ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban have expressed their willingness to disarm the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and relocate its members from the Pak-Afghan border but with a condition that Islamabad will bear the cost of the proposed plan. This was revealed at the meeting of the Central Apex Committee, which met on Friday to discuss the […]
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The US State Department announced Friday it imposed sanctions on 60 individuals and entities over Russia’s war on Ukraine. On the first anniversary of the war, the sanctions targeted government ministers, governors, high-level officials in Russia, as well as six individuals and three entities operating in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, facilitating grain theft, […]
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TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other Group of Seven leaders adopted a set of additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine at an online G-7 summit Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the invasion. The leaders renewed their commitment to “intensifying our diplomatic, financial and military […]
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Sardar Faheem Akhtar Rabbani, Minister For Tourism on Friday said that this year we are accepting a lot of tousists as according to officially available data, a record three million tourists last summer season. Talking to Daily Times, the minister said that the tourism sector has emerged as a significant source of employment in the […]
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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has launched a massive media blitzkrieg to motivate customers to buy only GI-tagged handicrafts in a bid to counter fakes and misbranding. The campaign has been launched across the country to help buyers identify originals from fake Kashmir handicrafts. “We are the only place where all crafts have been tabbed. […]
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Italian authorities have detained and fined a rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF), shortly after parliament passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships. The rescue ship Geo Barents was placed in administrative detention for 20 days and issued a 10,000 euros […]
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday his nation will be victorious against Russia as the war with the neighboring country entered its second year with no apparent end in sight. “We endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year,” Zelenskyy said in a statement released on social media. […]
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PARIS: Global anti-money laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Friday it has suspended Russia’s membership over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The FATF sets standards for more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and seeks to help authorities tackle serious crimes including drug smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism. “The Russian Federation’s actions unacceptably […]
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IN Balochistan, they say, there is no dearth of unfortunate news. When word got out that the bodies of Khan Mohammad Marri’s wife and two sons had turned up in a well in Barkhan, the grisly news spread like wildfire. As expected, the bodies of a woman and Marri’s two sons — their coffins shrouded […]
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LONDON: Three contenders are in the running to succeed long-serving Scottish National Party (SNP) chief Nicola Sturgeon. Here are profiles of the three candidates who will go to a ballot of the SNP’s 104,000 members, after nominations close on Friday. The result will be announced on March 27. Humza Yousaf Health Secretary Humza Yousaf, 37, […]
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