Number of journalists jailed for doing job near record highA near-record number of journalists around the world are behind bars for their work, including two Reuters reporters whose imprisonment in Myanmar has drawn international criticism, according to a rep...
Trump denies any ties to ex-lawyer Cohen’s crimesUS President Donald Trump on Thursday said he never told his private lawyer Michael Cohen to break the law and denied any ties to his crimes, a day after Cohen was sentenced to prison on charges that...
Nations ‘face extinction’ without instant climate actionDozens of nations threatened with catastrophe from unchecked climate change warned Thursday they "face extinction" without immediate action to rein in mankind's emissions, as UN climate talks limped t...
Macron says he won’t place Europe before French grievancesPresident Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would never put Europe ahead of the demands of the French people, days after he caved in to a anti-tax revolt by announcing costly measures set to increas...
Public hearing calls for raising Kashmir issue at every forumISLAMABAD: The Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday held a public hearing to mull over ways and means to internationalise the Kashmir issue. The hearing was largely attended by a diverse and...
Senate to vote on aid to Yemen in wake of Khashoggi slayingSenators are expected to vote Thursday on a resolution that would call on the US to pull assistance from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a measure that would rebuke Saudi Arabia after the killing of journ...
Kosovo tests Serbia with vote to build an armyKosovo will vote Friday on whether to create its own army, in a heavily symbolic show of independence from Serbia that has inflamed tensions between the former wartime foes. Since breaking away from B...
‘MQM-South Africa was preparing for a full scale war with LEAs in Karachi’Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) planned on initiating a full scale war with law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the metropolis, according to two suspects affiliated with the party's South Afric...
US slated for inclusion of Pakistan in religious freedom blacklistThe Markazi Ulema Council on Thursday vehemently rejected US inclusion of Pakistan in a list of countries violating the religious freedom, declaring that minorities in Pakistan enjoy all rights and ar...
Anti-junta film ‘Ten Years Thailand’ aims to fire political debateWith cat-like humans, soldiers infiltrating an art gallery and brainwashed cadets, dystopian "Ten Years Thailand" is the latest in a pan-Asian film series aiming to stir political debate that debuted...
Govt asked to crack down on urea hoardersIt is for information of general public that as per the latest estimates there are sufficient stocks of urea to cater for domestic demand for the Rabi season. The estimated stocks of Urea at the start...
Biggest foreign investment package from Saudi Arabia soon: Asad UmarFinance Minister Asad Umar on Thursday said that the incoming Saudi Arabia's bailout package, which appears to be the "biggest foreign investment in Pakistan's history", would be announced soon. Addre...