EU funding for Ukraine is insufficient, says senior lawmaker
Brussels: Johan Van Overtveldt, chair of the European parliament’s budgets committee, is arguing that a newly agreed 50bn euro EU...
Politics
Powerful German air defense frigate leaves port to join EU Red Sea mission
Brussels: Germany sent a powerful air defense frigate on Thursday to join an European Union naval mission in the Red...
Greece: EPPO dismisses case against Member of European Parliament Maria Spyraki
Luxembourg: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss its proceedings against Member of the European Parliament (MEP)...
General elections in Pakistan today
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: General elections are being held in Pakistan today (Thursday) to elect the new national and provincial assemblies....
PPP will emerge victorious in general election: Faisal Karim Kundi
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Central Information Secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said that the...
Politics of ‘hate’ puts country into trouble: Bilawal Bhutto
Larkana: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said old politicians put the country in danger by involving...
Pakistan to enhance trade and investment cooperation with Chinese Henan province
Islamabad: Pakistani Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi and Deputy Mayor of Pingdingshan city in China’s Henan province Ding Shaoge agreed...
AIOU organises walk on Kashmir Solidarity Day
Lahore: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Regional Campus, Lahore, on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5, teachers,...
Pakistan-Russia Friendship Group head calls on FM Jilani
Celina Ali Islamabad: Senator Vladmir Chizhov, Head of the Pakistan-Russia Friendship Group of the Russian Federation Council Wednesday called on...
Greece’s multidimensional reforms: Will they work?
Athens: From healthcare to education, from overhauling the judiciary to cracking down on tax evasion, the Greek government is undertaking...
EU: Conditions to complete Mercosur trade deal not met yet
Strasbourg: The conditions that would allow the EU to conclude a trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American...
Italy: Far-right government submits plan to decriminalise abuse of office
Rome: Italian senators are to debate plans by the far-right government to decriminalise abuse of office, a decision that has...
Nawaz Sharif vows to make Pakistan ‘Asian Tiger’
Kasur: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif says he will make the country an 'Asian Tiger' as the youth...
Voters caught between aspirations and ambiguity in party manifestos
Celina Ali Islamabad: As the general elections loom, the three leading parties – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistan Peoples Party, and Pakistan...
Bilawal Bhutto vows to bury ‘old politics of revenge, divisiveness’
Malakand: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday resolved to start a process of reconciliation in the...
EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming
Strasbourg: The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040, an...
Japan to enhance defense and economic ties with Italy
Rome: The leaders of Japan and Italy announced their intention to strengthen cooperation in security and defense, including advancing their...
Bilawal Bhutto accuses Nawaz Sharif of pressuring caretakers to skew ballot in his favour
Liaquat Ali Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has, two days ahead of the general elections in...
India waging proxy war to support terrorism, disrupt economic development of neighbours: Chinese scholar
Beijing: A Chinese scholar on Monday said that India, which traditionally had been a regional hegemonic country, was now launching...
Speakers demand reversal of Indian illegal actions of August 5, 2019
Paris: Condemning India’s unilateral and illegal actions of August 5, 2019 as blatant violations of United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s...
Irish, UK leaders celebrate the end of N. Ireland’s political deadlock
London: The leaders of the UK and Ireland went to Belfast on Monday (Feb 5) to meet Northern Ireland’s newly...
No new import bans in next EU Russia sanctions package
Brussels: The European Commission will not add any new import bans in its next package of sanctions on Russia, EU...
EU diplomat says defunding UN Palestinian agency would be dangerous
Brussels: The European Union’s top diplomat on Feb 4 said cutting funds to UNRWA would put hundreds of thousands of...
Italy: Farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy as European anger spreads
Viterbo: Italian farmers protesting about red tape and cheap imports from outside the EU headed towards Rome in convoys of...
Will bury politics of hate if voted to power: Bilawal Bhutto
Hyderabad: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday he would end the politics of hatred and...
Pakistan, China reiterate shared dedication towards promoting a tranquil and stable Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan and China reiterated the shared dedication towards promoting a tranquil and stable Afghanistan. During a diplomatic meeting in...
Zardari promises development projects for ‘backward’ Talagang
Talagang: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday promised to initiate development projects in Talagang aimed at...
British army would exhaust capabilities after two months of war, MPs told
London: The UK’s ability to fight an all-out war would be marred by the armed forces’ capability, stockpile shortages and...
EU top diplomat warns Mideast is ‘a boiler that can explode’
Brussels: The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell on Saturday warned against further escalation in the Middle East after U.S. strikes...
Viktor Orbán’s anti-woke resistance has made him the ‘splinter under the fingernail’ of the EU
Budapest: Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often...
