KPK government will frame ToRs for negotiations with PTM By: Web Desk on February 14, 2019Peshawar: KPK Government will frame TOR’s for negotiations with Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) to talk about its complaints and other issues. The spokesman of KPK Ajmal Khan Wazir said the Advisory Committee for Redressal and Development for the merged tribal districts would start talks with the key leaders of Pashtun Tahafuz Movment. The meeting was […]
Japan gay couples seek marriage rights in Valentine’s lawsuit on February 13, 2019Chizuka Oe and Yoko Ogawa have been together for 25 years, but when they submitted their marriage registration at a Tokyo town hall, they knew it would be rejected. “We were told that they cannot accept our registration because we are both women,” said Ogawa, standing in the winter sun outside the building in Nakano […]
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout By: AFP on February 13, 2019SDF spokesman Mustefa Bali said on Tuesday that 600 civilians had fled the combat zone overnight and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said another 350 made it out that day The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the […]
Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by NY jury By: AFP on February 13, 2019The verdict could result in life behind bars for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was accused of smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States over a 25-year period Mexican mobster Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted Tuesday of crimes spanning a quarter-century in a trial that laid bare his lavish […]
World court to rule on Iran’s billions frozen in US By: AFP on February 13, 2019Relations have also been strained since US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of an international nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose sanctions The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover $2 billion in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid […]
Malaysia makes record 30-tonne pangolin seizure By: AFP on February 12, 2019Pangolin body parts are highly valued in traditional medicine in countries including China and Vietnam while their meat is considered a delicacy Malaysian authorities have made a record seizure of about 30 tonnes of pangolins and their scales worth some $2 million in raids on major processing facilities, police and environmentalists said Tuesday. The haul […]
Thirty years after Rushdie fatwa, blasphemy still a potent weapon By: AFP on February 11, 2019Iran’s spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s murder in 1989 Thirty years after Iran called for the killing of Salman Rushdie, the British novelist remains a figure of hate for extremists across the Muslim world, and though the level of outrage has dropped, the issue of blasphemy is as […]
Evidence against Kulbhushan to be submitted by Pakistan: S.M.Qureshi By: Web Desk on February 8, 2019Pakistan will submit evidence against Indian spy Kulbhushan Jhadav on February 19. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that the Pakistani legal team will present the case of convicted Indian spy at the International Court of Justice, as the Indian spy has already confessed of terrorist activities in Baluchistan and all over Pakistan. The International […]
Taliban sit for second day with Afghan leaders in Moscow By: AFP on February 6, 2019The Taliban entered a second day of unprecedented talks Wednesday with powerful Afghan politicians in Moscow, sidestepping the Kabul government as it pursues a leading stake in the war-torn country. The rare public appearance that kicked off a day before saw Taliban officials spell out their vision for Afghanistan in front of rolling cameras and […]
Two Indian fighter pilots die in Mirage crash By: AFP on February 1, 2019Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed Friday when their French-built Mirage 2000 aircraft crashed minutes after take-off. The single-engine jet fighter aircraft manufactured by Dassault Aviation was on a test flight after an upgrade carried out by India´s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). “Both occupants sustained fatal injuries… Investigation into the cause of accident is […]