French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Front National (FN) party, is to make a rare visit to Africa, a party official said. She is travelling to Chad to meet French soldiers based there as part … read more
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world´s two largest economies could keep relations steady despite frictions in the Trump era. “We don´t want to see … read more
UNITED NATIONS: With women being paid an average of 23 per cent less than men, the United Nations has launched a high-profile network to call for equal pay for work of equal value. “We want equal pay now,” Academy Award-winning … read more
ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistani and Afghan officials are scheduled to meet in London on Wednesday to ease the current tensions, Xinhua reported. According to Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal the meeting will be held at a time when relationship between … read more
JERUSALEM: A law to muffle mosques amplified calls to prayer in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem won preliminary approval on Wednesday in a charged parliamentary session where Arab legislators denounced the measure as racist. Supporters of the bill say it … read more