MOSCOW: Russia intends to discuss with Turkey the attack on Syrian Aleppo by militants with shells filled with poisonous substances, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Sunday. “The Russian side intends to discuss this incident with the Turkish side as a guarantor of adherence to the cessation of hostilities by […]
Beijing: China on Friday strongly condemned a terror attack on its consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi that killed two policemen and urged its all-weather ally to take “practical measures” to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in the country. Three heavily-armed gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in Karachi and exchanged gunfire with security […]
Washington, Nov 22 (Xinhua) U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Wednesday that peace talks to terminate conflicts in Yemen were likely to take place in early December in Sweden. “It looks like very, very early in December up in Sweden we’ll see both the Houthi rebel side and the UN-recognized-President Hadi’s government will […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump has reiterated that the USD 1.3 billion in aid to Pakistan will remain suspended until the country acts against militant safe heavens inside its territory. The President’s statement came days after he said that Pakistan does not do “a damn thing” for the US, alleging that its government had helped al-Qaeda […]
Srinagar: The insured property and auto losses from wildfires in the US state of California will amount to up to 13 billion dollars, risk modeling and analytics firm RMS said in a press release. “The insured loss for the Camp and Woolsey wildfires in California will be between USD $9 and $13 billion ($7.5-$10 billion […]
Srinagar: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump following his remarks that Pakistan doesn’t “do a damn thing” for the United States despite billions of dollars in U.S. aid for the South Asian nation. The friction threatens to further worsen already fragile relations between Islamabad and Washington, on-off […]
Moscow: US President Donald Trump said that he has decided not to listen to the “terrible” audio tape of murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, but has been fully briefed on its content. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in early November that the recordings of the murder of […]
Kabul: The US Special Adviser for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad eyes a peace agreement with the Taliban group ahead of presidential elections. Ambassador Khalilzad cautiously expressed optimism regarding the reconciliation between the Afghan government and Taliban and said he expects a breakthrough until April of 2019, qatar news agency reported. Zalmay Khalilzad’s comments came […]
Srinagar: The Taliban have held three days of talks with United States (US) envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in the Gulf state of Qatar, where the militant group has a political office, a Taliban official and another individual close to the group claimed on Sunday, reported the US based news agency, the Associated Press (AP) reported. The […]
MOSCOW, Nov 18 (Sputnik): The US authorities have recovered the remains of five more people killed in California’s massive wildfires which brings the death toll from the blaze to 76, Butte county Sheriff Kory Honea said on Sunday. The death toll has previously stood at 71. “Since last night, an additional five remains were recovered, […]
