Pakistan World News
Fri, 01 Jan 21 20:24:54 +0500Republican-led Senate defies Trump, overrides defence bill veto
Senate secures two-thirds majority needed to override president's veto
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:34:49 +0500UK reactivates emergency Covid-19 hospitals, closes London primary schools
Britain is battling a new wave of a virus that has already killed more than 74,000 people
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:46:56 +0500Afghan journalist shot dead in car ambush
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the killing
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:52:58 +0500Aviation deaths rise worldwide in 2020 even as fatal incidents, flights fall
The second deadliest incident was the May crash of a Pakistan airliner crashed in May killing 98
Sat, 02 Jan 21 06:41:19 +0500Iran tells IAEA it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% at Fordow site
Iran is already enriching at Fordow with first-generation IR-1 centrifuges
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:25:08 +0500US Covid-19 cases surpass 20 million as deaths mount
The United States is averaging 186,000 cases a day
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:55:09 +0500Iran says Soleimani killers 'not safe on Earth'
Ebrahim Raisi said not even US President Donald Trump, who ordered the strike, was "immune from justice"
Sat, 02 Jan 21 06:37:16 +0500Different efficacy data for Chinese Covid-19 vaccine "real and valid"-media
That rate is lower than the 86% rate for the same vaccine reported by the United Arab Emirates on Dec. 9
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:41:44 +0500All you need is not ‘love jihad’, but liberty, say India’s embattled interfaith couples
Love and marriage outside religious and caste groups have long attracted censure in India
Wed, 30 Dec 20 09:41:37 +0500Factbox: Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus
Countries brace for higher infections ahead of the New Year long weekend
Wed, 30 Dec 20 08:49:20 +0500India can't defeat Pakistan militarily, argues former Indian police officer in new book
Says frenzied import of conventional weapons cannot guarantee solutions to military problems posed by Pakistan, China
Fri, 01 Jan 21 18:35:37 +0500Turkish doctor develops urine kit to detect Covid-19 in 15 seconds
Newly-developed kit will scan people for virus in fastest and accurate way, says Dr Mehmet
Wed, 30 Dec 20 17:42:57 +0500‘65 Kashmiris extra-judicially killed in IIOJK in 2020’
232 freedom fighters and 177 Indian troops also among 474 deceased, says report
Wed, 30 Dec 20 12:13:50 +0500Trump pardon of Blackwater Iraq contractors violates international law: UN
Four contractors worked for the private security firm Blackwater owned by the brother of Trump’s education secretary
Fri, 01 Jan 21 18:27:20 +0500US coronavirus cases surpass 20 million mark
Experts believe worst is yet to come as health care workers brace for surge in cases, deaths after holiday gatherings
Fri, 01 Jan 21 14:13:37 +0500WHO emergency Covid-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries
UN health agency says it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about two-dose shot
Fri, 01 Jan 21 05:47:06 +0500Crowds fill streets in China's pandemic-hit Wuhan, celebrate New Year
As per tradition, hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House building
Fri, 01 Jan 21 13:57:12 +0500‘India approves AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, country's first’
India wants to start administering the vaccine soon, most likely by Wednesday, say sources
Fri, 01 Jan 21 05:41:54 +0500Subdued Brazil New Year celebrations met with silence in Covid-19 ward
Brazil reported 56,773 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours
Fri, 01 Jan 21 14:44:30 +0500Gunmen kill Afghan radio journalist in car ambush
Besmullah Adel Aimaq, editor-in-chief of Voice of Ghor radio, was killed en route to Firoz Koh city
Fri, 01 Jan 21 13:22:36 +0500Trump extends immigration bans despite opposition from US business groups
Bans, which were issued in April and June, were set to expire on Dec. 31, but will be extended until March 31, 2021
Fri, 01 Jan 21 20:13:56 +0500UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
An email to staff from the Royal London Hospital says it is now in 'disaster medicine mode'
Sat, 02 Jan 21 07:28:32 +0500Pfizer and BioNTech to offer Covid vaccine to volunteers who got placebo
Trial participants who received the placebo will have two doses of the investigational vaccine reserved for them