Ukraine sets up 3 humanitarian corridors

Kiev (IANS) Ukraine established three humanitarian corridors on Wednesday, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Telegram.

Two corridors were set up to allow Ukrainian civilians to flee the cities of Melitopol and…

Announcing initiative for Ukraine ceasefire, Guterres says he's in touch with India

United Nations (IANS) While announcing that a UN official will spearhead a diplomatic effort for a ceasefire in Ukraine, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he has been in "very close contact" with India on mediation efforts.

The UN…

Russia, Ukraine start new round of peace talks

Istanbul (IANS) Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday kicked off a fresh round of peace talks here in yet another attempt to reach a ceasefire in the ongoing Moscow-Kiev war.

Shortly before the meeting started at the Dolmabahce Presidential Working…

Pak National Assembly to begin session with non-confidence motion on agenda

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan National Assembly (NA) is set to meet on Monday after a two-day recess, with an opposition-moved no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan set to be tabled, Dawn reported.

Interior Minister Sheikh…

Philippines, US begin large-scale joint military drills

Manila (IANS) The Philippines and the US on Monday began their large-scale annual joint military drills in the Southeast Asian country.

The participants in the exercise, codenamed Balikatan 2022, include 3,800 Filipino and 5,100 US military…

West's reaction could push Russia towards China: EU official

Brussels (IANS) Josep Borrell, the European Union's (EU) foreign-policy chief, warned that the Ukrainian crisis and the West's reaction could "push" Russia towards China.

Doing so could lead to the creation of a major rift between the…

50 ministers go missing from political activity as Imran fights for survival

Islamabad (IANS) As the crucial no-confidence motion inches closer and uncertainty continues to shroud political alliances, at least 50 ministers belonging to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have gone ‘missing from the political front, Express…

Trump card has nothing to do with army: Imran Khan

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his much-discussed "trump card" has nothing to do with the army, The News reported.

The Prime Minister instead stressed that "attacking the army and damaging it means damaging…

India abstains 6th, 7th time on Ukraine resolution; UNGA throttles S Africa resolution

United Nations (IANS) Keeping up its streak of abstentions on Ukraine-related resolutions at the UN, India on Thursday abstained in rapid succession for the sixth and seventh time at the General Assembly which confronted duelling resolutions.

India abstains for 5th time on UN Ukraine resolution, but this time with US

United Nations (IANS) India has abstained for the fifth time on a UN resolution on Ukraine, but this time it was on a Russia-sponsored resolution in the Security Council and New Delhi was on the side of Washington and its allies.

The resolution…