Tag: Pakistan

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Pakistani Airbus with 99 passengers crashes in Karachi district: at least 80 killed

  

  A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi on Friday afternoon after twice trying to land at the airport, a witness said.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Pentagon claims China plans to add military bases around the world

  

  The US Defense Department expects China to add military bases around the world to protect its investments in its ambitious One Belt One Road global infrastructure program, according to an official report released on Thursday.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  China preparing for a huge muscle showing naval parade: 13 countries are joining

  

  Warships from India, Australia and several other nations arrived in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao on Sunday to attend a naval parade, part of a goodwill visit as China extends the hand of friendship despite regional tensions and suspicions.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina denies visas to Pakistan players attending a world championship

  

  Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned Lahore after being deported from Dubai after having stayed there for 24 hours en route to Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship which began on Sunday at Misiones.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Pakistan shows downed Indian pilot; New Delhi demands his release

  

  India has demanded the release of a fighter pilot shot down by Pakistan warplanes in a major escalation between the two nuclear powers over Kashmir. Video showing the pilot, blindfolded and with blood on his face, was shared by Pakistan's information ministry. India described the images as a “vulgar display of an injured personnel”.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Pakistan to resume negotiations with Mercosur for a free trade agreement

  

  Pakistan has officially requested to resume negotiations with Mercosur for a free trade agreement, with discussions expected to begin in early 2019. Islamabad believes it is an opportunity to bridge the trade deficit with countries of the South American bloc.

• Saturday, May 19th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Ten people killed in school shooting by a student near Houston, Texas

  

  Ten people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting on Friday morning at a high school south of Houston, authorities said. The shooting at Santa Fe High School was the nation's deadliest such attack since the massacre in Florida that gave rise to a campaign by teens for gun control.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Record killing of journalists doing their jobs in 2012, according to RSF

  

  More journalists were killed doing their job in 2012 than in any year since monitoring started 17 years ago, with Syria and Somalia seeing a particularly heavy toll followed by Pakistan and Mexico, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 03:07 UTC

  US government sales soared to 66.3bn dollars in 2011; Saudis main buyers

  

  US government sale of weapons soared by over three times in just one year - from 21.4 billion dollars in 2010 to 66.3 billion in 2011, the largest for a single year in the history of the US arms export program, according to a report by the US Congress Research Service.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 16:26 UTC

  US latest wars have cost the Treasury 4.4 trillion USD, says academic report

  

  United States President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan and referred to a one trillion US dollars price tag for US wars. The figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the US Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released Wednesday.