Moscow : United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, Al Jazeera reported. On Friday, Putin was shown on state TV, as per Al Jazeera, greeting Witkoff in Saint Petersburg’s presidential library at the start of the negotiations, and their…
Beijing- There is no winner in a tariff war, and going against the world will only result in self-isolation, Chinese President Xi Jinping said when meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez here on Friday. Moreover, in a move that is set to further escalate global uncertainty, China has decided to retaliate with additional tariffs…
Kathmandu : A thick layer of haze enveloped the Kathmandu Valley, pushing the Air Quality Index (AQI) into the ‘Very Unhealthy’ category on Monday. According to the Ministry of Forests and Environment’s Department of Environment Air Quality Monitoring, the air quality in Bhaisipati was classified as ‘Hazardous,’ with a US AQI reading of 333 as…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa : A bomb blast inside a mosque in South Waziristan during Friday prayers injured Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) district chief Abdullah Nadeem and three others, local police confirmed, as per a report by the Express Tribune. The explosion occurred at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, disrupting congregational prayers and causing…
BalochistanIslamabad- A passenger train in Pakistan’s Balochistan province came under a major attack on Tuesday, forcing the train to derail and allowing enough time for the attackers to take over 100 passengers hostage. As per latest reports, at least six people are confirmed dead while several others have been injured in the terror incident.The attack…
Washington- The US Embassy on Friday granted a visa to the family of an Indian student who suffered critical injuries in a road accident in Washington and has been comatose since then. The student identified as Nilam Shinde, 35, a post-graduate student at California State University, suffered fractures in both arms and both legs after…
Seoul- South Korea has confirmed its 20th case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) for this winter season at an egg farm in Gyeonggi Province, authorities said on Monday. The city government noted that the latest case was reported from a layer poultry farm in Yeoju, about 65 kilometers east of Seoul on Saturday, Yonhap…
‘ New Delhi- United States President-elect Donald Trump on Friday launched a fiery attack on outgoing President Joe Biden, calling him “the worst President in the history of the United States” while criticising his administration’s Open Border Policy. In a series of posts on social media platform X, Trump described the current state of the…
Toba Tek Singh : Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) on Sunday condemned the blasphemy charges against Shazia Younas, a 50-year-old Christian woman from Gojra, Pakistan. The HRFP labelled the charges as baseless and calling for the protection of minority rights in Pakistan. Younas was arrested on December 21 and was accused of desecrating the Quran…
Seoul- The opposition-controlled National Assembly of South Korea is set to vote on the appointment of three Constitutional Court justice nominees at a parliamentary plenary meeting on Thursday. It remains to be seen whether acting President Han Duck-soo would approve the final appointment of the three new judges. The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) has…
