United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he is working to help defuse the tensions in the Gulf at the request of both US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.At a meeting with…

Baghdad, Sep 25 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to discuss with Saudi leaders the bilateral relations and regional tensions, Abdul Mahdi's media office said.Abdul Mahdi's visit will last…

United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a global call for a decade of action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, as requested by a political declaration adopted by world leaders.In…

United Nations, Sep 25 (IANS) United States President Donald Trump brought his nationalistic rhetoric to the United Nations, declaring in his address to world leaders that the future does not belong to globalists but patriots."Wise…

New Delhi/New York, Sep 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief at the loss of lives and damage to property due to an earth quake in Pakistan, that left at least 26 dead and wounded 300 people."PM…

United Nations, Sep 24 (IANS) France, Germany and Britain have jointly blamed Iran for the September 14 attack on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and called on Tehran to accept negotiations on a long-term framework for its nuclear and…

London, Sep 24 (IANS) Thomas Cook customers have accused airlines of cashing in on the 178-year-old holiday firm's collapse after being faced with high bills to book replacement flights, it was reported on Tuesday.People who booked flights…

London, Sep 24 (IANS) The UK Supreme Court will on Tuesday make a historic ruling on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was lawful.If the judgement, due at 10.30 a.m. local time, goes…

Kabul, Sep 24 (IANS) New figures by the Afghan government has revealed that conflict-related violence in the past 12 months has left more than 3,300 civilians dead and over 14,600 others injured in the war-torn country.The time period is…

Seoul, Sep 24 (IANS) The US and North Korea are expected to resume working-level nuclear talks within the next two or three weeks, South Korea's intelligence agency said on Tuesday.If the two sides can reach an agreement at the upcoming…

Dubai, Sep 24 (IANS) A United Arab Emirates (UAE) court has ordered the deportation of an Indian airport worker who was held for stealing two mangoes from the baggage of a passenger last year, a media report said.The Court of First Instance…

Islamabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Over 250 authors have protested against a German organisation's move to withdraw its decision to confer an award to Pakistani-origin British author Kamila Shamsie over her support for the Boycott, Divestment,…

Tehran, Sep 24 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Ministry criticized British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his claims that Iran was involved in recent drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facilities."Instead of making such futile efforts…

United Nations, Sep 24 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the Climate Action Summit in New York, warning that immediate measures were needed to deal with this global problem."The climate emergency is a race we are…

London, Sep 24 (IANS) Britain's main opposition leader, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, beat off a potential grassroots revolt at the party's annual conference in Brighton.A bid by delegates to force Labour to back Britain remaining in the European…

United Nations, Sep 24 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the country has begun an "ambitious agenda" to fight climate change.In her remarks to the Climate Action Summit at the UN headquarters in New York on…

Rome, Sep 24 (IANS/AKI) European Union migrants will be redistributed around the bloc "within four weeks" of arrival and the states that receive them will process their requests for asylum and deport those whose applications fail,…

Jerusalem, Sep 23 (IANS) Joint List, an Israeli-Arab bloc, has backed former Army chief Benny Gantz to become the country's new Prime Minister and said that it wants to oust incumbent leader Benjamin Netanyahu who has been in power since…