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There is no basis yet for another round of negotiations with the P5+1 world powers after the current talks in Baghdad, an Iranian official said on Thursday as the final session here got underway. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton “didn’t say anything new this morning” in a bilateral meeting with Iran earlier Thursday, the […]
In quite an unprecedented move, Amnesty International criticized the United States (US) for conducting Abbottabad raid that killed Osama bin Laden and using unmanned aircrafts to attack people in the Pakistan’s tribal areas. The Human Rights group released its 50th annual report, lashing out at the US for using lethal force in killing of Al-Qaeda […]
Fierce fighting between regime troops and armed rebels rocked parts of Damascus overnight, monitors said on Sunday, as the G8 called for a “political transition” to end relentless violence sweeping Syria. The clashes in the Syrian capital came hours after a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria’s biggest city, killing […]
Iran rejects Western pressures over its nuclear activities and will never give up its rights, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator said Thursday ahead of crunch talks with world powers in Baghdad next week. “If we participate in the negotiations… it is because of our resistance (to Western powers). Thanks to our resistance, we have defended the […]
In quite a shocking revelation, Attorney General of Pakistan Irfan Qadir while representing his arguments against Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case said that there was no such law existed in the country. A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, resumed the contempt of court […]
Expressing annoyance over the attitude of Ministry of Narcotics Control Secretary Zafar Abbas Luk, the Supreme Court on Friday deemed invalid his directives to stop the prosecutors’ funds. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair resumed the hearing of chemical quota allotment case. Ali Musa Gilani, […]
Russia’s foreign minister sharply criticized NATO’s plan to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan by 2014, saying Thursday that coalition troops should remain in the country until Afghan government forces are capable of ensuring security. “As long as Afghanistan is not able to ensure by itself the security in the country, the artificial timelines of withdrawal […]
Giliani’s lawyer presents the UN report on immunity for Heads of States Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s lawyer on Thursday presented the UN report on immunity for Heads of States before the Supreme Court. The report, titled "Preliminary report on immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction", was tabled during 60th session of […]
A six-member UN monitoring delegation has arrived in Damascus in order to monitor the fragile ceasefire in Syria which was negotiated by Kofi Annan (UN Syria envoy) and the Arab League. This is the first batch of monitors who have arrived at the war-torn nation and it is expected that 25 more will follow them […]
Quoting the report of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Mark Siegel reported that former president Pervez Musharraf knew of the plotting of the BB’s murder. Siegel, an adviser and friend of late Benazir Bhutto, wrote that Musharraf was aware of the timing and personally ordered the destruction of evidences. […]
US to contribute $ 1 million to the UN’s office on Drugs and Crime’s Regional Program Washington: (Friday, March 16, 2012) On 14 March in Vienna, Austria, the United States contributed $1 million to Sub-programs I and II to the UNODC Regional Program for Afghanistan and Neighboring Countries. The U.S. contribution is to be focused […]
UN envoy Kofi Annan met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday in Damascus during a high-profile international mission to mediate an end to the country’s yearlong conflict, even as activists reported fresh shelling by regime forces that sent families fleeing for safety in the northern province of Idlib. Thick black smoke billowed over the […]
