Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Pakistan would send a human to space for the first time in 2022 with Chinese assistance, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday. Pakistan’s first space mission has been planned for…
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay an official visit to China from November 2 to November 5 at the invitation of the Chinese leadership, it was announced here on Thursday….
Strasbourg (France), Oct 25 (IANS) Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday threw their weight behind an European Union-wide halt in arms sales to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the killing of Saudi journalist…
Riyadh, Oct 25 (IANS) Saudi Arabia, in the latest reversal in its version of how Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Turkey, said on Thursday that the death of dissident journalist had been “premeditated”. Saudi officials…
Beijing, Oct 25 (IANS) China on Thursday dismissed as “fake news” a report in the New York Times that said Beijing was tapping into a personal mobile phone of US President Donald Trump. “It seems…
Riyadh, Oct 25 (IANS) Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder was “premeditated”, the kingdom’s public prosecutor was quoted as saying by the kingdom’s state media on Thursday. According to the state news agency SPA, the…
Tokyo, Oct 25 (IANS) Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda returned home on Thursday after spending more than three years as a hostage in Syria. Yasuda, who was rescued by the Turkish security forces, arrived in a…
Beijing, Oct 25 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday on a three-day official trip, the first state visit to China by a Japanese leader in seven years. Abe was scheduled…
Ankara, Oct 25 (IANS) The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said. Selected personnel would be sent to Russia to receive…
Washington, Oct 25 (IANS) CIA Director Gina Haspel will on Thursday brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Haspel travelled to Turkey on Monday, apparently to…
Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has described a $6 billion Saudi bailout package as a “big relief” for the country and vowed to mediate between Riyadh and Yemen to end their…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 25 (IANS) After China and Russia failed to block a briefing on Myanmar, the Security Council heard the head of an independent investigation into alleged atrocities against the Rohingya…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Oct 25 (IANS) With his vision of music transcending nations and religions, sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan lifted the General Assembly chamber from a venue of confrontations to an arena…
Riadyh, Oct 25 (IANS) The crown prince of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday called the killing of a prominent journalist at the Middle Eastern kingdom’s consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul a heinous crime that…
Chandigarh, Oct 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday sought Israel’s cooperation for sewerage water treatment in five major cities of Punjab, as the state looks to tackle pollution and boost irrigation. The Chief…
London, Oct 24 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday cast doubt on Saudi Arabia’s explanation on the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey and said her country would revoke or block…
Islamabad, Oct 24 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday denied that an attack in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, which killed top security officials earlier this month, was planned on its territory. Islamabad’s response came a day after Afghan…
Ankara, Oct 24 (IANS) Saudi officials have denied permission to the Turkish police to search a well in the garden of the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul as part of the ongoing probe into the killing…
Tehran, Oct 24 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said that Saudi Arabia wouldn’t have dared to kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi without the support of the US, a close Riyadh ally. Rouhani’s comments…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement for mutual cooperation between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Certified Professional Accountants Afghanistan. As per the Memorandum…