International News Updates

Islamabad: Considering the long-standing demand of Pakistan’s Hindu community, the Imran Khan government has decided to reopen the closed Hindu temples and also renovate them. According to a report in ‘Radio Pakistan’, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf’s spokesperson Ahmad Jawad gave this information while releasing the details of 10 achievements of the government. There has been […]

London: Roula Khalaf on Tuesday became the first woman editor of The Financial Times in its 131-year history. The development came after Lionel Barber announced that he would step down from the post in January. Khalaf will reportedly join Katharine Viner at the Guardian as one of the few women to edit major newspapers in […]

Islamabad: The Pakistani military has scotched reports that Pakistan is to amend the Army Act to allow Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file an appeal in a civilian court. Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor in a tweet termed the news as “incorrect”. “Speculations for amendment in Pak […]

Jerusalem/Gaza City: A ceasefire came into effect on Thursday after two days of fighting between Israel and militants of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza. The fighting took place after Israel on Tuesday killed Baha Abu al-Ata, one of the PIJ’s most senior commander in the Gaza Strip in an airstrike. While a PIJ […]

Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday ruled out any deal with India in death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case and said any step taken to implement the ICJ’s decision will be according to its Constitution. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal’s remarks came a day after Pakistan Army said that the government was considering various legal options for the […]

Geneva: India has lashed out against Pakistan’s “juvenile propaganda to malign India through fabricated lies” over the Supreme Court judgment on Ayodhya and on Kashmir, and condemned Islamabad’s “pathological compulsion” to comment on India’s affairs. In a strong statement against Pakistan, in its Right to Reply, an Indian official while addressing the 40th UNESCO General […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration has officially proposed an 83 per cent increase in cost to become an American citizen, claiming that “current fees do not recover the full costs of providing adjudication and naturalization services”. “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to adjust certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees charged by […]

Washington: In a strong defence of India’s move to abrogate special status for Jammu and Kashmir, a representative of the Kashmiri Pandit community told a US Congressional hearing that those talking of human rights violations in Kashmir today cannot ignore the rights of the Kashmiri Hindus who were forced to flee by Islamic terrorists and […]

Washington: The United States Senate has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the historical, cultural and religious significance of the 550th birthday of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, besides the Sikh’s contributions in the US’ growth. Introduced by Republican Senator Todd Young from Indiana and Democratic Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, the first of its kind […]

San Francisco: Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates officially surpassed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at world’s richest person on Earth with a net worth of $110 billion — according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Microsoft co-founder had briefly topped Bezos as the world’s richest man last month after Amazon’s lacklustre Q3 results resulted in Bezos […]

Damascus: At least 14 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in the rebel-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor reported. The car bomb exploded at a parking lot in al-Bab, a city that is controlled by the Turkish forces and Turkey-backed rebels in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo […]

Kabul: A total of 241 members of the Islamic State (IS) terror group have surrendered to the Afghanistan government in Nangarhar province, a military statement said on Saturday. “A total of 241 IS members and loyalists — 71 men, 63 women and 107 children — have surrendered to local authorities in Achin and Mohman Dara […]

Lahore: The Lahore High Court has allowed former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for four weeks for medical treatment, adding that the duration could be extended based on medical reports. In a blow to the incumbent government, which had placed a condition of indemnity bonds for Sharif’s travel, the court on Saturday […]

Colombo: Former Defence Minister and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday claimed victory in the island nation’s eighth presidential election, while his main rival Sajith Premadasa of the New Democratic Front (NDF) conceded defeat and has decided to step down as the ruling party’s Deputy Leader. In a Facebook post, Rajapaksa […]

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s controversial wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as the country’s President at the Ruwanweli Seya precincts in the ancient north-central town of Anuradhapura on Monday. The newly-elected president worshipped at the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree in the Mahamewna Gardens and Ruwanweli Seya, a stupa and a […]