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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to China on Friday, a trip that was rescheduled from February after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew through U.S. airspace. But expectations are low that Blinken’s trip will reset…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan told the UN General Assembly that India was targeting Indian Muslims, Christians and also Muslims of occupied Kashmir, and called for an end to their suppression. “To those who are ready today to open their doors…

NEW YORK (APP): The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based international watchdog body, has called upon the United States to press India to end its media crackdown and release the six journalists arbitrarily detained for their…

BRUSSELS: Pakistan and the European Union (EU) have agreed to enhance parliamentary cooperation. The understanding was reached during a meeting between Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and EU Chair of delegation for…

UNITED NATIONS (APP): Urgent action is needed to end gender-based bias in public and political life against women which remains deeply entrenched around the world. Thus was stated by Volker Turk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights…

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has expressed the commitment to extend all possible cooperation for the resumption of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)'s flights to the United States and Europe, including London. He gave this…

Fighting rocked several vulnerable cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as the number of people who have fled their homes rose above two million, Reuters news agency reported. The…

ISLAMABAD: Indonesian Ambassador Adam M. Tugio Tugio said Pakistan and Indonesia should work together to increase trade links to the D8 market. He said that Indonesia is trying to start direct flights to Pakistan and negotiations are going…

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved to elevate the chief justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Mussarat Hilali, to the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The JCP gave the approval at a meeting with Chief Justice…

NEW DELHI (Reuters): At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Wednesday. Violence between members of the Kuki ethnic group,…