Thousands of pilgrims throng Mina
MINA Aug 30 (TNS): Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world on Wednesday began moving from the holy city of Makkah to...
Pakistani politicians to descend on London
LONDON, Aug 30 (TNS): After former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s arrival here on Wednesday to see his ailing wife, several other politicians are also...
Trump arrives Texas as nine die in floods
Houston, August 30 (TNS): At least nine people are reported to have died in Texas floods, including six members of the same family whose...
TURKEY SAYS ISRAEL MUST END OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
ANKARA Aug. 29 (TNS): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel must stop its occupation of Palestinian territories, which he says undermines the so-called...
Four killed, 8 injured in Kabul blast near US embassy
KABUL, Aug 29, (TNS): An explosion occurred on a busy shopping street near the heavily-fortified US embassy in central Kabul Tuesday, officials said, killing...
Thousands of Chinese arriving in Pakistan
Aug. 29 (TNS): Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is searching online forums for fellow stout-hearted entrepreneurs willing to cast aside...
India, China decide to defuse border tension
NEW DELHI/BEIJING Aug. 28 (TNS): India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers...
Tribesmen stage protest against Trump’s new strategy
LANDI KOTAL Aug. 28 (TNS): Tribesmen from Khyber Agency on Monday rallied from Landi Kotal to Torkham border to protest against the new policy...
PM Abbasi says Trump’s new strategy will also fail; stresses political settlement in Afghanistan;...
NEW YORK Aug. 28 (TNS): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has stressed the need for a political settlement in Afghanistan, saying that like previous...
Afghan people thankful to China for sending a medical team to Kabul
KABUL Aug. 28 (TNS): "My daughter has been suffering severe heart disease since her infancy, but I couldn't treat her because of intense economic...
