Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| PTI ordered to handover 'terrorists' hid | Lahore, May 17 : The interim government of Punjab province on Wednesday gave a 24-hour deadline to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hand over the "30-40 terrorists that have taken refuge" at former Prime Minister Imran Khans Zaman Park residence in Lahore to the police. | 17-May-2023 |
| Humanitarian crisis worsens in Sudan's c | Khartoum, May 17 : The already dire humanitarian crisis in Khartoum is worsening as the violent armed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have entered the second month. | 17-May-2023 |
| Imran condemns 'illegal arrest' of PTI l | Lahore, May 17 : Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan after terming his dramatic arrest as “illegal" in a major relief to the PTI chief. The Supreme Court also directed Imran Khan to approach the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and asked him to “accept" the decision taken by the top court. | 17-May-2023 |
| North Carolina upholds 12-week abortion | Washington, May 17 : Lawmakers in the US state of North Carolina have voted to override the Democratic Governor's veto of a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks. | 17-May-2023 |
| Gilgit Baltistan CM may face disqualific | Islamabad, May 16 : Troubles for Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Chief Minister Khalid Khursheed seem to be brewing as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has withdrawn the equivalence letter issued to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader for his LLB degree after it was found to be "fake". | 16-May-2023 |
| UK police to re-open murder case of Indi | London, May 16 : Sussex police are set to re-examine the case of an eight year-old Indian-origin boy who was found dead months after he mysteriously disappeared in 1981 in London, media reports said. | 16-May-2023 |
| Fighting continues between Sudan's warri | Khartoum, May 16 : Violent clashes continued between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with eastern parts of the capital Khartoum witnessing intense bombardment by the army's air force. | 16-May-2023 |
| 3 killed, multiple injured in shooting i | Houston, May 16 : At least three people were killed and multiple others were injured in a shooting in Farmington, southwestern US state of New Mexico, police said. | 15-May-2023 |
| Imran Khan renews calls for protests | Islamabad, May 15 : Lashing out at the Shehbaz Sharif government on Monday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairperson and former Prime Minister and Imran Khan issued a call for peaceful protests against a 'threat' to the sanctity of the Supreme Court and the Constitution of Pakistan, media reports said. | 15-May-2023 |
| Ukraine not attacking Russian territory: | Berlin, May 15 : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is currently on a visit to Germany, said that KIev had no plans to attack Russian territories. | 15-May-2023 |
| S.Korea, US conduct joint analysis on po | Seoul, May 15 : South Korea and the US on Monday started joint regular identification work on possible remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul's Defence Ministry said. | 15-May-2023 |
| Israeli cities to stage strike over cont | Jerusalem, May 15 : The Federation of Local Authorities in Israel has announced that they would stage a general strike on Monday over a controversial property tax law promoted by the government. | 15-May-2023 |
| 2 killed, 5 injured in US-Mexico border | Los Angeles, May 15 : Two people were killed and five others injured in a shooting in Yuma, a US-Mexico border city in Arizona, authorities said. | 15-May-2023 |
| Voting underway for Turkey's presidentia | Ankara, May 14 : Polling for presidential and parliamentary elections is underway in Turkey on Sunday in which more than 64.1 million voters are expected to exercise their right. | 14-May-2023 |
| PM Modi greenlights India campus for Aus | Melbourne, May 14 : An Australian university, which had vehemently denied media reports of placing restrictions on Indian students last month, received official approval to establish a campus in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). | 14-May-2023 |
| No Islamabad cop attends Pak Supreme Cou | Islamabad, May 14 : A meeting was held presided over by the Pakistan Supreme Court’s registrar, to review the security arrangements for the SC in view of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) planned protest outside its premises on Monday but no representative of the Islamabad police attended the huddle, local media reported. | 14-May-2023 |
| Imran Khan claims 'hit on head' during a | Islamabad, May 12 : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday claimed that he was hit on the head with batons as Rangers personnel arrested him in the Al-Qadir Trust case earlier this week, local media reported. | 12-May-2023 |
| Lahore Police leave for Islamabad to arr | Islamabad, May 12 : The Lahore Police have left for Islamabad to arrest PTI Chairman Imran Khan in a number of cases registered against him, Dawn reported. | 12-May-2023 |
| 5.44-magnitude quake hits California | Washington, May 12 : An earthquake, measuring 5.44 on the Richter Scale, jolted 4km SW of East Shore, US state of California. | 12-May-2023 |
| Israeli military instructed to continue | Jerusalem, May 12 : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday night that Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip will “continue as long as necessary”, amid the worst spate of violence between Israel and the Palestinians in months. | 12-May-2023 |
| Sudan govt accuses RSF of storming AU of | Khartoum, May 12 : Amid the ongoing violence, Sudan's Foreign Ministry has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of storming and vandalising the office of the African Union (AU) in Khartoum. | 12-May-2023 |
| Shehbaz declared 'innocent' in money lau | Islamabad, May 10 : In a major development in the money laundering case against Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has submitted a supplementary report declaring the father-son duo as "innocent. | 10-May-2023 |
| Zelensky urges EU chief to start members | KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to launch talks on the war-torn nation's membership in the European Union (EU). | 10-May-2023 |
| Internet in Pakistan suspended for indef | Islamabad, May 10 : Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday said that internet services across the country will remain suspended for an indefinite period. | 10-May-2023 |
| Japan's lower house passes bill to amend | Tokyo, May 9 : Japan's lower house of Parliament on Tuesday passed a contentious bill to amend an immigration law allowing authorities to deport foreign nationals who apply for refugee status multiple times. | 09-May-2023 |
