Pakistan Taliban threatens military-run businesses
Al Jazeera : Islamabad, Pakistan – The outlawed armed group Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, has issued a warning to the Pakistani army,...
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Canadian PM Trudeau likely to resign this week: report
NN Online: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to announce his resignation this week as he faces mounting dissent within his Liberal Party, newspaper...
Hania Aamir refers to India and Pakistan as ‘distant cousins’
NN Online: Renowned Pakistani actress Hania Aamir recently described the relationship between India and Pakistan as that of “distant cousins” in an interview with CNN....
Winter storm hammers across US-UK
Agency : A severe winter storm has hammered the United States, with meteorologists warning more than 60 million people in the country’s east faced blizzard...
Bird flu outbreaks strike Japan farms
AFP : Japanese authorities began culling some 50,000 chickens Sunday after a bird flu outbreak at a farm in the northern Iwate region.It is the...
US plans $8b arms sale to Israel
BBC : The US Department of State has notified Congress of a planned $8bn (£6.4bn) arms sale to Israel, an American official has confirmed to...
Wars trigger record number of children
Deutsche Welle : More children than ever before are estimated to be living in conflict zones or forcibly displaced, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef...
Thousands in S Korea brave cold to protest for-against Yoon
Deutsche Welle : Thousands of protesters took to the snowed-in streets of South Korean capital, Seoul, on Sunday to rally both for and against the...
India flags concern China’s plan for world’s largest dam on Brahmaputra
Agency : India has expressed its concern over China’s plan to construct the world’s largest dam on the Brahmaputra, which is known as Yarlung-Tsangpo River...
China redoubling efforts to undermine democracy
UNB : Taiwan ‘s government says China is redoubling efforts to undermine confidence in the self-governing island’s democracy and close ties with the United States...
Hundreds of animals killed in Dallas fire
UNB : A fire that broke out at a shopping center in Dallas on Friday morning killed more than 500 animals, most of which were...
Syria’s FM to heads UAE, Qatar, Jordan to ‘build partnerships’
Al Jazeera : Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud shakes hands with Syria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-ShaibaniSyrian Foreign Minister Asaad...