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Russia said it was likely to bring forward the flight of a new manned space mission to the ISS but postpone the launch of a cargo ship after a rocket failure.

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sent a letter to the Cabinet Division to conduct inquiry into failure of its Result Transmission System (RTS) during conduct of general elections on July 25. The ECP directed the Cabinet Division to constitute an inquiry committee comprising experts from National Telecommunication, Information Technology Security Board and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority and finalize the inquiry report within four weeks. According to the terms of reference of inquiry, the…

ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador in Islamabad David Hale on Thursday said President Donald Trump did not blame Pakistan for failure in Afghanistan and the United States recognized Pakistan’s sacrifices in the war on terror. “The press had generally taken the policy piece by piece instead of interpreting it as a whole,” he said in a meeting with National Security Adviser Lt. Gen (R) Nasser Khan Janjua to discuss the new US strategy on Afghanistan and South Asia, announced by President Trump on 20th August in his address at Fort…

LAHORE: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday termed negative politics and lies of Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan as cause of his failure. “The PTI chief should avoid hurling unfounded allegations against others and give answer of his corruption to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB),” she said in a statement. The minister of state said that nation was well aware of the concocted stories of PTI and cannot be betrayed. She said when PTI’s ministers…

TOKYO: Japan's space agency said on Sunday it failed to launch a mini rocket carrying a satellite into space due to failure of the communications systems. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a statement it had fired the SS-520 rocket at 0833 JST on Sunday at its Uchinoura Space Center in southern Japan. JAXA said it was unable to receive data from the rocket, which has fallen back to earth in a spot it had expected. The rocket, about 10 metres (35 feet) long and 50 centimeters (20 inches) in…

Lahore: Several students of King Edward Medical College protested after failing their examinations.

BRUSSELS: Online communication service Skype has been summoned to appear in court in Belgium after refusing to pass on customer data to aid a criminal investigation, a court spokesman said.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of American Bishop Robert Finn who in 2012 was convicted for failing to report suspected child abuse by one of the priests under his supervision, the Vatican said.

KABUL: Afghanistan is turning its back on female activists and leaving them vulnerable to threats, assassinations and sexual assault, Amnesty International said Tuesday, urging the international community to preserve hard-won gains for women.

TAIWAN: One engine failed on the TransAsia plane that crashed in Taiwan this week with the loss of at least 35 lives, and the pilots may have inexplicably shut down the other, investigators and experts said Friday.