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Under pressure to recognize Israel, says Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government is under pressure to recognize Israel, insisting that Islamabad would never establish relations...

Palestine slams Pompeo’s decision to visit Israeli settlement

RAMALLAH: Palestinian officials have slammed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s decision to visit Israeli settlement in the West Bank, calling the planned trip...

China congratulates Joe Biden on being elected US president

BEIJING: China congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election. US-China ties have grown...

Trump’s voter fraud claims one more step in delegitimising democracy: Obama

WASHINGTON: Outgoing US President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud is one more step in delegitimising not just the incoming Biden administration, but...

Pakistan bans online payments for Indian electronic media content: report

KARACHI: Pakistan government has asked Pakistani banks to immediately ban online payments from the country for the subscription of electronic media content from India,...

Biden vows to ‘get right to work’ despite Trump resistance

WILMINGTON: Vowing to get right to work, President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump’s fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as inconsequential,...

Biden administration likely to provide US citizenship to over 5,00,000 Indians, repeal Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden will work towards providing a roadmap to American citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, including over 500,000 from...

Assured of victory, Biden-Harris start focusing on public health and economy

WASHINGTON: Confident of their victory in the US presidential election, Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala Harris have begun working...

Nawaz a ‘jackal’ trying to create ‘rebellion’ in Pak army: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday lashed out at three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif, describing him as a “jackal” who is trying...

Presidential election exposes America’s ‘perilous’ divides

New York:Presidential elections can be revealing moments that convey the wishes of the American people to the next wave of elected officials. So far, the...

China successfully launches 13 satellites, including 10 for Argentina, with a single rocket

BEIJING: China on Friday successfully sent 13 satellites, including 10 from Argentina, into the orbit in what was stated to be the biggest launch...

Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting election outcome

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits on Wednesday in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia, laying the groundwork for contesting battleground states as he...

US elections 2020: About 69 percent American-Muslims vote for Biden, says exit poll survey

NEW YORK: Nearly 69 percent of Muslim voters cast their ballot for Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden while 17 percent supported President Donald Trump,...

Militants shot students ‘one by one’ in Afghan university attack: Survivor

KABUL: Students were gunned down "one by one" as they leapt from the windows of Kabul University classrooms when militants stormed the campus earlier...

People of Bihar prefer politics of ‘good governance’; Youth, women see hope in NDA: Modi

NEW DELHI: Asserting that the people of Bihar prefer “sushashan ki rajneeti” (politics of good governance), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said only...

Quake toll rises to 116 in Turkey; rescuers finish searches

ISTANBUL: The death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished...

No confirmed Covid-19 cases in North Korea: WHO report

SEOUL: In its latest report, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that North Korea has not reported any outbreak of the novel coronavirus in...

Attack on Afghan university leaves 19 dead, 22 wounded

KABUL: Gunmen stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, sparking an hours-long gun...

70-year-old pulled alive as Turkey quake death toll hits 51

IZMIR: Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some 34 hours after a strong earthquake in...

Donald Trump predicts massive win for Republicans in November 3 polls

Butler (US): US President Donald Trump has predicted a massive win for the Republicans in the November 3 elections, saying the margin would be...

China starts once-a-decade census of world’s largest population

SHANGHAI: Millions of census-takers began knocking on doors across China on Sunday for a once-a-decade head count of the world's largest population that for...

Free speech has limits, Canada’s Trudeau says

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended free speech on Friday, but added that it was “not without limits” and should not “arbitrarily and...

India and US discuss UNSC agenda, agree to work closely together

Washington: India and the US have held wide ranging discussions on issues on the UN Security Council agenda and agreed to work closely given...

4 dead, 120 injured in Turkey as strong earthquake hits Aegean Sea

ISTANBUL: A strong earthquake struck on Friday between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing several buildings in Turkeys western Izmir...

US Presidential election 2020 to be most expensive in history, expected to cost USD 14 billion

NEW YORK: The 2020 Presidential election is turning out to be the most expensive election in history and twice as expensive as the previous...

2+2 ministerial dialogue brought ‘unprecedented cooperation’ between India, US: Lawmakers

WASHINGTON: Two eminent American lawmakers have welcomed the successful conclusion of the 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the US, saying that the deliberations...

Over 2 million virus cases in just 1 week: WHO

LONDON: The World Health Organisation said countries globally reported more than 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases last week — the shortest time ever for...

Stop sowing discord between China, regional countries: Beijing on Pompeo’s visit to India

BEIJING: China on Tuesday urged US secretary of state Mike Pompeo to stop sowing discord between Beijing and countries in the region, undermining the...

Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims rally against France

DHAKA: About 10,000 Bangladeshis from an Islamist group marched through the nation’s capital on Tuesday to denounce the display of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet...

Withdraw envoy from France: Pakistan House

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament on Monday passed a resolution urging the government to recall its envoy from Paris over the publication of images of the...

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