Nawaz Sharif, holds ‘positive’ meeting with Saudi crown prince
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam held a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday. Sources said…
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French court jails Afghans over Channel people smuggling
A French court has jailed four Afghans and handed lesser sentences to five others for illegally smuggling migrants across the Channel to Britain on dinghies…
India court rejects Rahul Gandhi’s plea for stay on conviction
An Indian court on Thursday rejected a plea by top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi for a stay on a defamation conviction that prompted his expulsion…
At least 80 killed, dozens injured in Yemen stampede
More than 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in war-torn Yemen after a charity distribution sparked one of the deadliest stampedes in a…
Thousands flee Sudan capital as clashes rage despite truce
Thousands of residents fled Sudan’s capital on Wednesday as fighting between the army and paramilitaries — which has killed around 200 people — raged for…
Saudi foreign minister meets Syria’s Assad on first trip to Damascus since war
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, ending more than a decade of diplomatic deep-freeze…
Israeli forces shoot 7 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces shot and wounded seven people in a raid on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said as the Israeli…
Beijing hospital fire death toll rises to 29, director detained
The death toll in a fire that ripped through a hospital in China’s capital Beijing has risen to 29, a city official said Wednesday. The…
Mexican president accuses US of ‘spying’ on his govt
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has accused the Pentagon of spying on his government following leaks in US media, and said he would begin…
Qatar and UAE in process of restoring diplomatic ties: official
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are in the process of restoring diplomatic ties and reopening embassies, two officials said, more than two years…