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New York [United States], Dec. 31 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bid goodbye to staff and Permanent Representatives at United Nations Headquarters in New York and urged them to be a voice for the voiceless.He said that though he had delivered many …

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 30 : As Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday will take oath as the new Chief Justice of Pakistan, his first challenge will be the composition of the larger bench that will hear the Panamagate case.The Supreme Court in Nove…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 : Habiburrahman Hekmatyar, the son of reconciled l eader of Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has termed the Taliban and other insurgent groups in the country as slaves of foreigners.”Recently, these murderers and slaves a…

Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 : A group of Afghan activists has requested U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the asylum application of Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in Afghanistan’s air force, and deport her insisting th…

London [UK], Dec. 30 : British Prime Minister Theresa May has distanced the United Kingdom from the United States over John Kerry’s condemnation of Israel.This move is being assessed as an attempt to build bridges with the incoming Trump administration…

Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 30 : 13 Nobel laureates along with 10 global leaders have urged members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urgently put the Rohingya crisis on the list of the council’s agenda and to call upon the UN secretary-gen…

London [UK], Dec. 30 : A ceasefire brokered by Turkey and Russia has come into effect across Syria after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the opposition agreed to a nationwide deal.The deal came into force at midnight (10 p.m. GMT) on Thursday, h…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 30 : The Pakistan Foreign Office has rejected the Grossi formula for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as ‘discriminatory’ and unhelpful for advancing global non-proliferation objectives.”This would…

London [United Kingdom], Dec.30 : Secret government files said to hold details of British involvement in the assault on the Golden Temple, Sikhism’s holiest shrine, in June 1984, that claimed the lives of hundreds of people, should be released to the p…

New York [USA], Dec. 30 : Russia has ordered the closure of the American School of Moscow in retaliation of U.S. sanctions. This comes after the United States on Thursday ordered 35 Russian diplomats in Washington and San Francisco to leave the country…