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In a world where power determines your strength and you boast about having a military, but it’s hard to believe that there are some countries who don’t have armed forces. For most countries, the national armed force is the country’s…

CAIRO: Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday blasted as “shameful” countries that are celebrating the opening of the US embassy in Israel in the disputed holy city of Jerusalem. “It is shameful to see countries participating with…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the federal cabinet was held in Islamabad on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the chair. The meeting approved signing of seven MoUs with various countries aimed at enhancement of economic and…

PARIS: Some 110 countries have agreed to work towards forming an international consensus by 2020 on how to tax digital businesses across borders, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Friday. Big digital…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir on Sunday said the government had brought cohesion and national harmony by its development projects across the country. “The Pakistan Muslim…

ISLAMABAD: Commenting on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that Pakistan was working to promote connectivity among the countries of the region and across the world as well. "We are carving…

WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled a way to warn its citizens about the dangers of foreign travel Wednesday, with a four-point safety ranking system for countries and an interactive world map. Ten war zones and failed states are…

GENEVA: The United Nations said Tuesday that it had received pledges amounting to $857 million (726 million euros) to fund operations aimed to help an estimated 67 million displaced and stateless people (refugees) worldwide next year. It…

France will raise the price of cigarettes to 10 euros ($11.35) a pack within three years, the health minister said on Thursday, confirming a strategy that will push tobacco costs to among the highest in Europe. At present, a packet of 20…

Glass ceiling of women is now very much the thing of the past. Women are defying all the odds to grow professionally in almost all areas – and at the present they are among the frontline warriors for defence of their countries. In…