By Rehan Khan PARIS, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 (WNP/DL): An event was held here at the Embassy of Pakistan on Wednesday to launch Run for Kashmir tele-marathon cellphone application and Roshan Digital Account. Members of Pakistani and Kashmir community in Paris and officers of the embassy attended the event. Explaining the concept behind the app, […]
TEHRAN, Saturday, August 15, 2020 (AFP/WNP/DL): Iran on Saturday hailed a United Nations Security Council vote rejecting a United States bid to extend an arms embargo on the Islamic republic, saying its foe has “never been so isolated”. President Hassan Rouhani said that the US had failed to kill off what he called the “half […]
JERUSALEM, Saturday, August 15, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): Normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates could pave the way for more US weapons sales to the Gulf Arab country, according to experts. Israel and the UAE announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship under an accord that US President […]
WASHINGTON, Friday, August 14, 2020 (WNP/DL): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Friday that despite many challenges, the United States and Pakistan had made notable progress in advancing the Afghan peace process. In an Independence Day message, Secretary Pompeo also conveyed the “greetings and best wishes” of the American [people] to the people […]
DUBAI, Friday, August 14, 2020 (AFP/WNP/DL): As the United Arab Emirates defended its bombshell move to establish relations with Israel, Turkey and Iran condemned the decision while Saudi Arabia conspicuously kept quiet on Friday. Turkish president said his country could suspend diplomatic ties with the UAE over the move while Iran described the decision as a “strategic stupidity”. […]
TEHRAN-ANKARA, Friday, August 14, 2020 (AP/WNP/DL): Iran and Turkey lashed out at their regional rival the United Arab Emirates on Friday over its decision to normalise diplomatic relations with Israel in a US-brokered deal, accusing it of betraying the Palestinian cause. Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the deal a “dagger that was unjustly struck by the UAE […]
ABU DHABI, Friday, August 14, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf state’s deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory — which they say helps the Palestinians — silence reigned in Saudi Arabia, longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel. Analysts see the surprise UAE-Israel agreement […]
JODHPUR, Sunday, August 09, 2020 (BBC Urdu/WNP/DL): The bodies of 11 people from a single family were found in a field in India’s Jodhpur district in Rajasthan state, BBC Urdu reported on Sunday. According to the report, the family had migrated to India from Pakistan and only one member of the family now remains. Police launched an […]
KERALA, Friday, August 07, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when an Air India Express passenger plane overshot the runway and broke into two after landing in the southern city of Calicut in heavy rain on Friday, officials said. The Boeing-737 flight from Dubai was flying home Indians stranded overseas […]
BEIRUT, Thursday, August 06, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit a country that has already been struck down by an economic crisis, as rescuers searched for those missing since the explosion flattened Beirut port and devastated the city. French President Emmanuel Macron, making the first visit by […]
ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, August 05, 2020 (AP/WNP/DL): Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the construction of a temple at the site of the demolished 16th-century Babri Mosque, hours after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundations of the Hindu place of worship. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said the “flawed judgment” of the Indian […]
BEIRUT, Tuesday, August 04, 2020 (Reuters/WNP/DL): A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people and sent shockwaves across the Lebanese capital, shattering glass in people’s homes and causing apartment balconies to collapse, witnesses and security sources said. The blast occurred in the city’s port area, where there were warehouses housing […]