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Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday declared a staff member of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad "persona non grata" for engaging in activities what it called "incompatible" with his privileged status. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that the concerned official has...

Washington: The White House Tuesday announced what it described as “the largest defence sales agreement in US history” — a nearly $142 billion package of arms and military training deals with Saudi Arabia. While the statement provided few specifics, it said the agreements fall into...

Riyadh: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will move to normalise relations and lift sanctions on Syria's new government to give the country “a chance at peace." Trump was set to meet Wednesday in Saudi Arabia with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, the onetime insurgent who...

New Delhi: India Tuesday declared a Pakistani official, working at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, as persona non grata for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). "The Government of India...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan could be under threat if New Delhi continues to keep the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance and tries to divert Pakistan’s water. Dar’s statement comes...

Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday said that 11 military personnel were killed and 78 others injured during the recent military confrontation with India. In a statement, the military also claimed that 40 civilians died and 121 others were injured in the "unprovoked and reprehensible dastardly attacks" by...

London: Six Bulgarians convicted of carrying out a sophisticated spying operation for Russia were sentenced by a London judge Monday to prison terms up to nearly 11 years. The group that used Hollywood code names discussed kidnapping or killing Kremlin opponents as they targeted reporters,...

Chandigarh: Schools in five border districts of Punjab remained closed Tuesday while a blackout was enforced in Amritsar and Hoshiarpur's Dasuya and Mukerian areas last night as a precautionary measure, officials said. Colleges and universities also remained shut in Pathankot and Amritsar. However, authorities in...

Washington: President Donald Trump Monday said he used the lure of trade with the US to persuade India and Pakistan to end hostilities last week, which, he added, could have potentially spiraled into a nuclear war. The US President also commended the leaderships of India...

New Delhi: A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook parts of PakistanMonday, with the epicentre located close to a prominent faultline in its Punjab province, the director of the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. The earthquake occurred at 1:26 pm IST near Pir Jongal in Pakistan's...