New Zealand ministers to visit Pacific island countries
Wellington, Feb 5 - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, and Health Minister and Minister for Pacific Peoples Shane Reti will visit Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa this week to reaffirm connections with the region.
Cambodian PM to pay official visit to Thailand
Phnom Penh, Feb 5 - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will pay an official visit to Thailand on February 7 at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a press statement on Monday
US Senate approves $118 billion package for southern borders control; dead on arrival, says House Speaker
Washington, Feb 5 - The US Senate on Sunday approved a $118 billion funding package which includes a bipartisan deal to redress the migrant crisis at the southern border and fresh aid for Ukraine, Israel, and other US allies. But its fate is
Donald Trump makes doubtful claims about Middle East, Nikki Haley and Mitch McConnell
Washington, Feb 5 - Former US President Donald Trump apparently slipped again making doubtful claims, described as false by the media, about the Middle East, rival Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other subjects.
Fresh trouble for Sunak as Minister accused of giving Infosys ‘VIP access’: Report
London, Feb 5 - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a fresh conflict of interest row after a Conservative minister on a trade mission to India last April said he would be happy to help IT firm Infosys, owned by his wife's family,
Former Trump official Mike Gill dies after being shot by carjacker in US
Washington, Feb 4 - Mike Gill, a former official in the Trump administration, has died, a few days after being shot during a deadly carjacking rampage in the US capital of Washington, D.C., the media reported.
Palestinian President urges UN to stop Israeli attacks
Ramallah, Feb 5 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to step up international efforts to stop the ongoing Israeli "aggression" against the Palestinian people.
Commitment to our citizens more than anything else: Israel Def Min to US envoy
Tel Aviv, Feb 5 - Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the commitment to the citizens of the country is more important for the government than anything else.
Discontinuing UNRWA funding will have disastrous repercussions: Qatar’s PM
Tel Aviv, Feb 5 - Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said that there would be "disastrous repercussions" in the stability of the region if funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
Egypt’s Prez calls for two-state solution to settle Palestinian issue
Cairo, Feb 5 - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has stressed the need to reinvigorate the two-state solution as a basis for the comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue and the restoration of security and stability in the Middle East.
Hamas condemns US-British airstrikes on Yemen
Gaza, Feb 5 - Hamas has condemned the US-British airstrikes on Yemen, considering it "an escalation that will drag the region into more turmoil".
Tesla worker arrested for threatening to kill Musk, Biden
San Francisco, Feb 4 - A Tesla employee, who threatened to kill US President Joe Biden and tech billionaire Elon Musk, was arrested in Texas, the media reported.
Namibian president Geingob passes away after battling cancer
Windhoek, Feb 4 - Namibian President Hage G. Geingob passed away early Sunday after battling cancer in a hospital in the capital city of Windhoek.
UK PM speaks on racism, says parents wanted him to speak without an accent to ‘fit in’
London, Feb 4 - UK's first Indian-origin PM Rishi Sunak shared his experiences of facing racism as a child, saying his parents sent him for extra drama lessons so that he could "speak properly" without an accent to fit into society.
PTI’s future ‘prospects’ in Pakistan politics
Islamabad, Feb 4 - Future of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which emerged as a major political party in the country in the 2013 general polls, is in the doldrums as nomination papers of several party leaders, including founder Imran Khan, have been rejected by
Doghouse to PM House? Master of comebacks Nawaz Sharif takes centre stage
Islamabad, Feb 4 - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, who has made a comeback into country's politics after five years of self-imposed exile; is being tipped as the next Prime Minister of the country with army in his corner and his
Bilawal Bhutto promises end to traditional politics while carrying on family legacy
Islamabad, Feb 4 - PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the former foreign minister of Pakistan and the heir to the Bhutto family with a legacy of political history, struggles and sacrifices, is geared up to disseminate a parallel political narrative, which aims to
No anti-India rhetoric as politicians grapple with lingering domestic worries
Islamabad, Feb 4 - On 8th of February 2024, Pakistan's registered voters will be lining up to vote for their favorite candidates and the party they want to see run the country for the next five years.
Global banks face mounting losses on lending to troubled US commercial property sector
London, Feb 3 - Nearly a year on from a banking crisis that led to the collapse of three US regional lenders and the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse in Europe, a fresh chill is running through banks as far apart as New
US strikes will bring disastrous consequences for the region: Iraq
Baghdad, Feb 3 - Iraq has said that the US retaliatory strikes will bring disastrous consequences for the region, a media report said.