EU pledges more measures to help Italy in migrant crisis
WEB DESK The EU has pledged more measures and more money to help Italy face growing numbers of migrants on its shores, including a possible visa limit on Bangladesh. Close…
India rejects OIC resolution on Kashmir
AMN / New Delhi India has rejected a resolution passed by the Organisation of Islamic Countries(OIC) calling for right of self-determination for people of Jammu and Kashmir and expressing concern…
Pakistan: Sindh Assembly passes resolution calling for PM’s resignation
WEB DESK In Pakistan, the Sindh Assembly passed a resolution today demanding that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should step down from his post for producing fake documents before the Honourable…
Israel removes metal detectors from holy site
Israel has removed metal detectors from outside a holy site in East Jerusalem after uproar from Palestinians over their recent introduction. It said it plans to replace them with less…
Gulf Arab states blacklist 9 individuals, 9 organizations
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have added nine entities and nine individuals to their ban lists because of alleged links to Qatar over terrorism. Saudi’s state…
17 Turkish journalists face terrorism trial
web desk Seventeen journalists and managers at Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet went on trial yesterday on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation. If found guilty this week, they could face…
Israel to remove metal detectors outside Al Aqsa mosque
WEB DESK Israel authorities have decided to remove the metal detectors outside the holy site of Al Aqsa Mosque in the old city of Jerusalem which had created unprecedented tension…
Pakistan: 26 dead, 50 injured in blast near CM residence in Lahore
AMN A powerful suicide blast near residence-cum-office of Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore today killed 26 people, including policemen, and wounded more than 50 others. Police and…
Afghanistan: 35 killed in Kabul in suicide Attack
WEB DESK / At least 35 people were killed and several injured in a suicide car blast in Afghanistan capital Kabul today. According to Police, a suicide attacker detonated a…
6 OPEC & non-OPEC ministers to meet in St Petersburg
AMN Oil prices were little changed today following a steep fall in the previous session amid growing expectations that the joint OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting later in the day…