BEIRUT: Two Turkey-backed Syrian rebel officials told Reuters that rebel groups on Saturday began to withdraw heavy weaponry from a demilitarized zone agreed by Turkey and Russia in northwest Syria. “The process…
UNITED NATIONS: Syria’s foreign minister on Saturday denounced US, French and Turkish forces operating in his country as “occupying forces” and demanded that they leave immediately. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Foreign…
MOSCOW: The Russian track-and-field federation says it has launched an investigation after dozens of athletes suddenly withdrew from a competition in Irkutsk following the arrival of drug testers. The federation said in…
DOHA: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of January’s Australian Open warm-up event in Doha with a wrist injury, the tournament organisers announced on Tuesday. The 32-year-old, who was the 2008 Australian Open…
ROME: The Italian Senate has placed a demand before the European Union (EU) and its Parliament to immediately suspend and or withdraw business opportunities offered to Pakistan under the European Union’s Generalised…
ISLAMABAD: State minister for science and technology, Mir Dostain Khan Domki, rejected Prime Minister Abbasi’s request to withdraw his resignation because ‘did not want to work with the Federal Minister for Science…
Iraq calls on Turkey to “immediately” withdraw forces, including tanks and artillery, it has deployed in the country’s north without Baghdad’s consent, the premier’s office said on Saturday. “The Iraqi authorities call…
Senator Tahir Mashhadi says MQM won’t oppose Karachi operation A delegation of senators from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday called on secretary of the Senate and withdrew their resignations. Four…
A statement issued by the Majlis-e-Shura of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Saturday said that senior party leaders have advised their chief, Fazlur Rehman to withdraw himself from playing the role of an…
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has the new energy policy envisaged measures to end load shedding‚ bringing down generation cost and making necessary investment in the infrastructure to attract…
The Punjab government said `Salam Teacher’ by withdrawing their facilities they got after a struggle of 30 years. The Punjab Subject Specialists Association President, Rana Atta Muhammad while talking to agencies on…
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has vowed to turn the guns on Pakistan if it stops backing jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir who, he claimed, were fighting “Pakistan’s war”. “We are fighting Pakistan’s…
China’s president pledged “selfless help” to Afghanistan on Friday and the leaders of the two nations agreed to upgrade their ties, as NATO-led forces prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country in…
Russia has said it is not going to replace NATO in Afghanistan after the alliance forces‘ withdrawal from the country. The US and NATO forces are scheduled to hand over security responsibility…
Doctor, heal thyself While the leadership of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) has withdrawn the five day old strike after the intervention of the SC, the closure of the OPDs on the…
India’s army chief on Friday withdrew a lawsuit in which he had sought a change in his birth date that would have let him remain in his post an extra year, ending…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has urged the PPP-led coalition government to immediately disengage itself from the US-led war on terror saying that it has never been the Pakistan’s war. He…
