Category: World

Finance Minister Asad Umar has written a letter to the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) asking him to appoint any other member country besides India as co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Joint Group “to ensure that [the] FATF process is fair, unbiased and objective”, the Ministry of Finance said on Saturday. According to […]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday told media persons that Beijing had played a “constructive” role in de-escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, which had spiked following a suicide attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama district last month, South China Morning Postreported. In a press briefing held on the sidelines of the annual National People’s Congress […]

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who still enjoys studying math and playing board games has been recognised as the world’s oldest person, the Guinness World Records said on Saturday. Kane Tanaka was born on 2 January 1903, the year when the Wright brothers launched humanity’s first powered flight, according to Guinness. Tanaka’s recognition was celebrated at the nursing […]

WASHINGTON: As the American media warn that the Kashmir dispute could lead to a nuclear conflict in South Asia, a senior US general says terrorists continue to stoke tensions between India and Pakistan. Pakistan too in a meeting with Senator Mitt Romney told the senior lawmaker, who now heads the Senate’s Subcommittee on South Asia, […]

At least 87 passengers in a high-speed ferry were injured in an apparent collision with a marine animal in the sea of Japan on Saturday, coastguards and media said. Five people were seriously injured in the accident, which occurred just before the hydrofoil was due to arrive on Sado island after a short trip from […]

Justin Trudeau rose to power in Canada as a champion of feminism and indigenous rights, quickly earning him golden boy status at home and abroad as a progressive leader. But a major political scandal that sparked the resignation of two of his ministers — both women, one indigenous — has tarnished his image just seven […]

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday expressed disappointment at the Indian cricket team’s decision to don Indian army caps during a match against Australia a day earlier, Radio Pakistan reported. The Indian cricket team had worn camouflage caps during its match against Australia yesterday “as [a] mark of tribute to the loss of lives in Pulwama terror attack and the […]

KABUL: The Taliban denied on Friday that they were discussing a ceasefire and dialogue with the Kabul government during ongoing talks with the US in Doha, contrary to statements from Washington. “This phase is about fleshing out the details of the two issues… the withdrawal of all occupying forces from Afghanistan and not allowing” the […]

India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the Indian Ocean against arch-rivals Pakistan and China, media reports said. The deal — which according to the reports took months to negotiate — comes as tensions run high between India and Pakistan […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has captured unprecedented photos of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft, part of its research into developing planes that can fly faster than sound without thunderous “sonic booms”. When an aircraft crosses that threshold — around 1,225 kilometres (760 miles) per hour at sea level — […]