US position on Pak-India tensions unchanged: State Depart
WASHINGTON: US State Department spokesman has said that United States position on tensions between Pakistan and India has not changed, however, these are matters of both the countries to work out. Briefing the media,...
Army Chief calls on Tajik president, discuss bilateral ties
DUSHANBE: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif here on Tuesday called on Tajikistan president Emomali Rahmon and discussed important bilateral and regional issues, ISPR said. The Army Chief arrived in Dushanbe on...
Pakistani man arrested in Spain on suspicion of ‘promoting terrorism’
CATALAN: Spain's Interior Ministry on Tuesday said that the police have arrested a Pakistani man suspected of "promoting terrorism and militant propaganda" on social media networks.
A ministry statement said that the 25-year-old resident of...
Islamic State blows up historic Mosul mosque where it declared ‘caliphate’
MOSUL: Islamic State militants on Wednesday blew up the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement, as Iraqi forces seeking to expel the group from...
Seven Pakistani peacekeepers honoured with UN medals posthumously
UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United Nations at a solemn ceremony has honoured 128 military, police and civilian personnel from 38 countries, including seven Pakistanis, who lost their lives while serving in peacekeeping operations...
British MPs call for immediate resolution of Kashmir dispute
LONDON: The British Parliamentarians have emphasized upon the immediate resolution of Kashmir issue through dialogue.
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Kashmir at the British Parliament responded to a briefing given by Prime...
Gun, suicide bomb attacks kill 12 in Iraq’s Tikrit: police
MARRA: Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing Saturday in the northern city of Tikrit, which was recaptured from the Islamic State group last year, police said.
Tikrit was seized by...
Sixteen people killed in Russia after train collides with bus
MOSCOW: Sixteen people were killed on Friday when a train slammed into a bus that had broken down at a level crossing near Moscow, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement.
The bus, which was...
91 prisoners escape Brazilian jail, flee through tunnel
SAO PAULO: A group of 91 prisoners escaped a jail in northeastern Brazil on Thursday by fleeing through a 30-meter (100-foot) tunnel, Brazilian media said.
Nine of the inmates have been found, while police are...
Malaysia ready to provide temporary shelter for Rohingya fleeing violence
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s coast guard will not turn away Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar and is willing to provide temporary shelter for them, the maritime agency’s chief said on Friday.
Rohingya insurgents attacked several...
