Brussels: Turkey`s EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik on Tuesday dismissed a European Parliament vote to freeze accession talks with Ankara as the “most unjust resolution in history” and urged solidarity instead. During a visit to Brussels, Celik sought to ease tensions exacerbated by the non-binding vote last week to haltRead More

London: More than 12,000 people signed a petition today demanding the withdrawal of Britain’s newly- issued plastic five-pound banknotes that are manufactured using animal fat. Vegans and vegetarians have expressed outrage at the use of tallow, a substance derived from animal fat and used in candles and soaps, in theRead More

Rawalpindi: General Qamar Javed Bajwa, an expert in PoK affairs, on Tuesday took over as Pakistan’s new Army chief succeeding Gen Raheel Sharif and promised to improve the tense situation at the Line of Control soon. Gen Raheel handed over the command of world’s sixth-largest Army by troop numbers toRead More

Moscow: The Russian foreign ministry has denied Pakistani media reports about it having `secret negotiations` with Pakistan for the creation of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC). A statement issued by Russia`s Foreign Affairs Ministry said Moscow is not discussing the possibility of joining this project with Islamabad. “Russia-Pakistan trade andRead More

Aden: Yemeni President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi accused Shiite rebels and their allies on Tuesday of dashing hopes for peace after they unveiled a new government in areas under their control. Hadi said that Monday`s formation by the Iran-backed rebels of a government of national salvation showed their determination to “spreadRead More

Columbia: Donald Trump called a recount of votes being prepared in Wisconsin a scam, insisting Saturday that his presidential win should be respected, not “challenged and abused.” The recount, which was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received a minute fraction of the total vote, flew in theRead More

Florida: Juanita Castro, a sister of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro who has lived in Miami for decades, will not attend his funeral, local media reported Saturday. “Given unhealthy rumors that I was headed to Cuba for the funeral, I want to state clearly that I have never returned toRead More

Havana Province: Cuba mourned revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday as the communist island prepared to say its last goodbyes to the towering giant of its modern history with mass memorials and a four-day funeral procession. After the stunned commotion surrounding Saturday`s announcement that Castro had died at age 90,Read More

Beijing: China’s national observatory on Sunday issued a yellow alert for typhoon Tokage that will bring gales to some southern coastal regions. Tokage, this year’s 25th typhoon, was on the central part of South China Sea at 5 a.m. on Sunday and moving northward at a speed of 5 toRead More

aris: The decisive round of French right-centre parties primary started on Sunday and it will send one of the two conservatives, Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe, into the presidential race. Final opinion polls projected frontrunner Fillon to seize a major lead over veteran Juppe who had been long dominating theRead More