President Zardari seeks Russian support for Pakistan’s Brics bid – World
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday expressed hopes for Russian support for Pakistan’s Brics membership bid as both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. The president received a Russian parliamentary delegation on Monday led by Speaker of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, according to a press release from the presidency. The president […]
President Zardari seeks Russian support for Brics bid – World
President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday expressed hopes for Russian support for Pakistan’s Brics membership bid as both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. The president received a Russian parliamentary delegation on Monday led by Speaker of the Russian Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, according to a press release from the presidency. The president […]
North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to train in Russia: Pentagon – World
North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to train in Russia, the Pentagon said on Monday, more than tripling the previous estimate as Nato warned of a dangerous expansion of the Ukraine war. Russia and North Korea have boosted their political and military alliance in the course of the conflict, but the deployment of Pyongyang’s […]
Reserved seats: PTI approaches SC for contempt proceedings against ECP – Pakistan
The PTI submitted a contempt petition in the Supreme Court on Monday against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not implementing the top court’s July 12 order in the reserved seats case. On July 12, a 13-judge full bench of the apex court had declared that the opposition PTI was eligible to receive reserved […]
Negotiations with Russia ‘necessary’ for resolving Ukraine-Russia war: Trump’s running mate – World
US Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has said that engaging in negotiations with Russia is “necessary” for resolving the Ukraine-Russia war. Speaking to NBC News for the programme “Meet the Press” that aired on Sunday, Vance said, “I think it’s important if we’re ever going to end the war in Ukraine, fundamentally, at some […]
Indian army kills suspected fighter in occupied Kashmir after convoy ambush – World
Indian troops killed a suspected freedom fighter in Indian-Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on Monday hours after gunmen sprayed a military convoy with bullets, the army said, in the latest attack in the disputed Himalayan territory. Gunmen fired on the Indian army convoy including an ambulance in the early hours of Monday in the mountainous southern Akhnoor […]
Doctor, retired police officer killed in Karachi as wall of under-construction hospital collapses – Pakistan
A doctor and former police officer were killed while a woman was critically injured on Monday when a wall of an under-construction hospital collapsed on the outskirts of Karachi, authorities said. Rescue 1122 official Hassaan Khan told Dawn.com that the owners had acquired a plot adjacent to a hospital in Shah Latif Town, where construction […]
Manchester United sack manager Ten Hag – Sport
Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag following the club’s lacklustre start to the season, the fallen Premier League giants announced on Monday. United dropped to a lowly 14th in the table after suffering their fourth defeat in nine league games at West Ham on Sunday and have won only one of their last […]
Sikh separatist claims Indian ‘spy network’ operates in US and Canada – World
Canada and the US must get tougher on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for trying to silence dissidents on foreign soil, a controversial Sikh separatist who was the target of an alleged India-led murder plot said in an interview. The US Justice Department has unsealed indictments against two Indian nationals in connection with an […]
France hijab bans in sports ‘discriminatory’: UN experts – World
United Nations rights experts on Monday slammed decisions in France barring women and girls who wear the hijab from sports competitions as “discriminatory”, demanding they be reversed. France invoked its strict rules on secularism to ban its athletes from wearing religious symbols, including the hijab, during the Paris 2024 Olympics. France’s football and basketball federations […]