Fiji issues coastal inundation alert

Suva (IANS) The Fiji Meteorological Office on Friday warned residents living along coastal areas to expect flooding as a coastal inundation alert is still in force for parts of the island nation.

The Office said an intensifying high-pressure…

SKorean, US, Japanese nuclear envoys condemn NKorea's missile provocation

Seoul (IANS) Top South Korean, US and Japanese nuclear envoys strongly denounced North Korea's recent back-to-back missile provocations during their phone talks on Thursday.

Kim Gunn, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and…

Gen Bajwa discusses India, China with US officials

Rawalpindi (IANS) Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed matters related to India, China, Afghanistan in his meetings with top US administration officials on his recent visit to Washington, sources told Geo News on…

Sri Lanka begins debt restructuring talks with China, thanks India for support during crisis

Colombo (IANS) Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe informed the Parliament on Thursday that the government has started initial debt restructuring discussions with China, which is an important step to revive the island nation that is facing its…

S.Korean F-15K fighter fires 2 JADAM precision bombs in response to N.Korean missile launch

Seoul (IANS) A South Korean F-15K fighter fired two JADAM precision bombs at a firing range on a Yellow Sea island on Tuesday, in response to North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch earlier in the day, the military said.

Unification minister says NKorea trying to tame SKorean government, grab US attention

Seoul/Incheon (IANS) South Korea's point man on North Korea said Sunday he believes North Korea's recent series of missile launches are aimed at "taming" the new South Korean government while at the same time grabbing US attention.

Unification…

Russia says Western countries mastermind of Nord Stream attacks

Moscow (IANS) The director of Russias Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said that there is evidence, which indicates that "the West" may have been behind the disabling of the Nord Stream undersea pipelines, media reports said.

Pakistan's largest bank aided, abetted Al Qaeda: Report

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan's largest bank, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), faces secondary liabilities in a terror financing case in the US in which the plaintiffs had alleged that it aided and abetted Al Qaeda terrorism and joined a conspiracy to launch…

Western leaders fear Putin planning huge escalation of Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine

London (IANS) Western leaders fear that Vladimir Putin is planning a huge escalation of Russias faltering invasion of Ukraine with a deadly nuclear strike or an attack on European interests, media reports said.

British and American spies believe…

'Wear undergarments', Pakistan's national carrier tells cabin crew

Islamabad (IANS) The national airline of the country -- Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) -- has a new rule for its cabin crew: 'Wear undergarments', media reports said.

In a strange development, PIA has told its air crew that wearing…