Call to respect Right to Information Law for transparency in election season
Islamabad: In the election season it is imperative that the right to information law is respected by all public bodies...
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EU takes action against Elon Musk’s X over disinformation
Brussels: The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas...
EU plans Feb 1 summit on budget, including Ukraine funding -EU’s Michel
Brussels: The European Union will hold an extraordinary summit on Feb. 1 in a bid to settle revisions to its...
PPP won’t form alliance with PTI: Zardari
Peshawar: Former President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that the PPP would not make an alliance with the embattled...
Commentary: Peace in South China Sea demands constructive contributors, not trouble-makers
Beijing: The South China Sea is the shared home for the countries in the region. To make it a sea...
Former federal minister joins Pakistan People’s Party
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: After meeting with President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians, Asif Ali Zardari, the renowned religious scholar and former...
Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Rask Police HQ, Iran
Celina Ali Islamabad: Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack at Rask Police HQs in the Southeastern region of Iran, which...
Legal action planned over UK’s ‘cruel’ income threshold visa rules
London: Multinational families threatened with division or exile by tough new income thresholds for living together in the UK are...
UK parliamentarian admits lying about lucrative pandemic contracts
London: A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company...
How environmental issues could make or break Ukraine’s EU bid
Brussels: Ukraine got the green light this week to start sped-up talks on joining the European Union. It’s a big...
Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after EU funding stalls
Kiev: Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks over the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed...
Orbán’s walkout was planned, Macron says
Brussels: The coffee break that saved Ukraine’s EU accession bid had been planned all along. Speaking to reporters after a...
Italy gets permission to buy HIMARS, related equipment
Rome: Italy wants to buy $400 million in military equipment, much of it manufactured at Camden’s Highland Industrial Park. The...
UK’s Sunak likens Italy’s Meloni to Margaret Thatcher
Rome: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak likened Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Margaret Thatcher as he called on European...
Wang Yi meets with Saudi, Iranian deputy foreign ministers in Beijing
Beijing: Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has put...
Peace will remain elusive without solution of Kashmir issue, COAS tells UNSG
Abdullah Jan Rawalpindi: During the ongoing visit to the USA, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir called...
Zardari to embark on Turbat visit on Dec 18
Karachi: Former president Asif Ali Zardari will address a PPP workers convention in Turbat on December 18, Monday. Zardari will...
Chinese premier stresses advancing people-centered new urbanization
Chongqing: Chinese Premier Li Qiang has stressed efforts to steadily advance people-centered new urbanization to provide strong impetus for the...
UK to lift energy bills
London: Ofgem, Britain’s energy regulator, is planning a one-off increase to its price cap on energy bills to reduce the...
A hearing on remaining issues and legal costs will take place next month.
The MGN case is just one of four Harry is pursuing at the High Court. He has won the right...
Blackmail, bluff or brinkmanship? Hungary’s Viktor Orban rattles EU unity
Brussels: Was Viktor Orban just bullying his European colleagues to kick loose a few billion euros in EU funding, or...
Orbán has plenty more chances to play havoc with EU decision-making
Brussels: In the end, he folded when everybody thought he would dig in … and dug in when everybody thought...
Rama says ‘confident’ about Italy-Albania migration deal
Rome: Albanian Premier Edi Rama said on Saturday he is confident in a positive outcome for the agreement with Italy...
No one can dare cast an evil eye on Pakistan; change status of Kashmir: PM
Liaquat Ali Muzaffarabad: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Friday, reiterating Pakistan’s principled position and support on the Kashmir issue,...
SC issues written order pertaining to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued a written order regarding the hearing on a presidential reference...
UK house prices to ‘fall up to 4%’ in 2024; business activity picks up in December – as it happened
London: Business output growth edged up to a six-month high in December, led by a faster recovery in the service...
Ukraine gets EU membership boost, but no new European aid, after setback in US
Brussels: The European Union failed to agree on a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) package in financial aid that Ukraine desperately...
Hungary blocks $54bn EU financial aid for Ukraine
Brussels: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blocked 50 billion euros ($54bn) in European Union aid for Ukraine, hours after...
Why Rishi Sunak loves Italy’s Giorgia Meloni
Rome: When Rishi Sunak invited national leaders to attend his Bletchley Park AI summit last month, just one showed up:...
This 41-year-old mom couldn’t afford to buy a house in Atlanta—so she bought one in Italy for $62,000
Rome: Stephanie Synclair was on her own “Eat, Pray, Love” journey in 2012 when she first visited the place that...
