Section: Pakistan
- Dunya TV (Pakistan) (1,451)
- Geo TV (Pakistan) (288)
- The Kooza (Canada) (23)
- The Nation (Pakistan) (115)
Negative outlook remains for recession-hit Russia: S&P
PARIS (AFP) – The outlook for Russias recession-hit economy remains weak, as it struggles with international sanctions and weak oil prices, ratings agency Standard & Poors said Friday.S&P said it expected the Russian economy to expand by about 0.4 percent annually between 2015 and 2018, well down on the average 2.4 percent seen in...
All new UN Security Council members will take their seats on 1 January 2016.
The UN General Assembly has elected Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year. Those elected will fill seats to be vacated on 31December by Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania and Nigeria. Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela will continue to serve as elected Council members...
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay join UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine and Uruguay were elected on Thursday to the UN Security Council during an uncontested vote held at the General Assembly.The five countries ran unopposed for the non-permanent seats after regional groups put them forward as their choice, but the contenders still had to garner two-thirds...
Ukraine, Japan face tense diplomacy as UN council newcomers
nbsp Last Updated On 15 October2015 Aboutnbsp1 hour ago …read more Source: The Frontier...
Ukraine, Japan face tense diplomacy as UN council newcomers
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Ukraine and Japan are among five countries set to win election to the UN Security Council on Thursday, taking seats alongside Russia and China, countries with which they have tense relations.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Kiev will definitely not be conciliatory towards Russia at the top diplomatic...
MH17 wreckage reveals horror of plane’s last moments
Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands) (AFP) – A partial reconstruction of a Malaysia Airlines jet made of wreckage found strewn across eastern Ukraine told the graphic story of its violent last moments after being hit by a surface-to-air missile.Dutch-led air crash investigators concluded some of the 298 people on board may have known for up to 90...
Blame game resumes over who shot MH17 with a missile
Investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired over war-torn Ukraine, but 15 months after the disaster Russia and the West remain locked in a bitter blame game. The Dutch-led inquiry did not identify who launched the missile that crashed into the Boeing 777 on July 17, 2014,...
MH17 shot down by BUK missile from war-torn Ukraine
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands: Air crash investigators concluded on Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile …read more Source: The News...
Tennis: Venus battles to next round in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) – Seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams battled through a gruelling first-round match at the Hong Kong Open Tuesday, taking three sets to beat unseeded Yuliya Beygelzimer.The American finally sealed victory 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 after more than two hours on court.Williams, 35, is fighting for a place in the eight-player WTA...
Warhead blast brought down MH17
CNNUkrainian authorities had sufficient reason to close the airspace over conflict-stricken eastern Ukraine before the downing of Malaysia Airl …read more Source: The Frontier...
