Air pollution kills 100,000 Indian kids every year, study finds
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The noxious air hanging over India?s towns and cities kills more than 100,000 children under five every year, a damning study published Wednesday for World Environment Day found. The State of India?s Environment (SoE) Report found air pollution is responsible for 12.5 percent of all deaths in the country -- painting a bleak picture of ...
Eidul Fitr Open House hosted in London
LONDON, June 5 (APP):Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdon (UK) Mohammad Nafees Zakaria hosted an Eidul Fitr Open House at his official residence ? Pakistan House ? in London on Tuesday, to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Eidul Fitr with the Pakistani community and friends of Pakistan in British society.
Russia Firmly Condemns New Washington's Sanctions Against Cuba - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) strongly condemns new 's sanctions against , the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday. Tightening sanction grip over mostly affects simple citizens who are deprived of their basic rights and freedoms, which pretends to protect so eagerly," Zakharova said at a briefing. ...
Australia's ABC Broadcaster Raided Over Reports Of Nation's Alleged Crimes In Afghanistan
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Australian raided on Wednesday the headquarters of the ABC public broadcaster in connection with articles about the country's alleged war crimes in . "The Australian (AFP) has executed a search warrant on the Ultimo premises of the ABC today... in relation to allegations of publishing ...
Moscow Concerned Over Terrorists' Attempts To Stage Chemical Provocations In Syrian Idlib
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) is concerned over the situation in the northwestern province of , where terrorists continue attempts to stage provocations using chemical weapons, the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday. Our countries' military maintain constant contact and coordinate their actions in order to prevent violence and destabilization ...
Russia Urges US To Stop Actions Aimed At Splitting Venezuela's Armed Forces - Zakharova
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) urges the to abandon actions aimed at splitting the Venezuelan Armed Forces, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing Wednesday.
RT Extends Submission Deadline For 2019 Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards To June 24
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) The RT broadcaster announced on Wednesday in a statement that it had extended the deadline to submit applications for the second annual Khaled Alkhateb Memorial Awards for war correspondents to 24. The awards, now in the second year, were established to commemorate RT freelancer Khaled Alkhateb, who was ...
Slovak Prime Minister Says 100-Mln-Euro Contract On MiG-29 To Be Signed With Russia Soon
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Slovak Peter Pellegrini said Wednesday a contract would be signed with worth 100 ($112mln) to service MiG-29 fighters.
Lavrov To Meet With CAR, Greek Foreign Ministers In St. Petersburg June 6 - Moscow
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will hold on Thursday in the city of meetings with his counterparts the ( ) and , the Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday. "In particular, [Lavrov's] agenda for 6, Thursday, includes negotiations with the head of the ...
Myanmar white roses offer Eid solidarity to Muslims
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar Buddhists handed out white roses to Muslims heading to pray Wednesday to mark the end of Ramadan -- the culmination of a rare show of solidarity in a country where Islam is often vilified. Volunteers lined up outside Dargah mosque in eastern Yangon, giving flowers to scores of devotees heading inside to mark the Eid ...
Trump Brands UK Rallies Against Him As 'Organized Flops,' Says 'Big Crowds' Support Him
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) US President , in response to promises of massive protests against his to the , took to on Wednesday to say that there were "big crowds" in the streets across the nation supporting him and the , and that the anti-Trump protests were "organized flops." In the meantime, ...
REVIEW - Czech Republic's Largest Rally In 30 Years Demands Ouster Of Scandal-Ridden Prime Minister
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) An estimated 120,000 people took to the streets of on Tuesday to call for the resignation of billionaire Andrej Babis, who has been marred in a involving the illegal acquisition of subsidies the , in what is believed to have been the largest rally the capital ...
UPDATE - Chinese President Xi Arrives In Moscow For State Visit
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) President arrived in on Wednesday for a state , a Sputnik correspondent reported. "I am convinced that this will certainly yield productive and will serve as an incentive for a dynamic development of Chinese-Russian relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation in the new era," ...
Russia To Decide On Participating In PACE Summer Session Before Mid-June - Senior Lawmaker
PONIZOVKA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) will decide before mid-June whether its delegation will participate in the summer session of the Parliamentary of the Council of ( ), for 24-28, Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the 's upper house, said on Wednesday.
Eid marked by pro freedom, pro Pakistan demos in Occupied Kashmir
Srinagar (Web Desk): In occupied Kashmir, Eid?ul- Fitr, today, was marked by forceful anti- India and pro-freedom demonstrations and use of brute force by Indian paramilitary personnel on peaceful protesters. Immediately after Eid prayers, today, a larger number of youth took to the streets and shouted high-pitched pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom slogans in Srinagar, Islamabad, Shopian, Pulwama, Sopore, Palhalan, Kupwara, ...
Over 2,000 Syrian Refugees Came Home Over Past 24 Hours - Russian Military
"Over the past day, in total 2,031 people returned... : 312 people (including 117 and 199 children) via the Jaydet-Yabus and Talkalakh checkpoints, and 1,719 people (352 and 598 children) Jordan via the Nasib checkpoint," it said in a daily bulletin.
Iran vows to keep missile programme, rejects US offer to negotiate
In a television speech, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US sanctions have adversely affected Iranians and have made better economic conditions the government's top priority.
’سب کے لیے عید الفطر رحمتوں سے بھرپور ہو‘
بھارتی وزیر اعظم نریندر مودی نے عیدالفطر پر مسلمانوں کو مبارکباد کا پیغام دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ سب کے لیے عید الفطر رحمتوں سے بھرپور ہو۔ بھارتی وزیراعظم نریندر مودی نے عیدالفطر پرمسلمانوں کو مبارکباد کا پیغام دیتے ہوئے اس خصوصی دن کو معاشرے میں ہم آہنگی، رحمدلی اور امن کا باعث بننے کی خواہش کا اظہار کیا ہے۔ سوشل ...
Ready to talk to Iran but chance of military action will always be there: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to talk to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani but that there was always a chance of U.S. military action against the Islamic Republic. ?So Iran is a place that was extremely hostile when I first came into office,? Trump told British television station ITV. ?They were a terrorist nation number one in ...
Chinese President Xi Arrives In Moscow With State Visit
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th June, 2019) President has arrived in on Wednesday with a state , a Sputnik correspondent reported. He was met by Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexander Kozlov, Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov, Ambassador to Li Hui, Ambassador to ...
