China sanctions US research firm, 2 others over reports on human rights abuses
China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning was quoted as announcing late...
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Pak conducts successful flight test of Fatah-II
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Hasina pledges to build ‘Smart Bangladesh’
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‘SL Tamils should field common prez candidate’
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‘Benazir’s death still remains unsolved mystery’
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Ex-Pak foreign min re-arrested
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4 kids, mother found dead; father held
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Toll in Indonesia’s furnace explosion climbs to 18
27 December 2023 | AP
Russian naval ship in Crimea damaged in airstrike
A Russian naval ship in Crimea was damaged in an airstrike by Ukrainian forces, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The landing ship Novocherkassk was hit at a base in the city of Feodosia by plane-launched guided missiles, the ministry said, adding that two Ukrainian fighter jets were destroyed by...
30 countries keen on partnership ties with BRICS, says Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday said that 30 countries have expressed their interest in establishing partnership ties with the BRICS grouping. Lavrov said Moscow expects a wide range of solutions to be developed ahead of the group’s next summit, set to take place in the Russian city of...
Xi hails Mao’s thoughts as ‘invaluable spiritual wealth’
Leading the 130th birth anniversary celebrations of Mao Zedong, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the thought of the ruling Communist Party founder as “invaluable spiritual wealth” and will remain the party’s guiding spirit. Mao’s thoughts contained in his Red Book which once resonated across the world and sparked Communist...
Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers accepted
(): Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers have been accepted by the Election Commission despite questions on his eligibility to contest the February 8 general elections in the wake of ‘life-long disqualification’ by the apex court. “PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s nomination papers for NA-130 (National Assembly seat from Lahore)...
28,626 file nominations for Feb 8 general elections in Pakistan
As many as 28,626 candidates, including 3,139 women, have filed their nominations to contest the February 8 general elections in Pakistan to the National Assembly and four provincial legislatures, the country’s top electoral body said here on Tuesday. The election will be held for 1,085 general and reserved seats of...
Court suspends EC order to deprive PTI of symbol ‘bat’
Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party partially won a legal battle when the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday suspended an order of the election commission to deprive the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf of its electoral symbol of a cricket ‘bat’. The Election Commission of Pakistan last week in a verdict rejected the...
Cyberattack blocks Albania’s Parliament
Albania’s Parliament reported Tuesday it had suffered a cyberattack with hackers trying to get into its data and wipe them out, temporarily halting its work. A statement said Monday’s cyberattack had not “touched the data of the system,” adding that experts were working to discover what consequences the attack could have....
