Three Gulf states pledge $2.5bn economic Aid to Jordan
Islamabad, June 12 (TNS): Three Gulf Arab states pledged $2.5bn in aid to Jordan in an effort to stabilise the kingdom as it faces...
Much more investment needed to reverse rise in world hunger: UN
UNITED NATIONS Dec 05 (TNS): Immediate action is needed to address the rise in global hunger, the head of the United Nations food security...
Korea blames US for tensions in rare UN talks
SEOUL Dec 9 (TNS): North Korea blamed US "nuclear blackmail" for soaring tensions over its weapons programme in rare meetings with a senior UN...
US approves $130m missile defense sale to Japan
WASHINGTON Jan 10 (TNS): The Trump administration has approved a $130 million missile defense sale to Japan to meet the escalating threat from North...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was “naturalized” as an Ecuadorean
QUITO, Jan 11 (TNS): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was “naturalized” as an Ecuadorean on Dec. 12, at his request, Ecuador’s foreign minister said on...
Bangladesh agrees with Myanmar to complete Rohingya return in two years
DHAKA Jan 16 (TNS): Bangladesh has agreed to complete the process of returning Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar within two years after repatriation begins, the...
Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif are on same page, says PM
LONDON Nov 05 (TNS): Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that there is no minus-Nawaz formula while talking to media...
Sixty percent of US women ‘sexually harassed’: poll
NEW YORK Nov 22 (TNS): Sixty percent of US women voters say they have experienced sexual harassment and more than two-thirds of them said...
Israel bans Palestinian TV channel
Tel Aviv, July 9 (TNS): Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday banned Palestinian Al-Quds channel.
In a decree signed on July 3, Lieberman said...
Deals totaling 1.5 bln USD inked between Chinese, Australian companies
NANNING, May 26 ():Eleven trade and cooperation project deals worth a total of 10.3 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) were inked between...
