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NEW YORK: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met Bulgarian Foreign Minister Dr Velislava Petrova-Chamova on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral relations. The two sides reviewed the entire spectrum of Pakistan-Bulgaria […]
NEW YORK: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met his Hungarian counterpart, Anita Orbán, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and discussed ways to further strengthen bilateral relations. Dar congratulated Orbán on assuming her office and conveyed his […]
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with the two sides discussing cooperation in polio eradication, public health, agriculture, digital innovation and artificial intelligence. Recalling the Gates Foundation team’s […]
UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned that he could “annihilate” Iran if no agreement is reached to end the war, while also suggesting that a deal could be possible soon as diplomatic efforts intensified on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. “I have a big […]
NEW YORK: The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye have called for continued dialogue and diplomacy to address regional tensions, stressing the need to uphold the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding for lasting peace and stability. The four foreign ministers met in New York on September 21 on […]
NEW YORK: Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Türkiye, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have called for the full implementation of the Comprehensive Plan for Gaza, urging Israel to fulfil its commitments under the first phase and preserve the ceasefire. The foreign ministers met in New […]
TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday vowed to “firmly defend” his country’s positions as he departed for New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking before leaving Iran, Pezeshkian said his country had emerged from the conflict with its “head held high” and would use the international […]
ISTANBUL: A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, injuring 11 students before being detained by police, authorities said. The incident took place at around 8am local time in Turgutlu, in Manisa province near the western city of Izmir, according to the regional governor’s office. […]
SEOUL: North Korea launched two projectiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, including a short-range ballistic missile, marking its second round of missile tests in about a week amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula. South Korea’s defence ministry said the first launch was detected from the Wonsan area at […]
RIYADH: Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement towards Riyadh at dawn on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said, as a fire broke out at a fuel depot near King Khalid International Airport. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Malki said the missile was intercepted […]