah Hedayat and its top media watchdog, Abdul Haq Hammad, each had blue ticks on their accounts. Both of their accounts have 187,000 and 170,000 followers eac...
China’s population shrinks for first time in over 60 years
BEIJING: China’s population shrank last year for first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as world’s most populous country faces looming demographic crisis. Nation of 1.4 billion has seen birth rates plunge to re...
Jemima's fundraiser: Over £150k raised for flood affectees in Pakistan
London: English screenwriter and film producer Jemima Goldsmith announced on Thursday that £150k was raised for flood relief in Pakistan at a charity dinner at Benares Restaurant in London. The event was held in aid of UNICEF's Pakistan Floods...
OIC plans to send delegation to Afghanistan
ANKARA: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to send delegation to Afghanistan for talks with Taliban-led government on women’s rights to education and employment. Following an extraordinary meeting initiated by Türkiye, Jeddah-...
Ambassador Haque hails China’s efforts against virus
BEIJING: China’s battle against Covid-19 has truly been peoples’ fight with country overcoming challenges due to whole government and whole-of-nation approach, said Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque, adding that Chinese r...
China pledges $100m additional aid to flood-hit Pakistan
BEIJING: China is pledging an additional $ 100 million to continue supporting Pakistan’s recovery efforts from devastating 2022 floods, announced Luo Zhaohui Chairman of China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA). Also, regardin...
