ISLAMABAD  – Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted rain in different parts of the country including Islamabad and Lahore during the next 24 hours, Dunya News reported on Sunday. According to Met Office, weak seasonal low lies over Balochistan. Monsoon currents from Bay of Bengal are penetrating northeastern parts of ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his top priority is to ensure that a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries will stand. Speaking in a televised interview on Sunday night, Foreign Minister Zarif said the ministry under his watch would work first and foremost to keep ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has disbanded a federal panel aimed at raising awareness about the government’s activities on climate change. Comprised of government and officials as well as academics and industry leaders, the 15-member Advisory Committee for Sustained National Climate Assessment was tasked with guiding the public ...

Saudi Arabia has claimed that Qatar is stopping its planes from landing in Doha to take pilgrims to Mecca. Last week, Riyadh announced that it would open its borders with Qatar to allow Muslim pilgrims’ access to Mecca to observe their Hajj rituals. At the time Qatar hailed the move, ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says government forces, backed by allied fighters from popular defense groups, are crushing foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists across the country, and clearing areas of militants. “Our army is making territorial gains every day, week after week, crushing terrorists and clearing lands occupied by them,” Assad said during a ...

The head of the Philippines’ powerful Catholic Church called Sunday for an end to the “waste of human lives” following a brutal week in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in which a 17-year-old boy was among dozens killed. Police raids dubbed “One Time Big Time” saw at least 76 people ...

Zimbabwean first lady has returned to homeland after the South African government granted her diplomatic immunity, helping her escape prosecution over allegations of assaulting a young model at a luxury hotel in Johannesburg. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace arrived at the Harare airport on Sunday after the ...

Republican bigwigs in the US Senate are losing their patience with President Donald Trump and the chaotic way he has been running the country since entering the White House. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker told his constituents in Chattanooga, Tennessee over the weekend that the Trump “has not ...

Separatists calling for the breakup of Nigeria have crossed a red line and the country’s unity is not negotiable, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday in his first speech since returning home after three months of medical leave in Britain. Ethnic tensions have surfaced in the last few months amid ...

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says the European Union cannot turn to the United States forever when it comes to its defense issues, urging the 28-nation bloc to cut its reliance on Washington’s military support. “It becomes clear that we cannot rely on American defense support in the long run,” ...