Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday promised “zero tolerance” to terrorism, separatism and extremism in collaboration on security issues with Asian countries. He said on the sidelines of the Fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Development in Asia (CICA), a forum for regional security and cooperation. A day later, terrorist violence has erupted again in […]
May 25 2014 | Posted in
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The capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, was rocked by two explosions early in the morning resulting in death of one security guard and injuring another one. According to senior police offiicals, the first blast at 2:00AM near the shopping center killed one watchman. The second blast in other part of city occurred about half an […]
The waters begin to retreat, but the floods of last week continue to plague Bosnia. Although differently. Officials fear some of the anti-personnel mines in the country – a legacy of the conflict that tore the former Yugoslavia in 1992 and 1995 – have been displaced by landslides and no longer in areas where they […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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The envoys of the European Union, the United States and the Arab League take dumps days to find a solution to this escalating violence and chaos in Libya. This weekend even traveling to Tripoli, but are now in constant contact with the heads of the main parties represented in the interim parliament. The launch plan, […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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North Korea launched artillery fire Thursday near a South Korean warship patrolling south of the sea border between the two countries in the Yellow Sea, in an incident that raised a little over the growing tensions between the two. The shooting forced the move to shelters for residents of a South Korean island near the […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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The former Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, appeared Friday in a military base in Bangkok to meet the military junta after army took control of the country through a coup on Thursday. The former prime minister was then detained. Shinawatra was ousted two weeks ago by the Thai courts. The Thai army has banned […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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A day after signing the mutual agreement that would ensure gas supply to China for years to come boosting economic boost and diplomatic ties between Beijing and Russia, the two countries joined hands to block a UN Security Council draft resolution allowing the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate war crimes committed during the three […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been the populist big winner of the English local elections. Although it has not gained control of any municipality, the results tallied over night in 58 of the 161 municipal councils of England voted on Thursday suggest that Nigel Farage’s party has probably been the largest party in elections. […]
May 24 2014 | Posted in
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Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif and Chairman of the Chinese National Development Reforms Commission signed an agreement this Thursday May 22, 2014 to start Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project. This will be first of its kind metro train project in Pakistan’s history. President Mamnoon Hussain and Chinese President Xi Jinping were also present […]
May 23 2014 | Posted in
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Former New Zealand test player Lou Vincent and Pakistani pace bowler Naveed Arif have been charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for their alleged involvement in match fixing in Twenty20 and 40-over county matches. ECB and International Cricket Council (ICC) have provisionally suspended the two players from all cricket competitions. Vincent, aged […]
May 23 2014 | Posted in
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It was recently reported from Karachi that the Gwadar Port is now going to function as a centre of trade to not only facilitate China but also to provide goods and services to Central Asia. A Chinese delegation recently came to Pakistan in order to discuss the matters and it was revealed that they […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board is going to go through a lot of changes as reported by their current chief, Najam Sethi. He claims that a new constitution of Pakistan Cricket Board is imminent and the rough draft for this constitution has already been shared to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Najam Sethi said that […]