Category: International News

BEIJING, March 8 (APP):Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that electricity shortage would be a thing of past in Pakistan after the completion of more than a dozen power stations being built under Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to address power shortage in the brotherly country. “China is building over a dozen power stations… Continue reading Electricity shortage to be thing of past in Pakistan after completion of all power stations: Wang Yi

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for accelerating steps towards women’s empowerment, saying that inequality and discrimination against them harm everyone. ” The historical and structural inequalities that have allowed oppression and discrimination to flourish are being exposed like never before,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his message marking the International… Continue reading UN should set example for gender parity: Guterres

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 (APP):United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on parties to the conflict in Syria to allow a humanitarian convoy to complete the delivery of supplies to Douma in eastern Ghouta planned for Thursday. The latest convoy by the UN and its partners could not complete the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance… Continue reading UN chief urges completion of aid delivery to Douma in Syria’s east Ghouta

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 (APP):Latest data on development progress for children reveals that more than half a billion live in countries where the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are quickly falling out of reach, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday. More than half the world’s children live in countries where we either can’t… Continue reading Uncounted children in countries makes unable to measure their progress

BEIJING, March 7 (APP):A Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Wednesday said that the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China aimed to promote connectivity, advance international cooperation and achieve the common development of all relevant countries. “Many participants of the Belt and Road cooperation are developing countries with underdeveloped economies, a huge gap in and a… Continue reading BRI aims to promote connectivity, advance international cooperation: China

BEIJING, March 7 (APP)::China in its fight against poverty will help 10 million more people get rid of poverty this year, Liu Yongfu, head of the Office of the State Council’s Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference regarding the country’s targeted poverty alleviation efforts on the sidelines… Continue reading 10 million more people to get rid of poverty in China this year

  BEIJING, March 7 (APP)::China has the right to build military facilities within its own territory and complaints from New Delhi made “no sense,” a Chinese expert said after the Indian defense minister was quoted as saying that China was building its army presence in Doklam. “Actually, China has the right to build any military… Continue reading Chinese army has right to build facilities at Sino-Indian border: analyst

NEW YORK, Mar 7 (APP):Ex-US President George W. Bush often jokes that President Donald Trump’s administration makes his own former White House team look “pretty good,” according to reports in the American press citing anonymous source of the Republican party. Bush, a Republican himself, is often heard to remark, unable to stifle his trademark smirk:… Continue reading Bush says Trump makes me look pretty good by comparison: report

  WASHINGTON, Mar 7 (APP):The US intelligence community on Tuesday warned that tension between Pakistan and India entails risk of escalation, while noting that the two South Asian states also continued to increase their nuclear capabilities. Giving their assessments of worldwide threats before Senate’s Armed Services Committee, heads of US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and… Continue reading US Intel community warns of risk of escalation in Pakistan-India tension

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 (APP):The brutal conflict in Syria has not only claimed civilians as unintentional victims but has seen all warring parties deliberately target them with complete impunity employing unlawful methods of warfare, a new report by a United Nations-mandated inquiry on the war-ravaged country has said. Drawing from over 500 interviews, the latest… Continue reading Victims of Syrian conflict denied any meaningful justice: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 (APP):The United Nations has welcomed a planned summit between North and South Korea, saying it was ready help in the process. “The Secretary-General is encouraged by the advances made during the latest inter-Korean talks, particularly the agreement to hold a summit meeting soon, to further reduce military tensions, and to discuss… Continue reading UN welcomes upcoming inter-Korean summit, ready to assist process

  UNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 (APP):Myanmar is continuing its “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims, while claiming it is ready to receive them back from Bangladesh, according to a UN human rights envoy. Andrew Gilmour, UN assistant secretary-general for human rights, made the remarks in a statement on Tuesday after speaking to newly-arrived Rohingyas in Bangladesh’s… Continue reading Myanmar’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya continues: U.N. rights official

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 6 (APP):Child marriages are declining, with the largest drop in South Asia, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said Tuesday. South Asia has witnessed the largest decline in child marriage worldwide in the last 10 years, as a girl’s risk of marrying before her 18th birthday has dropped by more than a… Continue reading South Asia child marriage numbers falling, says Unicef

BEIJING, March 6 (APP):China has attracted 131 billion US dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, ranking the second in the world, Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said on Tuesday. In the past four decades of China’s reform and opening-up, foreign investment has been an important part… Continue reading China attracts US$131 billion foreign investment last year: NDRC

BEIJING, March 6 (APP):The spokesman of the Islamic Association of China (IAC) on Tuesday hailed local efforts to promote ethnic unity and religious freedom in Northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a region that has one-fifth of China’s Hui ethnic groups. “As a major hub for Muslims in China, the region has made remarkable efforts… Continue reading Islamic group hails Chinese province Ningxia’s progress on Muslim rights

BEIJING, March 6 (APP):China on Tuesday said it opposed the use of finance as a political measure to put pressure on Pakistan and asked the international community to objectively and justly treat the Pakistani anti-terrorist efforts, instead of simply blaming it. The Pakistani government and people had made tremendous efforts and made great sacrifices for… Continue reading China opposes use of finance as political tool to put pressure on Pakistan: FM Spokesperson

KATHMANDU, Mar 06 (APP): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s two-day visit to Nepal has not only provided an opportunity for the leadership of two countries to discuss bilateral matters but to also exchange views on issues of global and regional significance including CPEC and SAARC. In a meeting between Prime Minister Abbasi and his Nepalese… Continue reading PM’s Nepal visit concludes with CPEC, SAARC in focus