Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a condolence message to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on behalf of the Chinese government and people, expressed his condolences to the families of the martyrs in the Peshawar terror incident. According to the official statement, the Chinese President also expressed his best wishes for the speedy recovery of the injured…
Harassment continues despite loan repayment, Photo: File Lucknow: An arms dealer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ended his life by shooting himself live on Facebook. According to Indian media, Nand Lal Gupta, the person who committed suicide on Facebook Live, had an arms shop on Station Malgodam Road in Uttar Pradesh. Nand Lal…
Resident visa holders can apply for extension online, Photo: File Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates has issued re-entry permits to residents who have been living outside the country for more than 6 months. According to the World News Agency, the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs and Ports Security has launched an online service…
Capital of Hungary (Budapest) Hungary became the most corrupt country in Europe, Transparency International released the list of the most corrupt countries in the world. A dispute between Hungary and Belgium over corruption and other legal matters has led to the freezing of Hungarian assets worth billions of euros. To recover these funds, Hungary has…
Two foreign tourists were killed in an avalanche at Gulmarg resort in Occupied Kashmir. According to officials, an avalanche fell on the 4,000-meter-high hill named Afrawat in Bara Mulla district. Two tourists from Poland were killed in the accident. In the video released on social media, people can be seen running for their lives. At…
A military official stands at a checkpoint of the Zilkan base, file photo During a rocket attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq, two rockets landed inside the base, but no casualties were reported. Turkey’s Zilkan base in Nineveh province of northern Iraq was attacked at 7:54 am. According to a foreign news agency,…
Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro has submitted an application for a 6-month tourist visa to further extend his stay in the United States. He came to the US state of Florida in December last year, his supporters stormed the Brazilian capital Brasilia and demanded the army to impose martial law. The former president came to the…
The WMO initiative would create a network of ground-based measurement stations that can verify worrying air quality data that’s been flagged by satellites or airplanes, potentially in the next five years. “At present, there is no comprehensive, timely international exchange of surface and space-based greenhouse gas observations,” the UN agency said, as it urged “improved (international) collaboration” and…
The first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children marked a step up in action to ensure all boys and girls with HIV can access life-saving treatment, and that HIV-positive mothers can have babies free from the virus. Ministers and representatives laid out plans which include providing testing to more pregnant…
A lack of access to healthcare and medicines has been fuelling a host of opportunists aimed at filling the gaps, the report Trafficking in Medical Products in the Sahel shows. But, this supply and an imbalance in demand, has triggered deadly results. Bitter pill of trafficking In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to…
