In Tanzania, the death toll in a ferry capsize in Lake Victoria climbed to more than 100 today. State Radio said hundreds more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors after the disaster. The ferry MV Nyerere capsized yesterday afternoon just a few meters from the dock on […]
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and son-in-law were brought to their home turf, Lahore, in a special plane after their release from prison in Islamabad, hours after the Islamabad High Court suspended their sentences in a major corruption case. A large number of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) […]
The Trump administration has praised India for its significant counter terrorism actions and said Pakistan-based militant groups continued their terror attacks in the country. In its annual ‘Country Report on Terrorism’, as mandated by the Congress, the State Department said the Indian leadership expressed resolve to prevent terrorist attacks domestically […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said America has made a lot of progress with respect to North Korea after he came to power and the two countries no longer seem to be going to a war as looked like before. Taking to reporters in the White House Trump said, it is […]
The US said the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba militant groups continue to pose a regional threat and that Pakistan did not adequately address America’s concerns on terrorism in 2017. The State Department said this in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism for the year 2017. It said although al-Qaeda as well […]
In Pakistan, the Islamabad High Court today suspended the sentences handed to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Mohammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption case. A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court heard the petitions filed challenging their conviction related to the purchase of […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is holding talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang today. Moon Jae-in will seek to reboot stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States. The North’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the summit will offer an important opportunity in […]
Moutaz Mousa Abdallah has become the Sudan’s new Prime Minister. A 21-member cabinet was sworn in at the presidential palace in Khartoum on Saturday. Mousa Abdallah is also holding the finance portfolio in a bid to revive the country’s ailing economy. Sudan has been grappling with an acute foreign exchange […]
Typhoon Mangkhut is now pounding the China’s most populous province, Guangdong. With wind speed of up to 162 meter per hour, the typhoon had earlier ravaged Hong Kong where it swayed skyscrapers and blew out windows. It claimed 49 lives in the Philippines before heading towards Hong Kong. Mangkhut, considered […]
In the Philippines, Typhoon Mangkhut has claimed 64 lives. It is now pounding China’s most populous province, Guangdong after making landfall on the coast near Jiangmen city this afternoon. With a wind speed of up to 162 meter per hour, the typhoon has earlier ravaged Hong Kong where it swayed […]
