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Bradford: The former president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and central leader Pakistan Peoples Party-AJK chapter Sardar M Yaqoob Khan while expressing his serious concern over the political and human rights situation in occupied Kashmir has said that India was hell bent on to changing the special status of occupied …

By Wu Lejun from People’s Daily, BEIJING: More industrial organizations in the US are joining forces to persuade US President Donald Trump to back down from hundreds of billions of tariffs he will place on imports, particularly from China. A national lobbying campaign called “Tariffs Hurt the Heartland” has been …

By Wang Ke from People’s Daily, BEIJING: China’s outbound direct investment (ODI) maintained steady growth in the first eight months of this year, said China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng on Thursday. Chinese investors made $74.09 billion non-financial ODI in 4,309 overseas enterprises in 153 countries and regions from …

WASHINGTON: The US is imposing new tariffs on $200bn (£150bn) worth of Chinese goods as it escalates its trade war with Beijing. These will apply to almost 6,000 items, marking the biggest round of US tariffs so far. Handbags, rice and textiles will be included, but some items expected to …

MOSCOW: Russia has said Syria shot down one its military planes – but laid the blame for the deaths of the 15 personnel on board with Israel. The defence ministry said Israeli jets forced the Il-20 plane into the path of Syrian air defence systems on Monday after failing to …

London: The central Naib Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan and former Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmad has said Pakistan government is not highlighting UN Human Rights Commission (HRC) report on Kashmir. “ The government is not highlighting the report of United Nation (UN) Human rights commission on Kashmir. The reports of …

BEIJING: A powerful storm which killed dozens of people in the Philippines is now making its way across southern China. Typhoon Mangkhut is one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in decades. Two people have been killed in the Chinese province of Guangdong, according to state media …

Philippines: A retired army general accused of being behind the killing of dozens of leftist activists in the Philippines has been sentenced to life for kidnapping two university students in 2006. Jovito Palparan, nicknamed “The Butcher” for his deadly campaign against communist rebels, was found guilty of the disappearance of …

ISLAMABAD: Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls, Dr Sharman Stone, arrived in Pakistan today for a three-day visit to exchange views on gender equality and the rights of women and girls. According to a press release, Dr Stone said her country has made gender equality a key objective of foreign …

Damascus: Israel has fired missiles at Damascus International Airport. An unnamed military source told Sana news agency on Saturday evening that the Syrian army had confronted an Israeli missile attack. Sana quoted the source as saying that Syrian air defences had managed to shoot down a number of the incoming …