MANHATTAN: The United States will announce on Tuesday that it is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, which it accuses of bias against Israel, UN officials said. US Ambassador Nikki Haley…
MULTAN: Lahore-39 Returning Officers on Tuesday accepted nomination papers of all political bigwigs in Multan, the last day of scrutiny of nomination papers. Returning Officers including Muhammad Ashiq, Sardar Iqbal Dogar, Umar…
LAHORE: The Indian government on Tuesday released six Pakistani prisoners including a woman and a child. India Border Security Force (BSF) handed over the prisoners to Pakistan Rangers at Wahga Border. Rangers…
PESHAWAR: The Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has assigned portfolios to provincial ministers, said a notification issued by KP Administration Department here Wednesday. Abdur Rauf Khan Khattak has been allotted portfolios…
BRUSSELS: EU is considering setting up "disembarkation platforms" outside the bloc to process migrants, according to draft summit conclusions as Brussels tries to solve a political crisis over immigration. European…
BEIJING: Kim Jong-Un, Leader of North Korea met the President of China Xi Jinping today briefing about 12th June summit with Trump. Kim, who was accorded guard of honour on…
MOSCOW: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny called Tuesday for nationwide protests to take place across the country during the World Cup over a government plan to raise the retirement age for the…
MADRID: Spain's new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he will head to Paris Saturday to meet President Emmanuel Macron and is also planning to visit Germany and possibly Portugal. In his first…
GENEVA: A record 68.5 million people have been forced flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution, notably in places like Myanmar and Syria, the UN said today. By the…
SEOUL: US and South Korean officials confirmed today the suspension of scheduled joint military drills, making good on a pledge by President Donald Trump during his summit with North Korea's leader. Seoul,…
SIIRT: One Turkish soldier was killed and two others injured today in a bomb attack by PKK terrorists in the country's southeastern province of Siirt, said security sources. The sources,…
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he expects to meet with Kim Jong Un soon to flesh out details of the North Korean leader's promise of nuclear disarmament. As Washington's…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would not become a "migrant camp" as he faced mounting pressure to stop families being separated as a deterrent to illegal immigration.…
MANHATTAN: In a rare criticism of the United States, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that migrant children should not be separated from their families at the US-Mexico border. "As a matter of…
BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday said: "only a European solution" can solve a row over asylum rules that is threatening to throw Germany into political crisis and conflict with the bloc. German…
GENEVA: The number of civil conflicts worldwide has more than doubled since the start of the century, posing new challenges for curbing atrocities, the International Committee of the Red Cross said Monday.…
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has clarified that the priority lists provided by political parties for minorities and women reserved seats of National and Provincial Assemblies are final…
MIRPUR: Kashmiri Muslims on both sides of the Line of Control including AJK and Indian Occupied Jammu Kashmir celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with traditional religious and devotion with the renewal of the resolve…
BAMAKO: Twenty-five bodies were found in central Mali after the army carried out a sweep in the unstable region, sources said on Monday, adding to concern about abuse by security forces…
ISTANBUL: Turkey today said it had started military patrols in an area around the Kurdish-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, in line with an agreement with the United States…
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi paramilitary force today accused the United States of killing 22 of its fighters in an overnight air raid just inside Syria's border with Iraq that a monitor said…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump waded into the political crisis facing Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday, declaring that the German people were "turning against their leadership" over immigration. "We don't want what is…
ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected reports appearing on certain television channels that the commission has sought an explanation from NADRA on the issue of data leaks on…
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday was cheered on by tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in Istanbul ahead of next weekend's election, after facing tough opposition…
