Archive Detail
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Vienna nuke talks very close to good, ac | Tehran, Feb 19 (TIWN) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the ongoing talks between his country and the world powers on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal in Vienna were "very close to a good and accessible agreement". | 19-Feb-2022 |
India objects to Singapore PM's remarks | NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - India has complained to Singapore about a remark its prime minister made on the number of Indian parliamentarians facing criminal charges, an Indian official said on Friday, in a rare instance of friction between the Asian allies. | 18-Feb-2022 |
Over 190K Syrians granted Turkish citize | Ankara, Feb 18 (TIWN) Turkey said that it has granted citizenship to 194,000 Syrians, including 84,000 children, by the end of 2021. | 18-Feb-2022 |
Nuke weapons can be deployed in Belarus | Minsk, Feb 18 (TIWN) If the West takes actions that threaten Belarus, nuclear weapons can be deployed in the country to protect it, President Alexander Lukashenko said. | 18-Feb-2022 |
Perceptible drop in Imran's popularity, | New Delhi, Feb 18 (TIWN) There is a perceptible drop in the popularity of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in an opinion survey, which also revealed that opposition PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif is leading in popularity ratings in Punjab province at 58 per cent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 46 per cent and Sindh 51 per cent, The News reported. | 18-Feb-2022 |
US Senate passes stopgap bill to avoid f | Washington, Feb 18 (TIWN) The US Senate has passed a three-week spending bill to fund the federal government through March 11, just a few hours before the current funding expired on Friday. | 18-Feb-2022 |
Portugal leaves 'state of calamity', eas | LIsbon, Feb 18 (TIWN) Portugal's Covid-19 pandemic-induced "state of calamity" is over and is now replaced by a "state of alert", the country's Council of Ministers said. | 18-Feb-2022 |
Arrest Maryam Nawaz for smear campaign a | New Delhi, Feb 17 (TIWN): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA and Parliamentary Secretary for Commerce Aliya Hamza Malik has submitted an application with the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) FIR for the arrest of Maryam Nawaz, the vice president of PML-N, for a smear campaign against the Pakistan first lady, Bushra Bibi, on social media, Samaa TV reported. | 17-Feb-2022 |
German govt approves further Covid tax r | Berlin, Feb 17 (TIWN) The German government has approved the draft of the fourth Covid-19 tax relief act that would bundle economic and social measures to cushion the impact of the pandemic. | 17-Feb-2022 |
N.Korea focuses on internal unity on lat | Seoul, Feb 17 (TIWN): North Korea appears to have focused on boosting internal unity on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the country's late former leader Kim Jong-il, instead of using it as a chance to send a new major message to the outside world, a Seoul official said Thursday. | 17-Feb-2022 |
Ukraine celebrates Day of Unity amid cri | Kiev, Feb 17 (TIWN) Ukraine celebrated the national Day of Unity to consolidate people amid the looming crisis in the country. | 17-Feb-2022 |
Guterres calls for more cooperation with | United Nations, Feb 17 (TIWN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for more cooperation between the world body and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Afghanistan. | 16-Feb-2022 |
N.Korea's embassy in China marks 80th bi | Beijing/Seoul, Feb 16 (TIWN) The North Korean Embassy in Beijing held an event on Wednesday commemorating the 80th birth anniversary of the country's late former leader Kim Jong-il that was attended by Chinese officials, informed sources said. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Man gets 20-yr jail term in S.Korea for | Seoul, Feb 16 (TIWN) A 50-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years behind bars here on Wednesday on charges of killing his estranged wife by stabbing and slashing her with a long sword over 10 times in front of her father. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Turkey kills 10 YPG members in northern | Ankara, Feb 16 (TIWN) Turkish security forces killed 10 members of Syria's Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, Turkey's Defense Ministry has said. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Canadian govt outlines steps to end truc | Ottawa, Feb 16 (TIWN) One day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a public order emergency, the government has outlined further steps to end the truckers protests and blockades. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Musk's Neuralink denies monkeys were har | San Francisco, Feb 16 (TIWN) Tech billionaire Elon Musk's brain-chip company Neuralink has denied claims from an animal rights group that accused the company of subjecting monkeys to "extreme suffering" during years of experiments. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Christian man killed in Lahore brawl | New Delhi, Feb 16 (TIWN) A 25-year-old Christian man was killed and several others sustained injuries following a brawl between Muslim and Christian community members over the construction of a wall in a neighbourhood of Lahore's Factory Area, Friday Times reported. | 16-Feb-2022 |
