Ukraine ends search at missile-hit tower block
DNIPRO (Ukraine): Rescuers called off the search Tuesday for victims of the Russian missile strike in the city of Dnipro with 20 people still missing and funerals taking place in…
Ukraine missile toll rises to 36, Russia denies attack
DNIPRO (Ukraine): The toll from Russia's devastating strike on a residential block in Dnipro rose on Monday to 36, as fears grew more bodies would be pulled from the rubble…
France Provides Rs. 28.5B Soft Loan For Keyal Khwar Hydropower Project
ISLAMABAD: Dr. Kazim Naiz [Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD)], H.E. Monsieur Nicolas Galey (Ambassador of France) and Monsieur Philippe Steinmetz [Country Director, French Development Agency (AFD)], signed here on…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine War claims more lives
KYIV: Ukraine said Sunday (15th Jan 2023) that the death toll had risen to 21 after a Russian missile slammed into a tower block in the city of Dnipro during…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia claims control of Soledar
KRAMATORSK (Ukraine): Russia said on Friday (13th of Jan 2023) that its forces had wrested control of the war-scarred town of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of victory…
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France pledges $10.7M in aid for Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged €10 million ($10.75 million) to support Pakistan after the last year's devastating floods. "We tried to address urgent needs right from the…
Russian Deputy FM on ties with China
ISTANBUL: Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said that Moscow’s growing relations with Asia is a “nightmare” for the West and its “anti-Russian policy.” “The main political and economic nightmare…
Prince Harry’s memoir goes on sale
LONDON: After months of anticipation and a sustained publicity blitz, Prince Harry's autobiography "Spare" finally went on sale in his native UK on Tuesday (10th of Jan 2023), threatening more…
Polish philosopher Zygmunt Bauman remembered
KARACHI (UNESCO): Today, we remember Polish sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman, who died on this day in 2017. Bauman became best known for his analyses of the links between modernity,…
Pak will unveil post-disaster framework plan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would place a comprehensive post-disaster framework plan for recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction before development partners and friendly countries at the International Conference on Resilient Pakistan in Geneva on…
Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot
BERLIN: An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing a chemical bomb attack using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday.Muenster police and the Dusseldorf…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia Observes Ukraine Ceasefire?
MOSCOW: Moscow insisted Saturday its army was observing a ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Orthodox Christmas despite artillery attacks by Kyiv troops."Despite the shelling of the armed forces of Ukraine…
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Macron promises Zelensky light tanks
PARIS: France's President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that his country would send French-made light tanks to help repel the Russian invasion, the French presidency…
Iran warns France Charlie Hebdo
Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ Khamenei cartoons
PARIS: Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting. The weekly had…
Ayaz Sadiq calls for expediting rehabilitation activities in flood-hit areas
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Economic and Political Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq held a meeting with the UK/US humanitarian delegation headed by the Member of House of Lords Qurban Hussain here on…
Ukraine strikes on Russia-controlled territory
KYIV: Russia on Monday said more than 60 soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russian-controlled territory in a bloody New Year's weekend for both sides of the conflict.Kyiv…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia strikes Ukraine hours before the New Year
Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 31 (AFP/APP):Russian strikes on Saturday targeted Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, just hours before New Year's Eve celebrations while President Vladimir Putin told Russians that "historical rightness"…
Olivier Truc, French Journalist and Best-Selling Author
KARACHI: Olivier Truc, Sweden-based decorated French Journalist, Best-Selling Author and Teacher, speaks about his life and work. https://youtu.be/4rGpKNrCyEs Newspakistan.tv
Ukrainian drone downed in Russian air base
MOSCOW: Russian air defense troops downed a Ukrainian drone as it approached an air base in southern Russia and three people died after being struck by debris, Russian news agencies…
Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine War: Kherson city shelled
KHERSON (UKRAINE): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russian "terror" after shelling on Christmas Eve left at least eight dead and 17 injured in Kherson city, which Kyiv's forces…
Italian Cuisine in Karachi
KARACHI: Enrico Alfonso Ricciardi, Attaché Consulate General of Italy (Karachi, Pakistan), while speaking about Italian Cuisine here stated: “When I have the nostalgia of Italian Food, I go to Pomo…
Russia and Ukraine
Blast kills official in Russia-controlled Ukraine town
MOSCOW: A car blast on Thursday killed an official in the Russian-controlled village of Lyubimivka in southern Ukraine, Moscow-installed authorities said, the latest in a series of attacks against Russian-linked…
China is Pakistan’s largest trading partner
HYDERABAD: Speakers have emphasized upon the country's educational institutions to highlight new avenues of cooperation with China and identify complications in politics, economy and culture as China was a significant…
Ukraine
Ukraine Crisis: Zelensky lands in Washington
WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived Wednesday in Washington on his first foreign trip since Russia's invasion, with US leaders hailing him as "heroic" and pledging to provide new missile…