Taliban take district center in western Afghan province
LASHKAR GAH March 12 (TNS): Taliban fighters have captured a district center in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah bordering Iran, where they have battled...
Bangladesh to set election date as opposition cries foul
Dhaka, Nov 08 (TNS): Bangladeshi authorities were set to announce later on Thursday a date for general elections despite the opposition crying foul and...
Namaz row: Indian Punjab CM accuses BJP of religious polarisation
Chandigarh, May 7 (TNS): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday accused the Indian ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to communalise the...
World population may increase to 10 billion by 2050
ISLAMABAD, July 10 (TNS): The current world population of 7.7 billion is expected to reach 10 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100,...
French parliamentarians to visit Pakistan to promote bilateral relations
PARIS, Nov 17 (TNS): A delegation of five French parliamentarians is all set to visit Pakistan next month and it would be led by...
Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control
GAZA Nov 01 (TNS): Hamas began ceding control of the Gaza Strip’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt to US-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
Danish inventor didn’t say Wall died of CO2 poisoning: police
STOCKHOLM: Nov 02 (TNS): Danish police said Wednesday that submarine inventor Peter Madsen, accused of killing the Swedish journalist Kim Wall, had not said...
Trump the unlikely recipient of ‘Medal of Bravery’ for tough stance on Pakistan
KABUL Jan 16 (TNS): US President Donald Trump has become the unlikely recipient of a ‘Medal of Bravery’, which has been ‘awarded’ to him by a...
India grants citizenship to 28 Pakistani Hindus
New Delhi, March 23 (TNS): Indian state of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Bhopal handed over Indian citizenship certificates to Hindu...
PM Shehbaz, Zardari discuss political, economic situation
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari held a meeting here on Wednesday and discussed the overall political and economic...
