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October 7, 2016 7:39 AM
Facing international isolation, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an unprecedented move has warned the powerful military not to shield banned militant groups. Quoting Pakistani newspaper Dawn, PTI reports, Mr Sharif also directed authorities to conclude the Pathankot terror attack probe and th...
October 7, 2016 7:23 AM
The UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura made an impassioned appeal to save eastern Aleppo, warning the city faced total destruction and urging hardline fighters to leave the rebel-held east so civilians can get aid. He told reporters in Geneva yesterday that maximum in a two and half months, th...
October 7, 2016 7:20 AM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he regarded his likely successor, former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, as a super choice. Guterres was unanimously selected by the UN Security Council on Wednesday as the next UN Secretary-General. <br/><br/>The Security Counci...
October 7, 2016 7:20 AM
In Niger, gunmen have killed around 20 Niger soldiers guarding a camp of Malian refugees. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the press, said yesterday the assailants targeted a military post near the camp in the Tasara region. He could not say ho...
October 7, 2016 7:20 AM
UN Security Council has adopted a resolution authorising the European Union and individual countries to seize migrant-smuggling vessels on the high seas off Libya for another year. The resolution, adopted yesterday by a vote of 14-0 with Venezuela abstaining, stressed that the council's aim is ...
October 7, 2016 7:15 AM
In Pakistan, Parliament passed two important bills, one seeking to curb murders in the name of honour and the other to punish rapists by use of modern technology of DNA testing in probes involving rape cases. Under the existing laws, a close relative murdered a woman in the name of honour and was pr...
October 7, 2016 7:13 AM
The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew has soared to 264, the government says. Some 50 people were reported to have died in the southern town of Roche-a-Bateau alone. The peninsula's main city, Jeremie, saw 80 per cent of its buildings levelled. In Sud province 30,000 homes we...
October 7, 2016 7:10 AM
Facing international isolation, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an unprecedented move has warned the powerful military not to shield banned militant groups. Quoting Pakistani newspaper Dawn, PTI reports, Mr Sharif also directed authorities to conclude the Pathankot terror attack probe and th...
October 7, 2016 7:02 AM
In US, Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade slammed into the Bahamas yesterday. The storm intensified as it barreled towards the southeast coast where millions of residents heeded warnings to flee inland. With winds of 125mph, it is expected to hit Florida today. More t...
October 6, 2016 8:20 PM
The US has strongly condemned Israel for approving plans for new settlement construction in the occupied West Bank. <br/><br/>The White House and state department said plans for up to 300 new homes and an industrial zone were diminishing prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-...
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