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Putin meets Assad, calls for ‘political process’ on Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rare meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the… Read More

Putin sworn in for fourth term as Russia president

Vladimir Putin was sworn in as Russia's president for a fourth term on Monday, extending… Read More

Afghan president launches new ID cards amid row over ethnicity

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched new electronic ID cards on Thursday and faced immediate… Read More

Govt policies aimed at protecting laborers’ rights, says president

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that the policies of the incumbent government were aimed… Read More

Iran president criticises violence by morality police

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday appeared to criticise the morality police after a… Read More

Turkey’s Erdogan declares early elections on June 24

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be brought forward to June… Read More

Trump ‘morally unfit’ for office, says fired FBI chief

Fired former FBI chief James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump in an interview ON… Read More

China’s Xi tells Zimbabwe president they should write ‘new chapter’ in ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe that they should work towards… Read More

Democracy is key to continued development and stability: President Mamnoon Hussain

ISLAMABAD: President Manmoon Hussain has said that democracy is the key to the continued development… Read More

Trump says Biden would ‘go down hard’ if they fought

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump and former vice president Joe Biden, both septuagenarians, once again publicly… Read More

Sarkozy blasts ‘lack of evidence’ for corruption charges

French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for the… Read More

French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe

PARIS: French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody on Tuesday and questioned over… Read More

China’s parliament re-elects Xi Jinping as president

BEIJING: China’s largely rubber-stamp parliament on Saturday unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president.… Read More

Netlflix announces documentary series on Robert F. Kennedy

Netflix announced to launch a documentary series on Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of… Read More

Mauritius president refuses to resign over financial scandal

PORT LOUIS: Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has refused to resign, vowing to fight allegations that… Read More

Philippines moves to quit ICC: What does it mean?

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Wednesday a move towards quitting the International Criminal… Read More

People of Balochistan to be real beneficiaries of CPEC: president

SIBI: President Mamnoon Hussain has said that China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would bring progress… Read More

Xi Jinping is set to become China’s ‘President for life’

BEIJING: China's Communist Party has handed President Xi Jinping an open path to indefinite rule -- a move… Read More

Shahbaz Sharif to become acting PML-N president

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif held a meeting with his elder brother and former… Read More

Shahbaz Sharif likely to be elected new PML-N chief: sources

ISLAMABAD: In the aftermath of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification from the presidency of… Read More