Washington would welcome “productive and peaceful talks” between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, but the pace, scope, and character of any dialogue is a matter for India and Pakistan to determine, said Matthew Miller, the United States State Department spokesperson. Miller commented in response to a question regarding the US welcoming future talks between India مزید پڑھیں

Owing to increased cross-border attacks by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in recent months, Pakistan has sought the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) support to call on the interim Afghan government to cut off its links with the banned outfit. “I am confident that this council [UNSC] will join Pakistan in demanding that the Afghan مزید پڑھیں

The U.S. State Department on Tuesday once again urged the Pakistani government to lift internet shutdowns in Pakistan, including restrictions on social media platforms. During a news briefing on Tuesday, the department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller has condemned government-imposed shutdowns of internet platforms. “We have and will continue to emphasize the importance of respecting these fundamental مزید پڑھیں

The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained former leader, said he was “extremely worried” about his mother’s health, saying she was struggling to eat and was being refused permission to see an outside doctor. The 78-year-old Nobel laureate, who has been detained for more than two years, has experienced bouts of dizziness and مزید پڑھیں

Libya’s devastated eastern city of Derna is counting its dead as rescuers continue to pull out more bodies from the rubble of the city battered by flash floods that have killed thousands and the Red Cross warning that 10,000 are missing. According to international media reports, an official of the Tripoli-based national unity government said مزید پڑھیں

A deadly fire struck a large apartment block in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi late on Tuesday. Local media reported that around a dozen were feared dead. Some 70 people were rescued, over 50 of which needed hospital care due to injuries sustained. The apartment block is believed to house some 150 residents in all. The مزید پڑھیں

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau belatedly left India on Tuesday after an aircraft breakdown forced a two-day extension of his rocky visit to New Delhi for the G20 summit. Trudeau arrived in India for the meeting of the leaders of 20 leading economies on Friday and was due to return home on Sunday after laying مزید پڑھیں

More than 3,000 people have died from flash flooding caused by Storm Daniel in eastern Libya and 10,000 more are missing after entire neighbourhoods were swept away, according to officials. According to international media reports, the health minister of Libya’s parliament-appointed government, Osman Abdulcelil, told reporters on Tuesday that most of the 3,000 deaths occurred in مزید پڑھیں

According to an official statement released by the Russian Embassy in Islamabad, Russia will continue to work within credible multilateral platforms, such as the Moscow Format of Consultations, the Neighbouring Countries of Afghanistan. It is further added in the statement, “We have consistently pursued the policy of facilitating national reconciliation and settlement in Afghanistan, as مزید پڑھیں

The United States State Department said that it does not support any particular political party in Pakistan and has no position on how election results trun out. In a press briefing on Monday, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said that he had no specific details about Ambassador Donald Blome’s meeting with Chief Election Commissioner. However, مزید پڑھیں