سعودیہ، شوال کا چاند دیکھنے کے لیے اجلاس آج ہوگا
سعودی عرب میں عید کا چاند دیکھنے کے لیے اجلاس آج ہوگا جبکہ پاکستان میں شوال کے چاند کے لیے مرکزی رویت ہلال کمیٹی کا اجلاس منگل کو کراچی میں طلب کیا گیا ہے۔ وفاقی وزیر سائنس فواد چوہدری اپنے قمری کیلنڈر کے مطابق 5 جون بدھ کو عید کا اعلان کرچکے ہیں۔ دوسری جانب کینیڈا اور امریکا میں اسلامی کیلنڈر کے ...
Mexico 'must take back country' from drug cartels: Trump
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Friday it was time for Mexico to "take back" the country from drug cartels, claiming that his newly announced tariffs would help stop the flow of narcotics over the border. Late Thursday, Trump said he would impose tariffs on all products from Mexico from June 10 at a rate of five ...
Austrian President Approves New Government Composition Proposed By Interim Chancellor
VIENNA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd June, 2019) Austrian Interim Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein said on that Austrian President Alexander der Bellen had accepted her proposal on the composition of the country's transitional . On Thursday, der Bellen appointed Bierlein, who previously was the president of the Austrian Constitutional , as the interim chancellor after ...
UK's May hopes Trump’s visit to UK to strengthen bilateral cooperation
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is looking forward to the upcoming state visit of US President Donald Trump, hoping it will contribute to strengthening relations between the two countries, May?s office said Sunday.
3 bombings in Afghan capital; 2 killed, 2 reporters injured
Three explosions struck the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 24 others, officials said. Seven people were wounded by the two roadside bombs after arrived at the scene, located in a residential area of western Kabul, including five members of the security forces, Rahimi said. Also wounded in Sunday?s attacks were at least two ...
Pompeo Unsure US Middle East Peace Plan Will Be Success - Reports
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 03rd June, 2019) US Secretary of State is unsure that US President administration's Palestinian-Israeli peace plan will be a success, The newspaper reported citing an audio recording of Pompeo's closed-door meeting with leaders. White House officials have said they will reveal the economic portion of their plan to ...
China to probe FedEx after Huawei says parcels diverted
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will investigate whether FedEx Corp damaged the legal rights and interests of its clients, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, after Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said parcels intended for it were diverted. Amid worsening tensions between China and the United States, the commerce ministry said on Friday that it would draft a hit-list ...
US envoy Khalilzad kicks off 2-week-long peace mission with Islamabad visit
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to kick off a two-week peace mission that will take him to Afghanistan, Belgium, Germany, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in efforts to end the long-running Afghan war. According to an FO statement, the two sides during the talks discussed bilateral ties, the regional law ...
Iran rules out talks unless US changes ‘behaviour’
TEHRAN: Tehran on Sunday ruled out talks with Washington unless it changes its ?general behaviour?, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country was ready for negotiations with Iran. ?The change of the general behaviour and actions of the United States of America regarding the Iranian nation is the criterion? required for any talks to take place, ...
Pompeo says US ready to talk to Iran with ‘no preconditions’
While the offer may not pan out, Pompeo made it during a visit to Switzerland, the country that long has represented American interests in Iran, as part of a European trip aimed at assuring wary leaders that the US is . ?We?re ready to sit down with them, but the American effort to fundamentally reverse the malign activity of ...
Merkel vows coalition will push on despite jitters as SPD chief quits
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Sunday that Germany?s government will push on with its work, even after her junior coalition partner SPD plunged into crisis following the resignation of its party chief. In a shock announcement earlier Sunday, Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Andrea Nahles said she would resign from her party?s top job, raising the possibility that Germany?s ...
US-S.Korea military exercises not ‘necessary’: Pentagon chief
SEOUL: The resumption of major US-South Korea joint military exercises is not ?necessary?, Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan told reporters Sunday, despite stalled negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang. Asked on Sunday whether the exercises would resume, Shanahan replied: ?I don?t think it is necessary.? The acting secretary of defense added that the US forces in South Korea were already ?prepared if ...
Boeing 737 MAX: Airlines want joint lifting of ban but EU cautious
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), whose 290 carriers account for 80 percent of world flying, said trust in the certification system had been damaged by a wave of separate decisions to ground the jet, with the US last to act. ?Certainly EASA will take a very close look at the results (of proposed design changes) and then make ...
Trump steps up attacks on Mexico, tariff threat called ‘deadly serious’
The attacks came despite efforts at conciliation by Mexico?s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who said Saturday that US officials were willing to ?reach agreements and compromises.? Trump?s surprise threat Thursday to place duties on all imports from Mexico, beginning at five percent on June 10 and rising to as high as 25 percent, shocked Republican allies in Congress. Unless ...
Trump announces departure of White House economic adviser Hassett
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett will ?shortly? leave his post, but did not provide a reason for the latest high-level departure from the administration. In the White House post, he worked with Trump?s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner on a proposed immigration plan that the ...
Three blasts hit Kabul, killing one and injuring 17
KABUL: One person was killed and 17 others wounded Sunday in three successive blasts in Kabul, Afghan officials said, capping a murderous week of mayhem across the city. ?In total, one Afghan civilian was martyred and 17 others, including a local journalist and five Afghan forces, have been slightly wounded,? Rahimi said. Last year, nine journalists including AFP Kabul?s ...
Israeli police arrest seven during clash at Al-Aqsa mosque, 45 wounded
JERUSALEM: Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshippers at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He said around 1,200 Jews visited the site on Sunday, while a Jewish organisation that arranges visits there reported a similar number. The clashes took place as ...
Police seize 436 kilos of cocaine on yacht in Polynesia
PAPEETE: Police have seized 436 kilogrammes (960 pounds) of cocaine hidden on a yacht in French Polynesian waters and arrested four men, the Papeete public prosecutor said Saturday. The 15-metre (50-foot) yacht was brought back to the French Polynesian capital Papeete and a further inspection found more drugs, for a total haul of 436 kilos. ?This confirms that French ...
China to 'fight at all costs' for 'reunification' with Taiwan: defense minister
SINGAPORE: China will fight anyone who tries to interfere in its ?reunification? with Taiwan, Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday in a combative speech peppered with threats against the United States over its military presence in Asia. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia?s premier defense summit, Wei said China would ?fight to the end? if anyone ...
Police chief blames president for failing to prevent Sri Lanka attacks
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka?s suspended police chief has petitioned the Supreme Court, accusing President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to prevent the Easter bombings that killed 258 people. In the petition submitted to court last week and seen by AFP Sunday, Jayasundara said the country?s premier spy agency, the State Intelligence Service (SIS), ordered him last year to stop ongoing police ...
