18 July, 2019 WASHINGTON: A bid to launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump has been blocked in the US House of Representatives. Texas Democrat Al Green filed the resolution after the House voted to denounce Mr Trump’s attacks aimed at four US congresswomen as racist. But the measure failed …

18 July, 2019 TOKYO: At least 33 people are dead and dozens injured after a man set fire to an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto, officials say. Police said the 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Animation studio on Thursday morning and sprayed petrol before igniting it. …

18 July, 2019 TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released details of its recent capturing of a foreign tanker smuggling one million liters of Iranian fuel near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. A local IRGC naval command post published the details in a statement, which …

18 July, 2019 By Atta Rasool Malik Unlike in Pakistan, general elections in India are quite lengthy and tiring. The current poll is being conducted in phases spread over a month. It started on April 11 and will continue until May 19, with the final result announced on May 23. Although Pakistan-bashing is one …

Jul 18, 2019 India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 will be launched on the 22nd of this month. The national space agency ISRO has announced that it will be launched onboard the booster GSLV Mark-Three on Monday, at 2:43 pm from the spaceport at Sriharikota. Originally Chandrayaan-2 was scheduled to be launched …

Jul 18, 2019 , India has called upon Pakistan to release and repatriate its national Kulbhushan Jadhav following International Court of Justice’s judgment. Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the ICJ’s judgment is not only a  vindication for India and Jadhav but for …

18 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIRUT/ BEIJING: Last week, 22 mostly Western countries launched the world’s first major collective challenge to China’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslims and other minorities. In a joint statement to the High Commissioner of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, the nations criticized Beijing for what …

18 July, 2019 By Aurangzeb Alamgir It is said that “economic growth doesn’t mean anything if it leaves people out.” The above mentioned quote seems pretty much true because there is no growth without deprived human development sector and it is the dilemma of third world that artificial boom in …

18 July, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC NEW DELHI: As many as 23 teenagers in the southern Indian state of Telangana have killed themselves since their school-leaving exam results were announced in April. BBC Telugu’s Deepthi Bathini explains why the results have become controversial. Thota Vennela enjoyed cooking, watching …

18 July, 2019 MEXICO/ NEW YORK: A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years. Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February. He escaped …