Pak intel officials suspended for tortur | New Delhi, Feb 15 (TIWN): Pakistani television host and journalist Syed Iqrar ul Hassan on Tuesday accused officials of the Pakistan Intelligence Bureau (IB) of detaining him and members of his team for hours at their Karachi office, subjecting them to extreme forms of torture after he attempted to expose the alleged corruption within their ranks, Dawn reported. | 15-Feb-2022 |
S.Korea to urge NYC officials to take ac | Seoul, Feb 15 (TIWN) The South Korean government plans to formally call on the authorities in New York City to step up actions to counter a surge in crimes there against Asians in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, officials here said Tuesday. | 15-Feb-2022 |
OIC expresses concern over 'continued at | New Delhi, Feb 15 (TIWN) The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed deep concerns over what it called "continued attacks on Muslims in India" and called upon the international community to take necessary measures. | 15-Feb-2022 |
Police make progress towards reopening k | Ottawa, Feb 15 (TIWN) Canadian police have made progress towards reopening the Ambassador Bridge, a key Canada-.S trade border crossing, while truckers in capital Ottawa could agree to limit their protests around Parliament Hill away from residential areas. | 15-Feb-2022 |
Japan govt, IAEA discuss plan to dump ra | Tokyo, Feb 14 (TIWN): The Japanese government and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday met to discuss the country's controversial plans to release radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, despite local and international opposition. | 14-Feb-2022 |
India successfully places its 'eye in th | Sriharikota, Feb 14 (TIWN) India on Monday morning successfully placed into orbit its radar imaging satellite EOS-04 in a text book style. | 13-Feb-2022 |
Islamabad college asks students to wear | New Delhi, Feb 14 (TIWN): The Islamabad International Medical College has issued guidelines for their male and female students, asking girls to wear hijab and boys to wear white prayer caps while maintaining a distance of two metres from the opposite sex at all times on Valentine's Day, Friday Times reported. | 14-Feb-2022 |
165 Palestinians injured in West Bank cl | Ramallah, Feb 14 (TIWN) At least 165 Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, according to witnesses. | 14-Feb-2022 |
Canada's largest province declares emerg | Ottawa, Feb 13 (TIWN) Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the largest province of Canada to end what he called truckers' "illegal occupation" of the national capital Ottawa and their blockade of the country's border with the US. | 13-Feb-2022 |
Guterres urges all parties in Libya to p | UNited Nations, Feb 13 (TIWN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties in Libya to continue to preserve stability. | 13-Feb-2022 |
Pak FM turns dissenter after being overl | New Delhi, Feb 13 (TIWN) A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan rewarded the top 10 ministries on the basis of their performance, some federal cabinet members expressed reservations for being overlooked, Dawn news reported. | 13-Feb-2022 |
'Blinken, Jaishankar discuss diplomatic | New York, Feb 12 (TIWN) India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have discussed cooperation on "diplomatic efforts in response to Russian aggression", State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. | 12-Feb-2022 |
Mexican central bank raises key interest | Mexico City , Feb 11 (TIWN) Banxico, the central bank of Mexico, has raised its key interest rate for the sixth consecutive time citing greater and longer-than-expected inflationary pressures in the country. | 11-Feb-2022 |
Australia to change Covid vax terms | Canberra, Feb 11 (TIWN) Australia's Covid-19 vaccine advisory body has recommended to change the term of "fully vaccinated" to "up to date" or "overdue". | 11-Feb-2022 |
