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Pakistan strongly condemns bombings in Russian city of Volgograd

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Tuesday that Pakistan strongly condemns the recent suicide attacks in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that left...

Expert-level nuclear talks between Iran, six powers concludes

GENEVA: The expert-level nuclear talks between Iran and six major world powers concluded in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday, while according to...

Pakistan calls for strengthening UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan called for strengthening the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and said that no discriminatory criteria should be used by host...

Three Turkish ministers step down over corruption probe, PM resignation sought

ANKARA: Three Turkish ministers on Wednesday tendered their resignations over a high-level corruption investigation that has plagued the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. The...

Blast near church in southern Baghdad, 15 mostly Christian killed

BAGHDAD: A car bomb went off near a church in Doura district located in southern Baghdad after a Christmas service on Wednesday, killing at...

Bangladesh opposition urges people to stage protest against Jan 5 polls

DHAKA: The leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country’s main opposition party, Khaleda Zia has urged the people to march to the capital...

Yingluck Shinawatra proposes reform council to end Thailand’s political crisis

BANGKOK: The Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has proposed the creation of a national reform council as a part of her efforts to bring...

UN seeks Pakistan support for South Sudan

ISLAMABAD: The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a part of his contacts with world leaders‚...

Kalashnikov dies at 94

  "I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists ... I would prefer to have invented a machine that...

One in five living in extreme poverty in the world: Research report

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gallup's self-reported household income data across 131 countries indicate that more than one in five residents (22%) live on $1.25 per day or...

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