Pakistan urged to tap $5bln trade potential with Turkey on November 13, 2016The PBC in its “2016 Second Review of the Feasibility of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and Turkey,” urged that Pakistan should emphasise on pressing for tariff reduction on its high potential export products. “While the tariffs faced by the top 10 high potential items of Pakistan are low (9.6 percent or below), […]
EU works towards resolving Pakistan-India political tensions on November 2, 2016European Union Ambassador Jean Francois Cautain said on Tuesday that the 28-nation bloc has jumped into action, working towards defusing ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. “The EU is raising the issue of Kashmir with different stakeholders,” Ambassador Francois said in an interview. He said EU’s diplomatic efforts were an ongoing process and were not […]
New York’s Eighties art scene comes to Milan on October 28, 2016MILAN: New York’s Eighties art scene is coming to Milan with a show dedicated to the late Haitian-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose works now sell for phenomenal sums. From his child-like skull and crown paintings to his poetic and enigmatic anatomical depictions, the Museum of Culture in the north Italian city is holding a retrospective […]
Ex-PM Blair suggests second EU vote on October 28, 2016LONDON: Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair said on Friday there was nothing preventing a second Brexit referendum and warned that the break-up would be “very, very tough” as European leaders were in an unforgiving mood. He called on fellow “Remain” supporters to “mobilise and to organise” against proponents of Brexit, writing in The New […]
Muguruza grabs consolation victory against Kuznetsova on October 28, 2016SINGAPORE: French Open champion Garbine Muguruza ended Svetlana Kuznetsova’s winning streak at the WTA Finals on Friday with a consolation 3-6 6-0 6-1 victory. Kuznetsova finally ran out of steam after she already booked her place in the semi-finals, as the Spaniard, who was already eliminated from contention after losing her first two matches, finished […]
London borough to provide new life for children on October 28, 2016LONDON: Horrified by the desperate plight of traumatised children in the “Jungle” migrant camp in France, one London borough is seeking to provide a new life in Britain for unaccompanied youngsters. As bulldozers raze the sprawling camp in the northern French port city of Calais this week, busloads of children have been arriving in Britain. […]
Drone strike kills two Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan: NDS on October 28, 2016KABUL: Two top al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan were killed in a US drone attack, the nation’s spy agency confirmed Thursday, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country. Washington said the strikes on Sunday targeted Farouq al-Qahtani, al Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan, and his […]
Tunisia denies providing base for US drones over Libya on October 27, 2016TUNIS: Tunisia on Thursday denied a US news report it has allowed Washington to operate unmanned planes from its territory for missions in neighbouring Libya against the Islamic State group. “As part of Tunisian-US bilateral cooperation, we have acquired drones to train our military personnel to use this technology and to control out southeastern border […]
Two Yazidi women win EU Sakharov prize on October 27, 2016STRASBOURG, France: Two Yazidi women who survived a nightmare ordeal of kidnapping, rape and slavery at the hands of Islamic State militants won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Thursday. Nadia Murad and Lamia Haji Bashar have become figureheads for the effort to protect the Yazidis, followers of an ancient religion with […]
Residents of Mandera restricted to their houses from dusk till dawn on October 27, 2016NAIROBI: After being hit by two deadly terrorist attacks in three weeks, Kenya’s government announced a 60-day, dusk to dawn, curfew in the northeastern town of Mandera on Thursday. Interior minister Joseph Nkaissery issued the order two days after Shabaab militants killed 12 people at a hotel in Mandera town. He said that the curfew […]