Beijing: The 2023 Pakistan Week, came to a successful close in Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Themed “Working hand in hand for a closer China-Pakistan bond under the Belt and Road Initiative”, the 7-day event showcased traditional Pakistani clothes, dazzling jewellery and hand-made rugs copied from ancient
United Nations: Pakistan has told the UN General Assembly that it considers the veto power vested in the Security Council’s five permanent members an important issue that needed to be tacked as part of the 15-member Council’s reform to make it more effective. Speaking in a
New Delhi: On the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart in Sydney, a BBC documentary on his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots was screened at the Parliament House in Canberra. The screening was organised by a group
Telangana: A Muslim man was beaten up by a Hindutva mob after he allegedly got into an altercation with a gas cylinder delivery boy in Telangana’s Medak. According to the police, the incident took place on May 7 when the delivery boy, Lingam, had gone to
Over the past 75 years, the United Nations has sent more than 2 million peacekeepers to help countries move away from conflict, with successes from Liberia to Cambodia and major failures in former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Today, it faces new challenges in the dozen hotspots where
Florida: With the help of radar imagery collected by Nasa’s Magellan mission in the 1990s, scientists have been able to create a map which shows more than 85,000 volcanoes on Venus, the second planet in the solar system by distance from the Sun, reported Guardian
London: Net migration in the UK hit a record 606,000 in 2022, official figures showed on Thursday, heaping pressure on the government, which has pledged to cut dependency on foreign labor. Responding to the figures, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described legal immigration levels as “too high.” “It’s
Geneva: World Health Organisation (WHO), in a new draft treaty —currently under negotiation has urged the rich nations to take the lead in equipping the world against health emergencies, as it termed the global COVID-19 response "a catastrophic failure of the international community". The document states
Ottawa: Canada and Saudi Arabia have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties and appoint new ambassadors, both countries said, bringing to a close a 2018 dispute that damaged relations and trade. The decision follows discussions held between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Saudi Crown Prince
London: BBC football commentator Gary Lineker has received a Sport and Human Rights Award from Amnesty International alongside Natali Shaheen, the first Palestinian footballer to play professionally in Europe. Lineker received the prize for “his strong commitment to immigration and human rights issues” after criticizing the