Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left Pakistan on Tuesday in an air ambulance to receive medical treatment in London, his party said on Tuesday, a month after the three-time premier was released on bail from a seven-year sentence for (...)
Thousands of anti-government protesters blocked highways across Pakistan on Thursday in a bid to oust prime minister Imran Khan, though the disruption fell short of what organisers had planned.
The protests, led by Fazl-ur-Rehman, head of the (...)
The big buzz nowadays is the announcement of the Nobel Prize Winners, an honoured tradition for the highest standard of achievement, for over a century.
While the monetary reward is significant, almost $1 million, it is the prestige and honour that (...)
In a report on what they described as a “forgotten epidemic”, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF, the international charity Save The Children and four other health agencies urged governments to step up investment in vaccines to prevent the (...)
Afghanistan will release two senior Taliban commanders and a leader of the Haqqani militant group in exchange for an American and an Australian professor who were kidnapped in 2016, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday.
The government's (...)
“Egypt is seeking a balanced agreement that allows Ethiopia to generate electricity — the purpose of building the dam — without encroaching on Egypt's water rights and interests. Nile water is a matter of life or death for Egypt,” said Foreign (...)
The Egyptian, Pakistani and Jordanian militaries concluded an exercise Sunday in Pakistan codenamed Fajr Al-Sharq 1 (“Dawn of the East 1”), Egypt's Armed Forces spokesman said.
The two-week drills saw the participation of Egyptian, Pakistani, and (...)
Numerous reports have been written about Turkey's nuclear ambitions. A New York Times article on 20 October 2019 held that these ambitions date back to the 1970s.
As far as the pre-21st century period is concerned, the reports lack reliable (...)
Pakistan's powerful military said it supported the country's elected government and the constitution, as tens of thousands of opposition protesters gathered in the capital demanding that Prime Minister Imran Khan's year-old government quits by (...)
Tens of thousands of Pakistani opposition supporters rallied on Friday to demand the ouster of what they say is the illegitimate government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, warning of chaos if their demands were not met.
The protest, in the capital (...)
An Afghan official says Pakistani forces fired mortar shells and rockets across the border the previous day, killing three women in eastern Kunar province, and that clashes there resumed again in the morning hours.
Abdul Ghani Musamem, spokesman for (...)
Political uncertainty and volatile oil prices are hindering economic growth in the Middle East this year, but trends should reverse next year, according to a new report released Monday by the International Monetary Fund.
The IMF's regional outlook (...)
Egyptian paratroopers have arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad to participate in a joint Egyptian-Pakistani training called Fajr Al-Sharq 1 (“Dawn of the East 1”).
The drills are expected to last for two weeks and include the Egyptian, (...)
An Afghan politician confirms that U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is in Afghanistan's capital for his first visit since talks between the U.S. and Taliban collapsed last month.
Sayed Hamid Gailani, leader of the National Islamic Front of (...)
Egypt has jumped six places to 114th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's 2020 business rankings, from 120th in the 2019 report.
"The Arab Republic of Egypt made starting a business easier by abolishing the requirement to obtain a certificate of (...)
A fresh round of intra-Afghan peace talks will be held in China next week, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said Tuesday, raising hopes for renewed negotiations, even as violence surges in Afghanistan's 18-year war.
The talks planned for Oct. 28 and (...)
Police and local people searched on Saturday for more bodies in the rubble of a mosque in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province after bomb blasts in which at least 69 people were killed during Friday prayers.
The explosives were placed inside the (...)
Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing four civilians and wounding nearly a dozen others, officials from both sides said, as tensions remain high between the two South Asian (...)
وصلت الدوقة كيت ميلدتون زوجة الامير وليام اليوم إلى كلية إسلام آباد النموذجية للبنات في باكستان، وقد افتبست إطلالتها من الزى التقليدي للمراة الباكستانية.
وارتدت كيت ميدلتون فيزت طويل، باللون الأزرق الزهري، وبأكمام طويلة، وتحته بنطال من نفس اللون، (...)
Despite the tragic loss of life, demonstrations in Baghdad and other cities in central and southern Iraq have attained their aims. Protesters have made their demands heard and created a new political climate that compelled the government and (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India on Friday for meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time of tensions over Beijing's support for Pakistan in opposing India's downgrading of Kashmir's semi-autonomy and continuing restrictions (...)
Iran's foreign minister says his country could turn into a ``companion'' for Saudi Arabia if the kingdom ends its war in Yemen, where the archrivals support opposite sides.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted Tuesday Mohammad Javad Zarif as (...)
Taliban officials say several of their group's members have been freed from Afghan jails, including former shadow governors, just days after a U.S. envoy met top Taliban leaders in the Pakistani capital following the suspension of U.S.-Taliban talks (...)
Emerging market policymakers slashed interest rates further in September, taking their lead from major central banks and joining in efforts to shore up their economies.
Interest rate moves by central banks across a group of 37 developing economies (...)
أدى خطاب رئيس الوزراء الماليزي، مهاتير محمد، في الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة، والذي وصف فيه إقليم جامو وكشمير بأنه "أرض محتلة ومغزوة" إلى غضب وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعية، حيث دعا الناس إلى مقاطعة التجارة والسياحة مع ماليزيا.
متبعًا تركيا والصين، اتهم (...)
