Kabul: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani lauded Pakistan's sincere and positive role in the Afghan peace process as he met Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa in Kabul. The army chief has arrived in Kabul on a day-long visit, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said
New Delhi: Doctors in India have warned that there is no scientific evidence for cow dung to be an effective cure to ward off coronavirus, saying that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought devastation on India, with 22.66 million cases and 246,116
Washington: US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price was visibly uncomfortable when he was asked to condemn the killing of defenceless Palestinian children during a press briefing on Tuesday. Price was reacting to the recent escalation in tensions in the Middle East, following the killing of at
Lucknow: Locals in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh spotted dozens of bodies floating on the river Yamuna, leading to panic among the residents, even as speculation grew about the bodies being of those villagers who succumbed to coronavirus. According to Indian media reports, some people are
Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that if wealthy nations hogged COVID-19 shots while millions in poor countries died waiting for them it would amount to “vaccine apartheid”. South Africa and India have been pushing for a waiver on some intellectual property (IP)
Edinburgh: The Scottish National Party said its landslide victory in Edinburgh s devolved parliament was grounds for a fresh independence referendum, despite opposition from London. While the SNP campaigned on promises to hold a new vote, the UK government -- which would need to give formal
London: Over 170 Palestinians have been injured after Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque and dispersed worshippers elsewhere in occupied East Jerusalem. This incident has earned wide spread condemnation by almost all leaders of the world except United Kingdom. A Trustee of London Institute of Peace
The Hague: The outgoing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court met with a high-level Afghan delegation to discuss allegations of war crimes in the country, the court said Monday. Fatou Bensouda met with the delegation led by Afghanistan s foreign and justice ministers on Friday in
Karbala: A leading Iraqi anti-government activist was shot dead Sunday, security sources and activists said, sending protest movement supporters onto the streets to demand an end to such bloodshed and official impunity. Ihab al-Wazni, a coordinator of protests in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala, was
Jerusalem; 17 more Palestinians have sustained severe wounds in major attacks by Israeli police near the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem today (Monday). The Palestine Red Crescent ambulance service said one of the injured lost an eye, two suffered serious head wounds, and two had their