World
PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto’s convoy attacked in party stronghold Lyari
Karachi, Angry protesters attacked the convoy of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto in the party’s traditional stronghold Lyari, leaving two people […]
World
World
Leftist ‘AMLO’ sweeps to Mexican presidency
Mexico City, Anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador swept to victory in Mexico’s presidential election on Monday, in a political sea change driven […]
World
4 civilians killed, soldiers injured in Mali attack on French troops
Bamako, French soldiers on patrol in troubled northern Mali were targeted in a “terror” attack in which four civilians were killed and dozens […]
World
Afghanistan ends ceasefire with Taliban, resumes offensive
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced an end to his government’s unilateral ceasefire with the Taliban on Saturday and ordered the security forces to […]
World
Pakistan gets its first Sikh newscaster, Harmeet Singh
In a first, a Sikh man has been hired as an anchor by a news channel in Pakistan. Harmeet Singh, who is a […]
World
Pak EC suspends Dar’s senate membership
Islamabad The Election Commission of Pakistan has suspended the Senate membership of former Finance Minister and top PML-N leader Ishaq Dar after he […]
World
Kim Jong Un makes rare visit to North Korea’s border area with China
In what can be called as an apparent attempt to boost Pyongyang’s economic cooperation with Beijing, North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un on […]
World
Will talk about Syria, Ukraine and elections with Putin: Trump
Washington US President Donald Trump has said he will talk about Syria, Ukraine, elections and other global issues when he meets his Russian […]
World
Trump denies pulling out of WTO; says it treats US ‘very badly’
Washington President Donald Trump has denied that he is planning to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organisation, but accused the global […]
World
US gunman said in 2015 he would like to see newspaper journalists ‘cease breathing’
Before he developed a long-running grudge against The Capital Gazette, the man who police say opened fire and killed five newspaper staffers directed […]
World
Canada announces billions in retaliatory tariffs against US
Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs against the US in a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s duties on Canadian steel […]
World
Exiled ex-leader Mohamed Nasheed pulls out of Maldives election
The exiled former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, withdrew on Friday his candidacy for September’s contentious elections against incumbent Abdulla Yameen who […]