Any attempt to sabotage Sino-Pak friendship not to succeed: Wang Wenbin

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Monday said that any attempt to sabotage the friendship between China and Pakistan and the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will not succeed. “China will continue to work with the Pakistani side to jointly guard against and counter the threats of terrorism and earnestly protect the safety مزید پڑھیں

Niger military to prosecute Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’

Niger’s military says it will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for treason, hours after a group of senior Islamic scholars said the country’s coup leaders are open to diplomacy to resolve their standoff with West Africa’s regional bloc. In a statement read out on national television late on Sunday, a spokesman for Niger’s military laid مزید پڑھیں

Death toll rises to 89 in Hawaii, making it deadliest US wildfire in 100 years

People in the Hawaiian resort town ravaged by a horrific inferno have expressed anger as the death toll from the wildfires rose to 89 on Saturday, making it officially the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years. According to international media reports, officials said the toll might go up further as search teams continue مزید پڑھیں

Eiffel Tower briefly evacuated after bomb threat

Three floors of the Eiffel Tower in central Paris were evacuated on Saturday after French police alerted visitors of a potential bomb threat while bomb disposal experts searched through the floors. According to international media reports, the Eiffel Tower, France’s most emblematic symbol, which drew 6.2 million visitors last year, including a restaurant on one مزید پڑھیں

Hawaii wildfire death toll hits 67 as probe launched into blaze response

The death toll from wildfires on Hawaii’s Maui has risen to 67 as search teams combed through the smouldering ruins of Lahaina town and officials sought determine to how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort area with little warning. Hawaii’s attorney general said on Friday that she was opening a probe into مزید پڑھیں

North Korea’s Kim dismisses military chief, calls for war preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations “in an offensive way”, including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported on Thursday. With a cigarette in hand, Kim was shown talking to a room full of uniformed top generals, and pointing at مزید پڑھیں

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un dismisses military chief, calls for war preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations “in an offensive way,” including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported Thursday. The developments came at a meeting of the Central Military Commission on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency reported, just days مزید پڑھیں