Category: World

DUBAI – Syria’s new rulers confirmed the appointment of Murhaf Abu Qasra as defence minister in the new interim government, according to a statement released on Tuesday. Reuters reported from an official source on Dec. 21 the appointment of Abu Qasra, a leading figure in the insurgency which toppled Bashar al-Assad. Abu Qasra emerged as […]

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi fighters to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same “miserable fate” as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad if they persisted. The ambassador, Danny Danon, also warned Tehran that Israel has the […]

NEW YORK – A kaleidoscope of brilliant colours beamed over the heart of Manhattan on Monday, in a brief test of the ball drop less than 48 hours before the final countdown to New Years Eve. Standing on an outdoor platform high above Times Square, representatives from Countdown Entertainment, Times Square Alliance, Jamestown and 1 […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – The federal cabinet has approved the sale of 15 percent shares in Reko Diq Mine worth $540 million to Saudi Arabia (KSA) under the Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions Act. Saudi Arabia will pay Pakistan $540 million (approximately Rs150.27 billion) in two installments. It will pay $330 million as a first instalment and […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Pakistan Post) – Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies were set to meet on Monday in Brazil for their annual summit, bracing for a shift in the global order with the return to power of US president-elect Donald Trump. Discussions of trade, climate change and international security will run up […]

KYIV (Pakistan Post) – Two children were among 11 people killed when a Russian missile hit a residential building in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said, while another missile strike left the region’s administrative centre without power. Eighty-nine people, including 11 children, were also injured in the attack on the city late on […]

COLOMBO (Pakistan Post) – Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake retained the key finance minister portfolio and reappointed Harini Amarasuriya as prime minister on Monday as the Indian Ocean island nation targets stronger recovery from a draining financial crisis. Dissanayake, whose leftist coalition won a record 159 seats in the 225-member parliament in a general […]

PARIS (Pakistan Post) – The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday confirmed he would suggest to members of the bloc that the EU pauses its political dialogue with Israel, citing the country’s conduct of the war in Gaza. “Many people tried to stop the war in Gaza… this has not happened yet. And I don’t […]

SEOUL (Pakistan Post) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged the country’s military to improve capabilities for fighting a war in a speech last week, state media KCNA said on Monday, after Pyongyang dispatched thousands of troops to Russia. Kim delivered the speech to a conference of battalion commanders and political instructors held in […]

A presidential election unlike any other in US history entered its last full day on Monday with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris scrambling for an edge in a tight contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur of events of the last few months, the electorate is divided down […]