Category: International News

BEIJING, Jan 26 (APP):China will establish courts in three Chinese cities to deal with Belt and Road initiative disputes in a move to benefit all participating countries while respecting their legal systems, experts said. The Supreme People’s Court will set up international courts in Beijing, Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province and Shenzhen, according to report… Continue reading China to establish courts to deal with Belt & Road disputes

LONDON, Jan 26 (APP):Punjab Minister for Education Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan on Thursday announced that no child of age 5-8 in Punjab province would be out of school in 2018, reiterating his government’s commitment to the provision of quality and modern education to the students by utilizing all available resources in the public sector schools… Continue reading No child age between 5-8 out of school in Punjab in 2018:Rana Mashood

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (APP):On the occasion of India’s Republic Day, a prominent Kashmiri leader has highlighted New Delhi’s “shocking” human rights abuses in occupied Kashmir and its contempt for the United Nations Security Council resolutions promising the right of self-determination to the people of the disputed state, while advocating a peaceful resolution of the… Continue reading Talks between India, Pakistan and the Kashmiris only way to resolve Kashmir dispute: Fai

NEW YORK, Jan 26 (APP):US President Donald Trump gave the order to fire the man leading the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 American election, but he backed down after the top White House counsel told him the firing would decimate public confidence in the presidency, The New York Times reported Friday. The revelation… Continue reading Trump ordered Special Counsel Mueller’s firing, then backed off – NYT

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 26 (APP):Pakistan has made a fervent call on the UN Security Council to face up to its responsibilities and implement its resolutions on Palestine and other longstanding disputes, including Kashmir, to usher in peace and security in the conflict-ridden world. Otherwise, Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, warned that… Continue reading Resolve decades-old Palestine & Kashmir issues or risk losing credibility: Pakistan tells UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (APP): Improved security and unimpeded humanitarian access in Myanmar are essential before Rohingya children can be returned from Bangladesh, a senior official of the United Nations children’s agency has said. “Some 58% of the refugees are children, many of whom are still traumatized by their experiences of violence,” UNICEF Deputy Executive… Continue reading Children’s safety essential before repatriation to Myanmar: UNICEF

WASHINGTON, Jan.25 (APP):Relations between Pakistan and the United States are marked by “irreconcilable” differences but both countries need each other and want to keep channels open to cooperate on tactical matters and ensure linkages, a Washington Post report said quoting foreign policy experts. Ties between the two countries have come under stress after President Trump… Continue reading Pakistan-US have ‘irreconcilable’ differences but both need each other: Experts

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (APP)::The leaders of 21 global aid organizations has asked the Trump administration to restore withheld funds to the United Nations agency that helps Palestinian refugees, calling the funding cut a “dangerous and striking departure” from U.S. policy on international humanitarian assistance. In a letter addressed to top administration officials, and published… Continue reading US urged to restore aid to the U.N.’s Palestinian refugee agency

BEIJING, Jan 25 (APP): A Chinese defense ministry spokesperson on Thursday rejected the reports that China was planning to construct a military base in Afghanistan. “The so-called issue that China is building a military base in Afghanistan is groundless,” Wu Qian said during his regular press briefing held here. China and Afghanistan had normal security… Continue reading China not building military base in Afghanistan: Chinese defense ministry

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 (APP):A “much more difficult and dangerous environment” in the UN’s most challenging peacekeeping operations demands a more proactive approach in the field, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations said. “We are being attacked by the armed groups who are looting, killing, raping and they have no interest in peaceful solution,… Continue reading UN Peacekeeping must ‘adjust’ to more dangerous reality — top official

NEW YORK, Jan 24 (APP):Tourism to the United States has dropped 4 percent during President Donald Trump’s time in the White House, NBC-TV News reported. Travel spending has dropped by 3.3 percent, or $4.6 billion, and 40,000 jobs have been lost, according to the network, which cited the latest data from the National Travel and… Continue reading Tourism down in US since Trump took office: Report

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has deplored Wednesday’s attack on the offices of the international NGO ‘Save the Children’ in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, which killed two people and wounded dozens, including children. A statement read out by a UN spokesman at the regular noon briefing said that the UN chief… Continue reading UN chief slams attack on international NGO in Jalalabad

NEW YORK, Jan 24 (APP):US First Lady Melania Trump will not be accompanying her husband to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to American media reports. The change of plans was confirmed Tuesday to CNN by White House Communications Director Stephanie Grisham, who had said a week earlier that she would be partaking… Continue reading Melania Trump not to join President in Davos: Media reports

BEIJING, Jan 24 (APP): China is now one of the safest countries in the world, with a homicide rate of 0.81 cases per 100,000 people in 2017, according to a work conference here held by the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. The number of serious… Continue reading China is among world’s safest countries

BEIJING, Jan 24 (APP):China on Wednesday said that it attached great importance to the security of peacekeepers and supported the United Nations in taking effective measures to enhance safety and security of peacekeepers. The security measures included improving the system-wide command system, enhancing emergency command capabilities, coordinating with troop-contributing countries and other countries, strengthening follow-up… Continue reading China attaches great importance to UN peacekeepers security: FO Spokesperson

ANKARA, Jan 24 (APP):Turkish EU Minister Omer Celik is to head to Brussels on Thursday for talks with top European officials, according to a written statement from the ministry on Wednesday. Celik will meet European Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans and European Union’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to speak about Turkey-EU relations. Turkey had… Continue reading Turkish EU minister to visit Brussels

ANKARA, Jan 24 (APP):Turkey received nearly $4.5 billion equity investment from the European Union between January and November last year, marking a 64.3 percent rise year-on-year, according to Ministry of Economy Tuesday. In terms of equity investment, direct inflow from the EU countries amounted to 68 percent of the 11-month inflow to Turkey — around… Continue reading Turkey sees nearly $4.5B EU investment in Jan-Nov 2017

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (APP):The conditions in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state are not in place to enable safe and sustainable returns of more than 600,000 Rohingya refugees who fled violence to Bangladesh since late August, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has said. UNHCR said it had still not seen a repatriation agreement signed by… Continue reading Conditions not yet in place for safe Rohingya returns: UNHCR

NEW YORK, Jan 24 (APP):A prominent Kashmiri leader Tuesday welcomed United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres call to India and Pakistan to address the decades-old Kashmir issue through dialogue, as skirmishes between troops of the two countries escalated along the Line of Control in the disputed region. At the same time, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, secretary… Continue reading Kashmiri leader welcomes UN chief’s call for India-Pakistan dialogue on Kashmir

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (APP):The move by the Trump administration to cut security assistance to Pakistan is feeding anti-American sentiments and would make it difficult for the country to cooperate with the United States, according to an opinion article published in the online political magazine “The Hill”. After a tweet by President Trump in which he… Continue reading US aid cut feeding anti-American sentiments : Op-Ed