Category: International

ISLAMABAD: In a press conference organized by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) at the national press club that discussed the merits and demerits of the National Commission for Minorities Bill, 2023, the panelists called upon the government to improve the bill further before its passage in the parliament. They emphasized establishing a statutory National […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the world is marching towards a new world order and India’s role and capabilities are also changing rapidly. Addressing the Indian Diaspora in Paris, PM Modi said that the People-to-people connection is the strongest foundation of the India-France partnership,”. “Today the French Prime Minister came to greet […]

The forced eviction and displacement of the Ghaith-Sub Laban family and many other Palestinian families in east Jerusalem by Israel may amount to a war crime of forcible transfer and must be immediately reversed, UN experts have said. In a statement issued Wednesday by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), the experts said it […]

New Delhi: The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted the draft resolution presented by Pakistan on countering religious hatred in the aftermath of the Quran-burning episode in Sweden, with India voting in favour of the resolution. The draft resolution L.23 was orally revised once tabled. It is titled ‘Countering religious hatred constituting incitement to […]

Germany has published a new policy to contend with a more “assertive” China, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, after months of fractious debate on the approach to Berlin’s top trade partner. “Our aim is not to decouple [from Beijing]. But we want to reduce critical dependencies in future,” Scholz tweeted on Thursday after unveiling the new […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist government has promoted a record number of housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank in its first six months, Israeli anti-settlement watchdog ‘Peace Now’ said on Thursday. Most countries deem Jewish settlements built on land Israel occupied in a 1967 Middle East war as illegal, and their continued […]

HELSINKI: U.S. President Joe Biden ended his three-nation trip to Europe with a resounding statement of support for NATO, seeking to allay European fears that a change in U.S. administration would mean uncertainty for Washington’s ties with its transatlantic allies. “I absolutely guarantee you. There is no question,” he said during a joint press conference […]

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Muslim World League Secretary General Mohammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa held discussions here on furthering the inter-faith dialogue, countering extremist ideologies, promoting global peace and also deepening the partnership between India and Saudi Arabia.PM Modi and Al-Issa met and held insightful discussions on Tuesday and addressed a wide […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) led government would transfer the government to the caretaker setup in August. Addressing the nation, he said the government cleared the landmines placed by the previous government, adding that his government’s tenure was a journey from hopelessness to hope. “We extinguished the fire […]

NEW DELHI: India and Arab states are expecting more cooperation in the fields of green energy, technology, health care and food security, officials and representatives of top business bodies said on Wednesday at the India-Arab Partnership Conference in New Delhi. The two-day conference on July 11-12 was organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of […]