Greece approves purchase of 35 Blackhawk helicopters from US
Athens: Greece has approved the purchase of 35 UH-60M Blackhawk helicopters from U.S defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp in an...
Politics
Portugal’s new government aims to outmanoeuvre radical populist rivals
Lisbon: Portugal's center-right minority government began its term on Tuesday, facing challenges and opportunities after a radical right party's popularity...
Italy: League disavows accord with Russia’s ruling party
Rome: Italy's co-ruling League party on Tuesday disavowed an accord struck in 2017 with United Russia, the governing party behind...
PM for mechanism to double country’s exports in five years
Celina Ali Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed for formulation of a strategy aimed at two-fold increase...
PPP secures 10 seats from Sindh
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) bagged 10 out of 12 seats in the Senate elections from Sindh...
Aitzaz moves SC to form commission to probe IHC judges’ letter
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: A petition was lodged in the Supreme Court (SC) Lahore Registry, urging the formation of a commission...
Omar Ayub appointed NA opposition leader
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Omar Ayub Khan has been appointed Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly (NA)...
Rishi Sunak squirms over UK election date in local radio grilling
London: Rishi Sunak ran the local radio gauntlet Tuesday — and didn’t exactly help himself by chuckling through it. The...
Italy looks to combat disinformation by setting up a new national agency
Kamya Pandey Rome: We missed this earlier: The Italian senator Enrico Borghi tabled a bill to create a national agency...
President for early finalization of Transit Trade Agreement with Turkmenistan
Celina Ali Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called for an early finalization of the Transit Trade Agreement with...
PM assures foolproof security arrangements for Chinese nationals; March 26 culprits to get exemplary punishment
Liaquat Ali Dasu: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday assured foolproof security measures for the Chinese nationals working on...
Wreath laying ceremony held at Nur Khan Air Base for Chinese died in recent terrorist attack
Abdullah Jan Rawalpindi: A wreath laying ceremony was held here at the Nur Khan Air Base for the five Chinese...
Pakistan second home for Chinese people: Punjab police chief
Lahore: Inspector General Police Punjab Dr Usman Anwar has said that Pakistan is the second home for the Chinese people....
The UK’s new minimum wage ‘badly needed’ but many calling for more
London: Keerthi Subramanian, a shop clerk in South London, earns 10.42 pounds ($13.15) an hour. From Monday that will go...
President felicitates Christian community on Easter
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday felicitated the Christian community on observance of Easter. The president said...
CM Sindh, Finance Minister satisfied with investments from China in Pakistan
Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and Pakistani Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb have expressed satisfaction...
Commentary: China, US need to keep faith with win-win cooperation
Beijing: Apple just last week launched its new store in downtown Shanghai, the second-largest flagship store worldwide. Tim Cook, CEO...
Where’s the usual excitement about an imminent change of government in the UK?
London: Why are so many voters so unsatisfied with Britain’s main parties? In the opinion polls, despite Labour’s strong lead,...
UK likely to appoint first female high commissioner to India
London: Former chief of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron, is tipped to become the country’s new high...
How Portugal’s right won the election
Lisbon: In the year that marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Portuguese revolution, the populist far right is the big...
Pakistan attaches high importance to its ties with US: PM responds to President Biden’s letter
Celina Ali Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan attached high importance to its ties with the...
Fazlur Rehman, PPP’s Jameel-uz-Zaman exchange views on country’s political situationPPP stalwart meets Fazlur Rehman
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) senior leader Makhdoom Jameel-uz-Zaman exchanged views on the...
Revival of economy: PPP leader asks all parliamentary parties to adopt joint plan of action
“The country cannot afford any kind of chaos and no political party should adopt the path of confrontation,”: says Khurshid...
Exclusive: China’s active role in Gaza reflects its responsibility as a major country, says Chinese diplomat
Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, China has been calling for a ceasefire, striving for the restoration of peace...
Labour loses 23,000 members over UK’s Gaza policy
London: The United Kingdom’s Labour party reported a loss of membership by 23,000 over its Gaza policy and environmental messaging,...
Saudi air force prepares for combat exercise in Greece
Riyadh: The Royal Saudi Air Force will join forces from several countries in a mixed combat air exercise at the...
Rise Of Aseefa Bhutto In Politics
Hassan Naqvi Let me recall the moment when Aseefa Bhutto Zardari delivered her maiden speech at the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s...
EU Parliament Vice-President Barley: Putin is trying to influence EU elections
Following revelations about the Voice of Europe propaganda network, there are growing concerns about Russia’s influence. Berlin – The Vice-President...
China and the EU hold high-level dialogue to promote people-to-people exchanges
Beijing: The sixth meeting of the China-EU High-Level People-to-People Dialogue was held in Beijing on Friday, with China and the...
Meloni, Le Pen rift mars far right’s prospects of wielding EU power
Paris/Rome - When a French minister compared Italy's nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last year to the leader of the...
