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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for concrete actions to improve global cooperation to address the world's current and future challenges.Briefing the UN General Assembly about his report "Our Common Agenda," launched in September 2021 as...

Islamabad: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistani workers decreased 9.9 percent in January on a month-on-month basis, the State Bank of Pakistan said on Monday.The workers' remittances recorded an inflow of 1.894 billion U.S. dollars in January, as compared to...

Ankara:The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Turkey has risen to 29,605 people, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said."As of 3:55 p.m. , 29,605 people died," the AFAD said in a statement.On Monday, parts of Turkey...

Cairo: The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Syria stands at 8,500, with the figure expected to grow further in the coming days, Rick Brennan, the acting regional emergency director for the Eastern Mediterranean office of the World...

United Nations: The UN General Assembly is discussing a draft resolution on the "principles underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine" that runs along the lines of what Kiev considers to be a "just" world, a source...

Moscow:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the decision of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on 200 Russian citizens.NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov was empowered to control the implementation of the decree, according to the...

Moscow:NATO websites were targeted by a cyberattack on Sunday, German news agency dpa reported, citing the bloc's spokesperson.According to the report, the hacker attack struck several websites at once. The bloc’s spokesperson noted that the alliance's cyber experts were...

Karachi: The rupee is expected to start its recovery drive against the US dollar as the government's efforts to secure the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) bailout programme has boosted the market's positive sentiments and due to an increase in...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the "double standards" of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pushed the country towards destruction.The prime minister made these remarks while speaking during a ceremony after laying the foundation of the Bab-e-Pakistan project,...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella on Sunday announced that all non-essential and non-urgent surgeries at government hospitals have been postponed.He said that essential and urgent surgeries will be carried out without hindrance and that the measure is...