UNICEF welcomes new EU funding to fight malnutrition and scale up water and sanitation services in Afghanistan
Brussels: The European Union (EU) has provided EUR 15 million to UNICEF to prevent and treat malnutrition among women, adolescent...
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5TH round of Pakistan-Canada bilateral political consultations held
Ottawa: The 5th Round of Pakistan-Canada Bilateral Political Consultations was held in Ottawa on April 26, 2024. The Pakistan side...
Pakistan plans to import fertilisers from China from Kharif season
Islamabad: Pakistan is planning to import fertilisers from China for the Kharif (autumn) season crops. A high-level meeting was told...
Portugal has to “pay costs” for its colonial past: President
Lisbon: Portugal’s president said that his country was responsible for crimes committed during the transatlantic slave trade and the colonial...
EU steps up humanitarian assistance for Palestinians
Brussels: In light of the continued deterioration of the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and the steady rise of needs...
Foreign states targeting UK universities, MI5 warns
London: Foreign states are targeting British universities in order to undermine national security, MI5 has warned. Vice-chancellors from 24 leading...
Ireland says UK’s Rwanda policy drives migrants over its border
Dublin: The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's...
Linyi eyes on investment opportunity in Pakistan
Gwadar Pro Linyi: An economic and trade cooperation & exchange meeting between Pakistan and China was held in Linyi, China...
US Embassy funds campaign on gender based violence in Balochistan
Celina Ali Islamabad: In a collaborative effort to combat the pervasive issue of gender-based violence (GBV), Balochistan Police has been...
Pakistan’s planning minister discusses enhanced educational ties with UK delegation
Celina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan’s planning minister Ahsan Iqbal met a delegation from the United Kingdom, said an official statement on...
Portugal’s democracy turns 50: Thousands commemorate Carnation Revolution
Lisbon: Thousands celebrated the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal's "Carnation Revolution" that toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe...
Danish Ambassador Jakob Linulf, Keith Svendsen lead delegation to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan
Celina Ali Islamabad: Keith Svendsen, CEO of Moller-Maersk (APM) Terminals, led a high-level delegation to meet with Federal Minister for...
PM Shehbaz Sharif says China is Pakistan’s most trusted friend
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that China is Pakistan’s most trusted friend. In a meeting with a...
China-Pakistan Investment and Trade Symposium held in Qingdao
Beijing: China-Pakistan Investment and Trade Symposium was held in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, aiming to attract Chinese enterprises to invest...
Rishi Sunak vows to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030
London: Rishi Sunak has promised billions more for defence to counter threats from "an axis of authoritarian states". The prime...
Portugal celebrates democracy anniversary amid far-right surge
Santarem: Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal's fascist dictatorship five decades ago...
Ambassador Manuel Frederico Pinheiro Da Silva meets NA Speaker, bilateral cooperation discussed
Celina Ali Islamabad: Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Wednesday said that Pakistan and Portugal enjoy a multifaceted...
Pakistani envoy attends Pakistan Trade and Investment Symposium in Linyi
Islamabad: Pakistani Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi has attended the Pakistan Trade and Investment Symposium held in Linyi in Shandong,...
Abai’s poetry laid foundation for modern Kazakhstan: Ambassador Yerzhan Kistafin
Celina Ali Islamabad: Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Pakistan, Yerzhan Kistafin on Tuesday said that national poet and intellectual of Kazakhstan...
Japanese envoy calls on law minister
Celina Ali Islamabad: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, WADA Mitsuhiro paid a courtesy call to Minister for Law and Justice...
Housing shortage becomes key election issue in the UK
London: A housing shortage in Britain has become a hot-button issue ahead of an expected general election in the second...
Lies, deceit to weigh heavily on EU vote, warns parliament head
Brussels: European Union voters are set to be bombarded with lies and disinformation from outside and within the bloc in...
PM Shehbaz Sharif, President Raisi plant a sapling to mark Earth Day
Celina Ali Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and visiting Iranian President Syed Ebrahim Raisi on Monday planted a sapling...
Norway’s US$1.6 trillion fund turns developer on trophy UK properties
London: Norway’s US$1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund kicked off a glitzy property-buying spree in London more than a decade ago....
Three Karachi Universities, UK Academic Team to launch a new training programme
Celina Ali Islamabad: UPSIGN Charity (www.upsign.org.uk) academic team UK/Pakistan universities, will deliver three training workshops in April in Karachi as...
50 years on, vintage vehicles to reenact Portugal’s Carnation Revolution
To rebuild the vintage 1942 Humber armoured car, experts have been piecing together more than 1,000 parts to have it...
EU aims to increase food exports to China despite trade tensions
Shanghai: On a visit to China this week, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said his focus will be on increasing...
Vinyl enthusiasts spin into action on UK’s Record Store Day
London: It was 8.30am (3.30pm, Singapore time) and the line was growing in front of Flashback Records in the Shoreditch...
UK children bombarded by gambling ads and images online, charity warns
London: Children are “saturated” with betting promotions and gambling-like content while using the internet, despite restrictions on ad campaigns targeting...
Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK
London: Rishi Sunak has rejected an EU offer to strike a post-Brexit deal to allow young Britons to live, study...
