SYDNEY – – Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has sent a congratulatory message to Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on his re-election, following the peaceful parliamentary elections held on Monday.... Read more »
Students at University of California, Berkeley, now have the chance to take a class on their favourite TV show, Game of Thrones. The American University is offering a summer 2015 class in the... Read more »
At least 10 Malaysians, suspected of links to ISIS, have been arrested by Malaysian police on Thursday. Among them six members of the country’s security forces who are now being investigated. “They are suspected to be... Read more »
UNITED NATIONS: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in cooperation with the United Nations, has the potential to deal with the decades-old Kashmir and the Middle East disputes, a top Pakistani diplomat... Read more »
Many modern day people complain that technology is taking people’s jobs and fear that robots may replace them in many fields. But research shows that it is the opposite. New study by... Read more »
(History has shown that freedom comes at a steep cost to those who fight to liberate a nation from oppression. Allama Mashriqi, his family, and the Khaksars paid the price for the... Read more »
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and to the Minister for Trade and Investment, the Hon Mr Steven Ciobo MP has launched the Australian Government’s Returned Australian Volunteer Network in... Read more »
Virgin Australia has unveiled its new Airbus A330 business class cabin which features the longest and widest lie-flat beds than any other domestic business class seat in the world. The new business offering... Read more »
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — A day after Pakistan called an Indian diplomat to protest border violations, India also summoned Pakistani High Commissioner Abdul Basit and lodged a strong protest over alleged ceasefire violations... Read more »
ISLAMABAD – A powerful provincial minister of Pakistan who had vowed to eliminate terrorists without any discrimination was himself attacked and killed by a terrorist suicide bomber when he visited his native... Read more »
The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, the Minister for Trade and Investment, has launched the joint Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Austrade publication, Why ASEAN and Why Now? Insights for... Read more »
CANBERRA — The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) have delivered crucial humanitarian aid to flood-stricken Burma, just days after the Myanmar Government’s request for international... Read more »
SYDNEY — Australian leaders have pledged to advance the interests of the world’s indigenous peoples by announcing a first ever strategy by any nation. According to a statement jointly issued by three ministers,... Read more »
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC) Meeting was held at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi. General Rashad Mahmood, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) presided over the meeting which... Read more »
CANBERRA — Australia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions so they are 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. This is a responsible and achievable target. According to a media release issued... Read more »
TOKYO — Japan’s Imperial Highness Princess Takamado, was the Chief Guest of Honour at an inauguration ceremony of the Calligraphy Exhibition at the Pakistan Embassy. Lt. General/Ambassador (Retd) Humayun Bangash, who is... Read more »
KABUL — A suicide attacker blew himself up near the Kabul police academy on Friday evening, killing at least 20 recruits, in the second major attack in the Afghan capital in less... Read more »
ISLAMABAD – The government yesterday strongly rejected Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mulla Omar died in Pakistan. Defence minister Khwaja Asif told the National Assembly that he ‘neither died in Pakistan nor... Read more »
ISLAMABAD: A 17-member full court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasirul Mulk upheld the 21st Constitutional Amendment with a majority decision of 11 to 6. The court also dismissed petitions challenging... Read more »
KARACHI — Cricket legend Wasim Akram’s car was shot at on Karsaz Road in Karachi on his way to the National Stadium, Bowling Camp. The cricket hero did not receive any injury... Read more »
Photographer took pictures of Pakistani glacier using a drone after three-week adventurous hike through the Himalayas The photos taken in the cold, high Himalyas usually show colossal snow-covered vast lands and mountains.... Read more »
Humpback whales were commercially harvested around the Australian coast between 1912 and 1972, with tens of thousands of the animals killed, decimating the species SYDNEY – Australia’s humpback populations are rapidly recovering... Read more »
Since it was first opened to the world in 1852, Catherine the Great’s remarkable collection of treasures has attracted art lovers across the world, with more than three million visiting the State... Read more »
By Ben Phillips, (University of Canberra) 50% of all income tax in Australia is paid by 10% of the working population.“ – Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, interview with Fran Kelly on ABC RN... Read more »