International

Lisbon,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday on the first leg of his three-nation tour that will also take him to the US and the Netherlands.Modi’s visit follows his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa, who traces his origin to Goa, to India in January this year.”I will pay a …

Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and several countries in Europe on Sunday as the Shawwal moon was sighted on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The Saudi royal court announced that the first day of Shawwal would fall on Sunday, according to local media reports.In Pakistan, the …

The government has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist in Peshawar who hailed the move as a step forward for the community. Activist Farzana Riaz said the new passport would help her campaign globally on behalf of her community, who are also known as khawajasiras — an …

Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen secretary general Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari has condemned the fresh wave of terrorist attacks on Shia Muslims in Quetta and Karachi saying that after Parachinar killings, provincial capitals of Balochistan and Sindh have been made killing field for Shia Muslims where government has lost it writ. Speaking at …

At least four Afghans were killed on Friday as an anti-government protest spiralled into street clashes, with police firing live rounds to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators incensed by a catastrophic bombing. Public anger has mounted after an explosives-laden sewage tanker detonated in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter on Wednesday, killing 90 …

Reuters haber ajansı, Trump’ın seçim kampanyasında Rusya bağlantısını araştıran soruşturmaya Türkiye’nin lobicilik faaliyetleriyle ilgili iddiaların da dahil edildiğini bildirdi.   Başkan Trump, seçim kampanyaları sırasında Michael Flynn ile.   ABD’de Başkan Donald Trump’ın seçim kampanyası ile Rusya arasındaki bağlantıyı soruşturmak üzere Adalet Bakanlığı tarafından atanan “özel savcı” Robert Mueller’in soruşturmaya …

EHRAN (Tasnim) – Mostafa Hashemitaba, a candidate running for Iran’s 12th presidential election, expressed his gratitude to the country’s people for their massive presence in the polls and congratulated his rival, incumbent President Hassan Rouhani, over his victory in the vote.   In a message issued on Saturday, Hashemitaba said …

Iran’s state television declared incumbent President Hassan Rouhani the winner of the country’s presidential election on Saturday, giving the 68-year-old cleric a second four-year term to see out his agenda calling for greater freedoms and outreach to the wider world. State TV offered its congratulations in a brief statement Saturday, …

TEHRAN  – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won a second term in Friday’s presidential election by securing an absolute majority of the votes.   With the votes from 99.7% of ballot boxes in the nationwide presidential election counted, Rouhani emerged victorious and secured a second term by winning 57 percent of …

Sharif to attend ‘Arab Nato’ in Riyadh   Islamabad, May 20 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the first ever Arab-Islamic-American Summit being held in Riyadh on Sunday, a media report said on Saturday. The “Arab Nato” summit — being held to develop a security partnership against a growing …