Pakistan imported medicines worth Rs 136 cr from India in 2019

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan imported medicines and vaccines worth (Pakistani) Rs 136,99,87,000 from India in 2019, its Health Ministry has said.

Express News reported that the imported medicines included life-saving drugs, tablets, syrups and…

Trump scrapped Iran deal to spite Obama: New leak claims

London (IANS) US President Donald Trump abandoned the Iran nuclear deal to spite his predecessor Barack Obama, claimed a new leaked memo written by Kim Darroch, the UK's former ambassador to the US.

According to the Mail newspaper on Sunday,…

21 killed in Nepal floods, landslides

Kathmandu (IANS) At least 21 people were killed while 10 others were reported missing due to floods and landslides caused by incessant rain in Nepal, police said on Saturday.

According to the police, at least 10 people have sustained injuries,…

May speaks of 'pride and disappointment' as UK PM

London (IANS) In her last television interview as the British Prime Minister, Theresa May said that she would feel a "mixture of pride and disappointment" when she leaves Downing Street in 12 days' time.

In the BBC interview on…

Russian S-400 missile system hardware deployment starts: Turkey

Ankara, July 12 (IANS) The first shipment of Russian S-400 missile defence system hardware to Turkey started on Friday, the country's Defence Ministry has announced.

"First batch of equipment of S-400 missile defence system, which…

Maryam Nawaz's interview 'forcefully' taken off air

Islamabad (IANS) A televised interview of Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was "forcefully" taken off shortly after it was aired, the media reported on Friday.

"Just came to know Maryam…

Trump abandons adding citizenship question to 2020 Census

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has abandoned his bid to have a question about citizenship added to the 2020 Census, instead deciding to obtain the information via other means.

"The Department of Commerce sensibly decided to…

Iran's IRGC denies UK tanker seizure claim

Tehran (IANS) Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Thursday dismissed a claim that Iranian boats tried to intercept a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf region.

"Patrols by the IRGC's Navy vessels have been underway…

Talks with opposition concluded successfully: Venezuela

Caracas (IANS) The Venezuelan government has announced that its talks with the opposition, which were held in the Caribbean island of Barbados and mediated by Norway, had concluded successfully, though it did not provide further details.

Communications…

Soft on Pakistan, UN report on Kashmir has discrepancies

New Delhi (IANS) The latest UN human rights report on Jammu and Kashmir, slammed by India as a "continuation of the earlier false and motivated narrative", has several discrepancies that show up on closer reading and contradicts…