International
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1.9KLt Gen Asim Munir appointed as new chief of Pakistan’s ISI
Lt Gen Asim Munir was on Wednesday appointed as the new director general (DG) of Pakistan’s secret service Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), reported the...
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1.9KLack of resources, constant Taliban threats and insincerity of politicians cloud upcoming Afghan parliamentary elections: Report
Despite concerns about transparency and security, the long delayed parliamentary elections have until a week to go in Afghanistan, Al-Jazeera reported. “Because of the...
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2.2KPak’s leader of Opposition Shahbaz Sharif arrested by anti-graft body in two corruption cases
Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan and former Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif was on Friday arrested by the National Accountability Bureau...
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2.0KGynecologist treating sexual violence victims, Yazidi human rights activist win Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize award to Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the...
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1.7KFour civilians killed, eight injured in airstrike in Kandahar province in Afghanistan
At least four civilians were killed in an airstrike and eight others wounded in Maroof district in Kandahar province, local officials confirmed,...
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1.7KSaudi Arabia says prominent Saudi critic ‘left’ consulate building in Istanbul before disappearing
A day after it was reported that a prominent critic of the Saudi regime, Jamal Khashoggi ‘never left the Saudi consulate’ and...
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2.0KCanada suspends, fines leading Islamic charity over alleged funding of armed Kashmiri militants
Srinagar: The Islamic Society of North America-Canada (ISNA-Canada), a leading Canadian Muslim charity has been suspended for a year and fined for...
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2.3KUN Court issues interim order to U.S for lifting ‘humanitarian goods, civil aviation’ sanctions against Iran
The United Nations Wednesday issued an interim order requesting the U.S to lift sanctions linked to humanitarian goods and civil aviation imposed...
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2.0KI told Saudi King he wouldn’t last for two weeks without us: Trump
U.S President Donald Trump Tuesday said at a rally in Southaven, Missisipi, that he told Saudi Arabia’s current monarch, King Salman that...
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1.8KProbe opened into Trump’s tax evasion fraud following New York Times report
A probe has been opened into the allegations in a New York Times report that U.S President Donald Trump and his family...
