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Pakistan willing to increase military exchanges with Oman

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday stressed the need to increase the military exchanges between Pakistan and Oman. In a meeting with the Commander...

11 including six chemical arms investigators kidnapped in Syria

DAMASCUS: The Syrian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 11 people including six members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

Two-day presidential election begins in Egypt

CAIRO: A two-day presidential election began in Egypt on Monday in which people are casting their votes to elect the new president. The former military...

Pakistan, UAE agree to further strengthen bilateral cooperation

ABU DHABI: The advisor to prime minister on foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed...

Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted the country’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. His two...

Aziz leaves for UAE, will deliver messages from PM to UAE leadership

ISLAMABAD: The adviser to the prime minister on national security and foreign affairs Sartaj Aziz will leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on...

54,000 civilians among 1,62,000 killed in three-year old Syrian conflict

DAMASCUS: At least 1,62,000 people including at least 54,000 civilians have been killed in the ongoing three-year-old conflict in Syria, the British-based Syrian Observatory...

Military exercise involving 24 countries to begin on May 25 in Jordan

AMMAN: Around 24 countries will take part in the annual Eager Lion wargames in Jordan, aimed at tackling terrorism and insurrection and to prepare...

Militants destroy tomb of Hazrat Uwais al-Qarani in Syria

DAMASCUS: The foreign-backed militants have destroyed the tomb of Hazrat Uwais al-Qarani in the Syrian city of Raqqa on Thursday, Iranian media reported. The al-Qaeda-linked...

ME respiratory virus: Death toll reaches 157 in Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: The death toll in Saudi Arabia from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has reached to 157 after five more persons including...

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