Islamabad: Pakistan began its two-year tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 1, with Ambassador Munir Akram saying that the Pakistani delegation will play an “active and constructive” role in addressing key challenges facing the world. “Our presence will be felt in the Security Council,” Ambassador Akram, Pakistan’s…
Washington: The H-1B visa debate exposes a rift in the Republican Party, balancing nationalist opposition to foreign labour and pro-business advocacy for global talent, impacting U.S. innovation and economic growth strategies. The H-1B visa program, which allows skilled foreign professionals to work in the US, has become a hot potato within the Republican Party, revealing…
(Online Desk) Celebrations rocked India and different parts of the world as people welcomed a hopeful and fresh beginning after a year roiled by an ongoing genocide, multiple conflicts and political instabilities. New Zealand’s Auckland was the first major city to start the New Year celebrations with colorful fireworks launched from the country’s tallest structure,…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has announced that it has decided to prepare a “proclamation of July uprising”, a day after it distanced itself from a proposed declaration with an identical title by the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement that led to an upheaval four months ago. “We hope within few days the proclamation…
Peshawar: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has published a purported video of capturing a Pakistani check post near the Afghanistan border. The TTP sources claimed to have captured the check post in the tribal district of Bajaur in northwest Pakistan on Monday. A senior Pakistan security official explained that the post had been vacated as part of…
Washington: Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour, has died peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia surrounded by his family, the Carter Centre said. Carter died on Sunday aged 100. He was the longest-lived president…
Moscow: Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbhaijani Airlines place tried to land in Grozny before crashing, while stopping short of claiming responsibility. The Kremlin said Putin apologized to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic incident” in a phone call, but did not say Russian air defence shot the…
Peshawar: Two security personnel were killed and 11 others injured during an anti-terror operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The operation took place at Mulla Said Banda area of Bajaur district on Friday. Two security personnel died and 11 others, including an officer of Major rank, were injured in the clashes with terrorists,…
San Francisco: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House during which both the leaders had a wide-ranging discussion on the progress of India-US strategic partnership. Jaishankar is currently on an official visit to the US during which he is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken…
New York: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), added a festive touch to their Christmas celebrations by donning Santa hats, igniting a wave of conspiracy theories on social media. In a video shared by NASA, Williams wore a red t-shirt while three of her fellow astronauts sported…
