Afghan children to get free treatment in China
BEIJING, Aug 31 (TNS): Twenty-one children from Afghanistan with congenital heart disease arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Wednesday to receive free...
Hajj rituals kicked off as 2 million pilgrims gathered at Mina
Makkah, August 30 (TNS): Manasik-e-Hajj (Pilgrimage rituals) formally kicked off on Wednesday with the gathering of Hajis at Mina in Makkah.
Over two million faithful...
UN rights chief says Trump may be inciting ‘violence’ against media
GENEVA Aug 30 (TNS): The UN human rights chief said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the media could trigger violence against...
Chinese troops to continue patrolling border area after resolving stand-off with India
BEIJING Aug 30 (TNS): China said on Tuesday that its troops would continue to patrol a disputed Himalayan border area after resolving months-long military...
In first major foreign policy speech, France’s president Emmanuel Macron says: Some have chosen...
PARIS Aug 30 (TNS): France’s youngest-ever president Emmanuel Macron, who took power in May on a promise to boost France’s international standing, said he...
4 killed in attack on Afghan politician’s house
JALALABAD, Aug 30 (TNS): At least four people were killed after an explosion and gun firing rocked house of an Afghan politician in eastern...
There is no Plan B to two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict: UN chief
RAMALLAH Aug 30 (TNS): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remained the only viable option...
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...
