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COPENHAGEN: A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to the holy Quran in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over recent weeks that have enraged Muslims.…

BEIJING: China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job. Qin, 57, a former aide to President…

ISLAMABAD: A lower court on Tuesday summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman for recording his statement under section-342 as the cross-examination of two prosecution witness was completed in the Toshakhana criminal case.…

NEW YORK : Pakistan has urged the United Nations' Peace building Commission to expand its coverage to include Afghanistan and Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at the UN General Assembly Ambassador Munir Akram said that the Peacebuilding is a…

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif performed ground breaking of eight mega development project for southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Dera Ismail Khan today. Addressing the event, he said a comprehensive…

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court has approved a plea by police seeking to declare two sisters of PTI Chairman Imran Khan absconders for failing to cooperate with the probe in the May 9 riots cases. The development came after the police told…

OTTAWA: Pakistan High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer A. Janjua has underlined the importance of conflict-free South Asia for a prosperous future. He was talking to members of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run team that visited the…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan held a meeting with President and CEO of Atlantic Council Fred Kempe at the Embassy in Washington DC. During the meeting, they discussed Pak-US relations encompassing…

WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari over Pakistan's economy and Afghanistan-related issues. Pakistan has been facing rising cross-border terrorism, with local…

LONDON: British Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary was remanded in custody by a magistrate after London’s Metropolitan police charged him with three terrorism offences. Choudary, 56, faces charges of belonging to a proscribed organisation,…