Pakistan World News
Tue, 19 Jan 21 05:43:40 +0500Qatar's foreign minister wants Gulf Arab nations to talk with Iran: Bloomberg
The Qatari foreign minister added that his government was supporting ongoing discussions between Iran and South Korea
Tue, 19 Jan 21 07:21:44 +0500Seven UN members lose right to vote over unpaid dues
The budget for peacekeeping operations is separate and totals around $6.5 billion
Tue, 19 Jan 21 08:12:54 +0500World facing 'catastrophic moral failure' on vaccines: WHO chief
39 million doses of coronavirus vaccines had been administered so far in at least 49 higher income countries
Tue, 19 Jan 21 07:39:22 +0500Police refuse to return bodies of 3 Kashmir youths to families
‘If they fear protests or COVID-19, I would bury my son in our graveyard during the night,’ one father says
Tue, 19 Jan 21 06:34:32 +0500Tens of thousands skip India's vaccine drive launch
The Hindu newspaper reported that in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the turnout was only 16 percent
Tue, 19 Jan 21 06:19:02 +0500Pakistan approves Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
Pakistan planned to cover vaccines for the majority of the population for free
Tue, 19 Jan 21 08:42:16 +0500Argentina quake of magnitude 6.8 shakes homes, buildings; no injuries reported
Aftershocks ranged in magnitude from 3.5 to 5
Tue, 19 Jan 21 06:27:00 +0500Indian opposition seeks inquiry into security leak after TV anchor's messages emerge
Shashi Tharoor, a Congress lawmaker, said the messages required “serious inquiry” by Modi government
Tue, 19 Jan 21 08:36:05 +0500Chinese city rushes to build massive Covid-19 quarantine centre
The facility is expected to have enough rooms to hold more than 4,000 people once it is completed
Sat, 16 Jan 21 10:37:31 +0500From macaques to crabs, wildlife faces threat from face masks
Green groups alarmed after more than 1.5 billion masks made their way into the world's oceans last year
Sun, 17 Jan 21 13:21:34 +0500Facing Biden, Erdogan extends olive branch to EU
Biden's victory, who once called Turkish leader a ‘good friend’, appears to be reason for Erdogan's shift in tone
Sat, 16 Jan 21 10:47:58 +0500Covid-19: Twelve key milestones
From the first cases in central China to vaccinations being rolled out a year later
Tue, 19 Jan 21 07:54:50 +0500Donald Trump: from the American dream to American nightmare
More troops are now deployed in Washington than in Afghanistan
Mon, 18 Jan 21 10:54:49 +0500Meet the Bidens: America's new 'first family'
Here is a look at the members of America's new "first family"
Mon, 18 Jan 21 15:28:01 +0500China ‘could have acted more quickly’ in dealing with Covid-19: WHO
WHO-backed Independent Panel for Pandemic Response says 'largely hidden epidemic contributed to the global spread'
Mon, 18 Jan 21 14:11:19 +0500Pakistan Army surpasses Israel, Canada to become 10th most powerful in world
Pakistan is the only country in top 15 which has improved its ranking on Global Firepower index
Mon, 18 Jan 21 16:46:26 +0500Man arrested for 'raping, impregnating' daughter for seven years
Suspect impregnated 17-year-old several times and forced her to abort foetus
Mon, 18 Jan 21 12:47:41 +0500Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of 'catastrophic moral failure:' WHO
‘Me-first approach’ left the world’s poorest and most vulnerable at risk, says Tedros Adhanom
Mon, 18 Jan 21 15:34:08 +0500Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urges Russians to take to streets
Navalny was detained at Moscow airport on Sunday after flying home for first time since he was poisoned last summer
Thu, 14 Jan 21 18:48:45 +0500China steals march on West in developing nations' vaccine rollout
As Western drugmakers struggle to meet demand at home, Beijing has sent millions of doses round the world
Mon, 18 Jan 21 20:00:43 +0500UK PM Johnson urged to take up Kashmir dispute with Modi
In a letter, British MP Debbie voices concerns over worsening IIOJK situation, extra-judicial killing of Kashmiris
Mon, 18 Jan 21 17:51:13 +0500US Capitol lockdown lifted, fire nearby contained
The Capitol Police in a statement says that the lockdown was lifted and the fire nearby was contained
Tue, 19 Jan 21 06:57:34 +0500China's latest Covid outbreak worst since March 2020
The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China is 89,454, while the death toll remained at 4,635