Pakistan: Shoe hurled at Nawaz Sharif in Lahore
AMN A day after ink was thrown on Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in Sialkot, a shoe was thrown at PML-N’s supreme leader Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on Sunday. Sharif, who…
Russia test-launches hypersonic missile
AMN Russia on Sunday successfully test-fired a hypersonic missile, one of a range of next-generation weapons. It was unveiled by President Vladimir Putin in his state-of-the-nation address earlier this month.…
Catalan separatists march in Barcelona for split from Spain
WEB DESK Pro-independence supporters took to the streets in Barcelona on Sunday. The protesters called for the implementation of the Catalan Republic, and supported the formation of a “republican government”…
Germany: Mosque attacked in Berlin
Photo-DITIB WEB DESK A suspected arson attack on a Berlin mosque overnight to Sunday destroyed entire interior of the building. Police said a mosque in Berlin’s Reinickendorf district was probably…
Trump Believes North Korean Leader Ready to ‘Make Peace’
WEB DESK US President Donald Trump said he believed North Korea was ready “to make peace” after its leader, Kim Jong Un, declared his willingness to meet the U.S. president.…
Syria army cuts off main rebel town in Ghouta as death toll 1,000
WEB DESK Syrian regime forces have cut off the largest town in Eastern Ghouta from the rest of the rebel-held enclave near Damascus, pressing on with a 20-day assault that…
President Xi Jinping becomes China’s leader for life
WEB DESK China’s Parliament today abolished the decades-old two-term limit for the President, allowing Xi Jinping to remain as the country’s leader for life. The constitutional changes were passed in…
US: Florida passes law that allows some school staff to be armed
WEB DESK In US, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed into law a bill backed by relatives of Parkland school shooting victims that restrict access to firearms and paves the way…
Sri Lankan President appoints Commission of inquiry to probe violence in Kandy
AMN /COLOMBO Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday decided to appoint a Presidential Commission of inquiry to investigate the communal clashes which took place in Kandy district earlier this…
Deal with N Korea will be ‘very good one’: Donald Trump
WEB DESK US President Donald Trump Saturday said that a US-North Korea deal was very much in the making and would be a “very good one” for the world if…