SRINAGAR -AFP/UNS:A G20 tourism meeting began on Monday under tight security in occupied Kashmir as New Delhi seeks to project an image of normalcy in a region wracked for decades by violence. Both China and Pakistan have condemned holding the event in the occupied valley. India wants to show that […]
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JEDDAH -UNS : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said that he was ready to take cooperation with Saudi Arabia to a “new level”, urging more support for his people, Arab News reported. Zelensky was in Saudi Arabia for the 32nd Arab League summit being hosted by the Kingdom, seeking […]
NEW YORK -UNS: New York City Civic Engagement Commission (CEC) Chair and Executive Director Dr. Sarah Sayeed today announced the launch of “The People’s Money” voting phase. “The People’s Money” is New York City’s first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process. Until June 25th, all New York City residents ages 11 and […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Pakistan on Thursday rejected the baseless assertions made in the recently published International Religious Freedom Report by the United States (US). Speaking during a weekly presser, FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that Pakistan assured religious freedom and provided protection to its citizens. “We categorically reject the baseless […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS/AFP : It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned on Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. There is a two-thirds chance that at least one of the next five years will see global […]
MOSCOW – Reuters/UNS: Russia’s defence ministry said it scrambled a fighter jet on Monday to prevent French and German patrol aircraft from entering its air space over the Baltic Sea after it detected them flying towards Russia. Russia said the flights were being conducted by a German P-3C patrol aircraft […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: “Human rights violations have risen dramatically in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 when the Government of India revoked the special status of the region”, warned a UN Independent Expert, one week before a scheduled G20 meeting is scheduled to be held in Srinagar. “By holding a G20 […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter has strongly condemned the surge in human rights violations by Indian troops in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. APHC-AJK Convener, Mehmood Ahmad Saghar, General Secretary Sheikh Abdul Mateen and Information Secretary Imtiaz Wani in a joint statement […]
JEDDAH :Sudanese are pinning their hopes on talks in Saudi Arabia between envoys of warring factions to end bloodshed that has killed hundreds and triggered a mass exodus, but there is no sign lasting relief will come anytime soon. There has been no word on the progress of the talks […]
LONDON:King Charles III was anointed and crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of […]
