United Nations, 16 Aug 2019 (AlJazeera News) Envoys from nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have traded barbs outside the United Nations Security Council chamber, after members met behind closed doors for rare talks on the disputed region of Kashmir. The meeting on Friday came as Indian-administered Kashmir remained under a military lockdown for a 12th...

Lahore, 10 Aug. 2019 (Daily Express Tribune) As tensions following India’s illegal and unilateral Kashmir move escalate, at least 13 Indian diplomatic staff members along with Indian High Commissioner left Pakistan on Saturday and crossed the international border at Wagah into India, diplomatic sources said. The staff left the country along with their families. Earlier...

Islamabad, 10 Aug. 2019 (APP) Over 45 members of the parliament (MPs) from the United Kingdom and peers have co-signed a letter written by MP Warrington South Faisal Rashid calling on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to intervene and prevent India’s unconstitutional attack on Kashmir’s autonomy. “We are deeply alarmed by reports that the...

Rawalpindi, 06 Aug. 2019 (Business Recorder) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has affirmed that Pakistan Army is prepared and shall go to any extent to fulfil its obligations against India’s decision to legalise its occupation of Indian Occupied Kashmir through article 370 or 35-A. The Director of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)...

Seoul, 05 Aug. 2019 (Yonhap News) South Korea has had no discussions with the United States on the possible deployment of U.S. intermediate-range missiles on its soil, nor does it plan to do so, the defense ministry said Monday. Some media outlets have speculated that South Korea could be one of candidate sites for U.S....

Ankara, 05 Aug.2019 (Anadolu News) Turkey never ignores any solutions on Cyprus as it is a "national cause for us", the country's foreign minister said on Monday. "Cyprus is our national cause. The equality and security of the Turkish Cypriot people are indispensable. On this basis, we do not exclude any solution," Mevlut Cavusoglu said...

Islamabad, 05 August 2019 (APP) Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said India’s illegal move over the status of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoK) would deteriorate the peace and security of the region and further undermine the relations between the two neighbors with strategic capabilities. The prime minister made a telephonic call to Malaysian Prime...

New Delhi, 05 August 2019 (Times of India/ Hindustan Times, India) MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE NOTIFICATION New Delhi. the 5th August, 2019 G.S.R .551(E).— the following Order made by the President is published for general information:- THE CONSTITUTION (APPLICATION TO JAMMU & KASHMIR) Order, 2019 C.O. 272 In exercise of the powers conferred by...

Tehran, 04 August 2019 (Xinhua News) Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday captured a foreign oil tanker for carrying "smuggled" fuel in the Gulf, official IRNA news agency reported. The vessel was carrying 700,000 liters of "smuggled" fuel when it was seized, IRNA said. The seized tanker was transferred to Iran's southern port...

US, 04 August 2019 (AlJazeera News) At least nine people have been killed and 27 wounded in a mass shooting in Dayton, in the US state of Ohio, according to police. The incident in the early hours of Sunday came just hours after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, killed at least 20 people...