Typhoon Hagupit began to lash the eastern Philippines with ferocious winds and heavy rain Saturday, knocking down trees and causing power outages and forcing half a million people to leave their homes.... Read more »
100,000 without drinking water in the Maldives The Maldives declared a state of emergency after a fire at the capital’s only water sewage treatment plant has led to a shortage of drinking... Read more »
South Africa marks Mandela’s first death anniversary On Nelson Mandela’s first anniversary, South Africans erupted in songs, dance and tears in public and emotional celebrations of the life of Nelson Mandela, a leader who bridged... Read more »
CASA-1000 Agreement inked, Pakistan to get clean energy soon ISTANBUL (Turkey): Pakistan has signed an energy agreement with Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic in Istanbul to help resolve country’s pressing electricity crisis.... Read more »
Technology has shaped the way people live. Information and communications technologies have impacted and greatly contributed to enhance people’s daily lives. However, not all people have access to technology. With an estimated... Read more »
Air New Zealand has won the Airline of the Year Award for the second successive year Air New Zealand has been named ‘Airline of the Year’ by Airline Ratings for the second consecutive... Read more »
Expectations from the South Asia Association for Regional Co-operation summit are always high even though some analysts and observers will tell you that this regional forum has repeatedly failed to bring the... Read more »
The tragic death of Phillip Hughes that happened too sudden and too soon has greatly stunned Pakistan’s cricket community and fans who share the grief with his friends and family. Pakistan Test... Read more »
Vienna – One in three known victims of human trafficking is a child, majority are girls who together with adult women account for 70 per cent of overall trafficking victims worldwide, says... Read more »
To introduce world of books to children and re-establish a national culture of reading in Pakistan, a Mobile Bus Library Program has been initiated under United States Agency for International Development (USAID)... Read more »
New Delhi: India and Pakistan were very near to a framework agreement on the Kashmir issue through back-channel talks during the Congress-led regime, former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said Wednesday,... Read more »
KATHMANDU – -Nepal and India have agreed to formulate a master plan for the period until 2035 and an action plan until 2025 on power trade. The two countries will also hold... Read more »
Islamabad – During the first-ever visit of a Russian defence minister to Islamabad, Pakistan and Russia on Thursday signed a milestone agreement to enhance cooperation in the defence field. The agreement came... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has said that Pakistan is taking decisive and indiscriminate action against Taliban militants including the Haqqani network. Speaking at a banquet held... Read more »
Sri Lanka has been designated by acclamation to Chair the 2015 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, Permanent Representative of Sri... Read more »
Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and three others were inducted into the Indian Cabinet on November 9 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Council of Ministers, bringing in 21 new... Read more »
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Australia and China should support each other on APEC and G20 while meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in Beijing on Thursday. Wang noted that... Read more »
Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed to strengthen connectivity within Asia for coordinated development, open economy and people’s happiness. President Xi delivered a key speech at a dialogue meeting on strengthening connectivity partnership,... Read more »
By K J M VARMA Beijing: China has sharply reacted to India’s plans to construct a road network along the McMahon line in Arunachal Pradesh and expressed hope that India will not... Read more »
Beijing — Russia and the APEC Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding today on Russia’s voluntary contribution of USD 3 million to the General Fund of the APEC Support Fund. This untied... Read more »
Tribune Special Report Pakistanis on Monday mourn the deaths of 66 children, women and men killed during a terrorist attack in Lahore city on Sunday evening. Tragic scene was witnessed today in... Read more »
A power terrorist attack on Sunday evening killed more than fifty seven and wounded more than hundred people in Lahore close to Wagah border with Indian when people were returning after attending... Read more »
Washington DC – United States and Sri Lanka, in a recent meeting, have discussed progress on trade and investment issues to foster economic growth and provide a strong foundation for greater economic... Read more »
By Yasmeen Aftab Ali ‘The United States, which once considered Pakistan a ‘corner stone’ of its foreign policy seems to have shifted the balance towards India. There are speculations that US may... Read more »