He was chairing a high-level meeting in Islamabad on Thursday to review process of reforms in the agriculture sector. The meeting was also attended by Rana Tanveer Hussain, Ahad Cheema, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Musadiq Malik and others. PM Shehbaz Sharif said the government would harness the vast potential of the agriculture sector for rapid economic development. […]
Cohen, 74, was among a group of protesters who startled Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. by interrupting his testimony about his department’s budget proposal. Shouting that “Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza” while lawmakers move to slash Medicaid — the health insurance program for low‑income families — the businessman and philanthropist […]
Anwar was in the Russian capital on an official state visit after the International Civil Aviation Organization released its findings that Russia was responsible for the passenger jet’s downing in a ruling dismissed by Moscow as “biased”. Anwar said Putin told him Moscow “was ready” to assist in an investigation by any organisation that it […]
“I’m still cautiously optimistic that if also the Russians are willing to play ball, and not only the Ukrainians are doing this… that you could get to some breakthroughs over the next couple of weeks,” Rutte said at a NATO meeting in Turkey. Rutte was speaking ahead of potential peace talks between Ukraine and Russia […]
Ties between India and Pakistan nosedived after the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir last month that New Delhi said was backed by Islamabad. Pakistan denied involvement, but intense fighting broke out when India struck in Pakistan last week. They agreed on a ceasefire on Saturday, which has largely held. Turkey and Azerbaijan, popular budget holiday destinations […]
India and China share a poorly demarcated 3,800 km (2,360 miles) frontier and fought a brief but brutal war in 1962. There have also been infrequent clashes between their troops, with 20 Indian and four Chinese soldiers killed in the 2020 fighting. According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the region holds historical, geographical, […]
A U.N. aviation council found this week that Russia was responsible for the downing of MH17, which was shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014 during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces. Moscow has rejected the International Civil Aviation Organization Council’s (ICAO) findings on the crash that killed all 298 passengers and crew, calling […]
Māori Party MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 22, derailed parliament in November when she ripped a copy of the proposed laws in half while performing a spirited traditional chant. She was joined by party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, who strode onto the chamber floor chanting the Ka Mate haka famously performed by the country’s All […]
The Trump administration has in recent weeks imposed sanctions on a series of entities and individuals linked to Iran’s oil industry and nuclear program. Wednesday’s sanctions are aimed at organizations involved in “efforts to help the Iranian regime domestically source the manufacturing of critical materials needed for Tehran’s ballistic missile program,” according to the US […]
Vladimir Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday “without any preconditions”. Late on Wednesday, the Kremlin said the delegation would include presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky and Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin – but Putin’s name was not on the list. After the Kremlin’s delegation announcement, a US official said Trump, […]
