BEIJING: Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya raised “serious concerns” on Wednesday over China’s military buildup as he met counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, Tokyo said. On his first visit to China ...

PARIS: The suicide by a train driver on the job caused widespread delays in France’s rail traffic, operator SNCF said on Wednesday. Some 3,000 train passengers have been affected by delays in services ...

THE ECP’s recent pledge to eliminate the gender gap among voters falls flat in the face of troubling revelations about women’s participation in the general elections. According to Pattan-Coalition 38, ...

Pakistani diplomat handed strong protest note; special envoy continues meetings with top Afghan Taliban officials.

The strict military discipline of the armed forces should not be interpreted as a sign of weaker integrity. Officers involved in military court proceedings act with utmost responsibility under sacred ...

IT is assumed that the primary purpose of all tax-related amendments is to incr-ease woefully low tax collection.

THIS is with reference to the report ‘Military court sentences 25 PTI activists for May 9 riots’ (Dec 22). The development has sparked a debate in society. These courts were initially established to ...

Despite everything claimed by the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) regarding repair work, nothing happened, and it was the water tanker mafia that had a chance to make hay. Some citizens ...

THE Gulshan-i-Iqbal area in Karachi, especially the part of it in the vicinity of the University Road, has ...

According to the law, the governor must return a bill along with objections, if any, within 10 days, or it will be passed by the assembly as a piece of legislation. Since the bill had been returned by ...

MOSCOW: A “terrorist act” sank the cargo ship that went down in international waters in the Mediterranean this week, the Russian state-owned company that owns the vessel said on Wednesday.

Journalists Markenzy Nathoux and Jimmy Jean were killed “during an attack by bandits from the coalition ‘Viv Ansanm’ (‘Living Together’)” at the State University of Haiti Hospital, Robest Dimanche, ...