New Zealand to increase wages for lowest | Wellington, Feb 11 (TIWN): The New Zealand government will raise the minimum wage for the lowest paid workers by increasing it to NZ$21.2 ($14) per hour from April 1, a move expected to benefit approximately 300,000 workers, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood said on Friday. | 11-Feb-2022 |
Unnao Dalit woman died of strangulation: | Unnao (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 11 (TIWN) The autopsy report of the Dalit woman whose decomposed body was found in a farmhouse, has revealed that she was strangulated. | 11-Feb-2022 |
US has always used Pakistan: Imran Khan | New Delhi, Feb 11 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the US has always used his country for its purposes, The News reported. | 11-Feb-2022 |
New Zealand's anti-vaccine mandate prote | Wellington, Feb 10 (TIWN) The New Zealand police have arrested dozens of people as they faced off with anti-vaccine mandate protesters who were camping on the grounds of the nation's Parliament. | 10-Feb-2022 |
Pak conveys grave concern, condemnation | New Delhi, Feb 10 (TIWN): The Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has summoned the Indian Charge d' Affaires, Suresh Kumar to convey the government's grave concern and condemnation of the "deeply reprehensible act of banning Muslim girl students from wearing hijab" in the state of Karnataka, Geo News reported. | 10-Feb-2022 |
Tanzania's Lake Victoria environment thr | Dodoma, Feb 10 (TIWN) A Tanzanian minister told Parliament that increased human activities and a surge in population are major threats to the destruction of Lake Victoria, the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. | 10-Feb-2022 |
Australia's Covid cases continue to rise | Canberra, Feb 10 (TIWN) Australia on Wednesday reported more than 30,000 new coronavirus cases before international borders set to reopen to fully vaccinated tourists within weeks after almost two years. | 10-Feb-2022 |
Malaysia reports 13,944 new Covid cases | Kuala Lumpur, Feb 10 (TIWN) Malaysia reported 13,944 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the national total to 2,939,198, according to the Health Ministry. | 10-Feb-2022 |
Global Covid caseload tops 400 mn | Washington, Feb 9 (TIWN) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 400 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.76 million and vaccinations to over 10.09 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. | 09-Feb-2022 |
Visit by US second gentleman to D.C. hig | Washington, Feb 9 (TIWN) US second gentleman Doug Emhoff was escorted out of an event at a high school in Washington on Tuesday afternoon due to a bomb threat. | 09-Feb-2022 |
Morocco rescues 256 illegal immigrants o | Rabat, Feb 9 (TIWN) The coast guards of Morocco's Royal Navy have rescued 256 illegal immigrants in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean since Saturday, the official news agency MAP reported. | 09-Feb-2022 |
Greece invalidates 324,000 Covid vax cer | Athens, Feb 8 (TIWN) The Covid-19 vaccination certificates of 324,000 people in Greece who did not take their booster shots have became invalid, the government announced. | 08-Feb-2022 |
Aus conservation group calls for 'endang | Canberra, Feb 8 (TIWN) One of Australia's leading conservation groups has called on the federal government to change koalas' status from "vulnerable" to "endangered" following research into the extent of their habitat's destruction. | 08-Feb-2022 |
S.Korean Air Force ordered to pay damage | Seoul, Feb 8 (TIWN) A South Korean government panel has ordered the Air Force to compensate residents near an airfield for noise from aircraft operations, officials said on Tuesday. | 08-Feb-2022 |
Election campaign kicks off in Philippin | Manila, Feb 8 (TIWN) Campaign for presidential election formally kicked off in the Philippines on Tuesday, three months ahead of the voting on May 9 to choose a new President that will lead this Southeast Asian country in the next six years. | 08-Feb-2022 |
US Air Force ordered to pay $230mn over | Washington, Feb 8 (TIWN) A judge has ordered the US Air Force to pay more than 230 million in damages to survivors and victims' families of a 2017 Texas church shooting. | 08-Feb-2022 |
Ex-President leads in Costa Rica polls | San Jose, Feb 7 (TIWN) Former Costa Rican President Jose Maria Figueres is leadinin the country's presidential election, while a runoff is looming as no clear winner has emerged as of Monday, according to the latest data from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). | 07-Feb-2022 |
Sri Lanka to import 100,000 tonnes of ri | Colombo, Feb 7 (TIWN) Sri Lanka's Ministry of Trade said on Monday it has decided to import 100,000 tonnes of white rice from Myanmar to control the rising price of rice in local markets. | 07-Feb-2022 |