| Imran Khan arrested from outside Islamab | Islamabad, May 9 : A team of Pakistan Rangers arrested former Prime Minister Imran Khan from outside the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday. | 09-May-2023 |
| Iran warns of 'decisive' response to act | Tehran, May 9 : Iran has said that it would definitely respond to any act of aggression with "decisive and regret-inducing" measures, after a senior US official said last week that Washington will recognise Israel's right for "freedom of action" if Tehran tries to obtain nuclear weapons. | 09-May-2023 |
| Ceasefire talks yield 'no major progress | Khartoum, May 9 : Armed clashes still raged in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum as negotiations between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Supportive Forces (RSF) have so far yielded no major progress. | 09-May-2023 |
| Indian driver jailed in Singapore for ca | Singapore, May 9 : A 25-year-old Indian lorry driver in Singapore has been sentenced to a year in jail for failing to give way to an elderly cyclist crossing the road, causing his death in 2022, a media report said. | 09-May-2023 |
| Japan downgrades legal status of Covid-1 | Tokyo, May 8 : Japan on Monday officially downgraded the legal status of Covid-19 to the same category of seasonal influenza and relaxed other Covid-19 measures previously in place. | 08-May-2023 |
| Rival party lawmakers of S.Korea meet wi | Seoul, May 8 : Two rival party lawmakers of South Korea met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday and delivered their thoughts on the results of a summit held a day earlier between Kishida and President Yoon Suk Yeol. | 08-May-2023 |
| 1 dead, 3 wanted after shooting in Austr | Sydney, May 8 : The police force in the Australian state of Victoria has launched an investigation over a fatal shooting that occurred and killed one male passenger in a car with three still on the run and wanted by local authorities. | 08-May-2023 |
| ASIA 2 killed, 8 injured in Pakistan bom | Islamabad, March 15 : Two people were killed and eight others injured when a bomb went off in Khuzdar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, the police said on Wednesday. | 08-May-2023 |
| Philippines' unemployment rate drops to | Manila, May 8 : The unemployment rate in March dropped to 4.7 from 4.8 per cent in February, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Monday. | 08-May-2023 |
| 9 dead, 7 injured in shooting at mall in | Houston, May 7 : Nine people were killed, including the shooter, and seven others wounded in a shooting at an outlet mall in south-central US state Texas, authorities said. | 07-May-2023 |
| 3 killed, 12 injured in avalanche in Nep | Kathmandu, May 7 : Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in another avalanche in Mugu district in northwestern Nepal, a local official said on Sunday. | 07-May-2023 |
| Girl killed, 5 wounded in California sho | San Francisco, May 7 : A 17-year-old girl was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in Chico, the US' California state, police said. | 07-May-2023 |
| Turkish embassy in Khartoum to relocate | Ankara, May 7 : Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced that Turkey has decided to relocate its embassy in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to Port Sudan, in response to an earlier incident where the Turkish ambassador's vehicle was targeted by gunfire. | 07-May-2023 |
| S.Korea to lower national crisis level f | Seoul, May 6 : South Korea plans to "swiftly" lower its national crisis level for Covid-19, the head of the country's public health agency said on Saturday, after the WHO declared an end to the virus as a global health emergency earlier this week. | 06-May-2023 |
| Brazil urges people to continue Covid-19 | Brasilia, May 6 : Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has urged people to continue to get Covid-19 vaccines, though the WHO declared the Covid-19 pandemic no longer a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern". | 06-May-2023 |
| Rishi Sunak faced devastating losses of | London, May 6 : The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced devastating losses of more than 1,000 Tory seats in the local elections, while Labour has said the party is on track to win power at the next general election, media reported. | 06-May-2023 |
| Pak seeks Interpol help to arrest Bushra | Islamabad, May 6 : Pakistan's Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has submitted a written request to Interpol seeking the arrest and red warrant of Farah Gogi, a close friend of former first lady Bushra Bibi, the wife of deposed former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, for her alleged involvement in a multi-billion rupee corruption case, state media reported. | 06-May-2023 |
| US CDC chief announces departure by end | Los Angeles, May 6 : Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Rochelle Walensky has announced that she will depart the agency at the end of June. | 06-May-2023 |
| UN envoy to Yemen holds constructive tal | Sanaa, May 4 : The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg announced that he had "positive engagements" with the Houthi militia in capital Sanaa, calling on concerning parties to take bold steps to end the years-long war in the country. | 04-May-2023 |
| Over 1 mn sanitary product packs deliver | Wellington, May 4 : The New Zealand government has continued with the program of free sanitary hygiene products in schools this year, delivering more than 1 million period item packs to schools across the country, Education Minister Jan Tinetti said on Thursday. | 04-May-2023 |
| Lebanon resumes registration service for | Beirut, May 4 : Lebanon's General Security Directorate has resumed its registration service for Syrian refugees willing to return to their homeland. | 04-May-2023 |
| Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro's home | Brasilia, May 4 : Brazil's Federal Police have raided former President Jair Bolsonaro's private residence in capital Brasilia and seized his cell phone as part of an investigation into an alleged falsification of Covid-19 vaccination records. | 04-May-2023 |
| Two 10-year-olds found working at Kentuc | Washington, May 4 : Two 10-year-old children were found working at a McDonald's in Louisville, Kentucky, according to the US Department of Labour (DOL). | 04-May-2023 |
| Marriages bouncing back in New Zealand a | Wellington, May 3 : The number of marriages solemnised in New Zealand increased in 2022 following lower numbers in the previous two years, according to annual figures released by the statistics department on Wednesday. | 03-May-2023 |
| Rescue mission evacuates 36 Australians | CANBERRA, May 3 : An air force mission has successfully evacuated 36 Australians and their families from conflict-ravaged Sudan. | 03-May-2023 |