Category: International News

BEIJING, Jan 13 (APP):Pakistan should send more students to China to learn advanced technology. After they return home, they will effectively promote the development of Pakistan’s science and technology, Prof. Ata ur Rehman, a well-known organic chemist, said. China is already a world leader in science and technology fields such as nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.… Continue reading Pakistan should send more students to China to learn advanced technology: Prof Atta ur Rehman

BEIJING, Jan 13 (APP):The latest, powered-up version of the JF-17 fighter jet reportedly features technologies from China’s top-notch J-20 fighter jet and made its maiden flight in December, as the warplane co-developed by China and Pakistan saw major upgrades in electronic devices that will significantly increase its combat efficiency, experts said. With the serial number… Continue reading Upgraded JF-17 fighter jet significantly increases combat efficiency: Experts

NEW YORK, Jan 13 (APP):Israeli intelligence was instrumental in the US assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani last week, NBC News reported Sunday. Soleimani, who headed the Quds Force – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite black-ops arm – was killed in a US drone strike outside a Baghdad airport on Jan. 3. The hit… Continue reading Israeli intelligence helped US carry out strike that killed general Soleimani: Report

LONDON Jan 12 (APP):The British Newspaper the Guardian has reported that more than 100 retired senior civil servants, including three former ministers have written an open letter to the Indian public condemning its government policies they called “morally untenable”, “wasteful” and certain to cause hardship to millions. The letter especially criticized a controversial citizenship law… Continue reading Retired civil servants condemn India’s new citizenship law: Reports the Guardian

NEW YORK, Jan 12 (APP):The United States has warned Iraq that if its troops — numbering 5,300 — are expelled, the US could cut off access to a key Iraqi bank account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York that holds billions in oil revenues, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing Iraqi… Continue reading Iraq warned to keep US troops or risk financial blows — WSJ

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (APP):Pakistan’s Ambassador the United States, Asad Majeed Khan, has highlighted the plight of people in the Indian occupied Kashmir who have been languishing under a repressive military lockdown for over five months now in violation of their fundamental rights. As we commemorated the Right to Self-Determination Day for the people of Indian… Continue reading Kashmiri people’s rights being denied as India presses on its lockdown of disputed state: Amb. Khan

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (APP):The U.N. Security Council has voted to allow scaled-down cross-border humanitarian aid operations to continue into Syria, adopting a resolution just hours before the operations were due to expire. Failing last month to extend the cross-border authorization after Russia vetoed one draft resolution and failed to gain enough support for its… Continue reading UNSC authorizes scaled-down cross-border aid into Syria

BEIJING, Jan 11 (APP):A portrait exhibition featuring works by artists from member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) including Pakistan is being held here at the Tsinghua University Art Museum. On display are portraits including a Chinese miner, a mountain girl in Pakistan, young students in Russia and the herdsmen in Kyrgyzstan. Artists from… Continue reading SCO member countries’ artists display portrait work in Beijing

BEIJING, Jan 10 (APP):Renowned Pakistani scientist Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman has been conferred the highest scientific award of China in a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People here on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese government officials attended the ceremony. Pakistan Ambassador to China, Nahgmana Alamgir Hashmi was also present on… Continue reading China honors Prof. Atta ur Rahman with Science and Technology Cooperation Award

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (APP):A majority of Americans in a new poll say the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, made the U.S. less safe. The USA Today–Ipsos online survey, which was cconducted in the lead-up to and aftermath of a retaliatory Iranian missile attack on… Continue reading Americans believe Trump-ordered Soleimani killing made US ‘less safe’: poll

NEW YORK, Jan 09 (APP):Iran has no plans to step up a confrontation with the United States after it fired missiles at US military bases in Iraq in “a measured, proportionate response” to the assassination of Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian commander, Ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi, has said. However, the Iranian ambassador to… Continue reading Iran’s strike on US bases was ‘measured, proportionate response’: Iranian envoy

BEIJING, Jan 9 (APP)::The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman, Geng Shuang, Thursday said the international community should have the bigger long-term picture in mind, firmly uphold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and work for amelioration in the Iranian nuclear issue and in the Middle East. “The hard-won Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), endorsed… Continue reading World community should uphold JCPOA, work for amelioration in Iranian nuclear issue: China

NEW YORK, Jan 08 (APP):US President Trump signaled a de-escalation of tensions with Iran Wednesday in the wake of latter’s retaliatory attacks against Iraqi bases housing US troops, saying no one was killed and that Tehran indicated its Tuesday’s action would be the end of its vengeance for the killing of a top general. “Iran… Continue reading Trump addresses nation, de-escalates US-Iran crisis

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (APP):In the wake of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on air bases which house US forces in Iraq, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday he would “continue his active engagement” to de-escalate tensions and avert full-scale war. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Antonio Guterres re-iterated the “passionate appeal for… Continue reading UN chief makes an urgent appeal for avoiding war in Persian Gulf

BEIJING, Jan 8 (APP)::The ongoing China-Pakistan joint naval exercise “Sea Guardians-2020” in the North Arabian Sea is to be the first of many to come, as the two countries have now developed a series of joint exercises covering the navy, army and air force. The exercise is also the first between China and Pakistan that… Continue reading China, Pakistan joint naval exercise first in a series: Global Time