Category: World

A day of mourning is being observed across the country on Monday to express solidarity with the families of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack last week, Radio Pakistanreported. The national flag is also being flown at half mast as a sign of respect for the deceased. At least 50 people, including nine of Pakistani origin, were killed […]

More than a year before the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly approved a secret campaign to silence dissenters, The New York Times reported on Sunday. The campaign allegedly included surveillance, kidnapping, detention and torture of Saudis, said the report which cited US officials who have read classified intelligence […]

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan and China’s “strong friendship is based on strategic cooperation,” Radio Pakistan reported. He was speaking at China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) in Beijing after arriving there for a three-day trip to attend the first Pakistan-China foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue. Qureshi said that the start of […]

China says it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs”. The figures were included in a government report on the situation in the restive northwestern territory that seeks to respond to growing criticism over the internment of […]

WASHINGTON: The annual US report on human rights cites widespread human rights violations in the Indian occupied Kashmir, both by government forces and militant groups. Quoting from a UN report on human rights in Kashmir, the 2018 US State Department’s country report notes that an estimated up to 145 civilians were killed by security forces between July […]

A right-wing extremist, who filmed himself on a rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead in New Zealand, was charged with murder after appearing before court on Saturday. Australian-born 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant stood in the dock wearing handcuffs and a white prison smock, as the judge read a single murder charge against him. A raft of further charges […]

The head of China’s energy planning agency has been expelled from the country’s ruling Communist Party and dismissed from his post. Nur Bekri used his authority to aid others in job placement, business operations and mineral resource development in exchange for huge amounts of money and property, China’s disciplinary committee announced on Saturday evening. Bekri […]

Demonstrators looted and torched shops and businesses on the famed Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on Saturday, on the 18th straight weekend of “yellow vest” protests, characterised by an uptick in violence after weeks of dwindling turnout. A Boss menswear store and the upscale Fouquet’s restaurant — a brasserie popular with politicians and film stars — […]

A far-right Australian senator had to be restrained by security officials on Saturday after punching a young man protesting his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque terror attacks. Queensland Senator Fraser Anning drew international condemnation for his efforts to blame the attack that killed 49 worshippers on immigration. Amid the controversy, an unnamed young man threw […]

WASHINGTON: The United States will revoke or deny visas to International Criminal Court personnel who attempt to investigate or prosecute alleged abuses committed by US forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere and may do the same with those who try to take action against Israel, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. Pompeo, making good […]