Islamabad 13 April 2017 (Daily 'Dawn') The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the role of foreign intelligence agencies cannot be ruled out in the disappearance of retired Lt Col Habib Zahir, a former Pakistan Army officer who mysteriously went missing in Nepal earlier this month. Addressing a weekly press briefing in Islamabad, Pakistan Foreign...

Manama, Bahrain 13 April 2017 (Manila Bulletin News/ PNA) President Rodrigo Duterte of Philippines arrived from Saudi Arabia in Manama in the morning of Wednesday as his 2nd leg of official visit to Gulf States. 'Yes, we’ve lined up five agreements,' Philippine Ambassador to Bahrain Alfonso Ver said as reported by Official News Agency of...

Doha 13 April 2017 (QNA) President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines will arrive in Doha on Friday for an official visit to the State of Qatar. Emir of State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will hold talks with the President the Philippines, on Sunday morning, at the Emiri Diwan, on bilateral relations and...

Doha PR MOI 12 April 2017 The GCC Coast Guard Week celebration opened at Al Bandar in Doha Corniche on Wednesday 12 April. The celebration under the theme “Our aim is safety and security” is organized by the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security during 12-15 April 2017. The coast guard week is celebrated...

The United Nations 12 April 2017 (TASS) Russia has vetoed West-drafted resolution at the UN SC over alleged chemical attack in Syria Share Russia vetoed on Wednesday the resolution condemning the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Khan-Sheikhoun on April 4 and demanding from Damascus to present information on its sorties on that...

Moscow 12 April 2017 (TASS) Talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson turned out to be frank and extensive, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following their meeting. "We held talks with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, we have just had a long, two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin," he said. "The...

Washington 10 April 2017 (Xinhua) The just-concluded meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was very positive as it helped achieve a much friendlier tone in China-U.S. ties, experts said. The April 6-7 meeting, the first between the two leaders since Trump took office in January, was held at the...

CHINADAILY.COM.CN 12 April 2017 By Xi Rao The Dalai Lama's recent visit to "Arunachal Pradesh", as it is called by its illegal Indian occupiers, has once again put the Southern Tibet region of China in the spotlight. The region was separated from China by the so-called McMahon Line in the early 1900s, which was a...

New Delhi 'hindustantimes' 12 April 2017 Parliament strongly condemned on Wednesday a statement by a BJP youth wing leader who announced a Rs 11-lakh bounty to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with the Centre saying the state government is “free to take legal action” against him. Yogesh Varshney, a leader of...

Moscow 11 April 2017 (Xinhua) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow would demand a U.N. investigation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria as it expected new provocations with toxic agents in the war-torn Middle East country. "We intend to officially address a relevant UN structure in the Hague and call on...