Islamabad 07 Feb 2017 (APP) Pakistan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Tuesday signed a loan agreement US$325 million to improve facilities in education and health sectors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab by providing clean energy. The ‘Results-Based Loan: Access to Clean Energy Investment Programme’ was signed by, Additional Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Anjum Assad...

Doha 04 Feb 2017 (Bernama) Four-day official visit by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to Qatar will boost bilateral ties and give an advantage to Malaysian companies to grab economic opportunities there, said Malaysia's Ambassador to Qatar Datuk Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar. He said the visit was expected to regalvanise economic...

Doha 06 Feb. 2017 (QNA) Third forum of the authorities involved with implementing the National Road Safety Strategy opened on Monday in Doha. The two-day meeting will focus on phase two of the strategy (2017-2022) and the challenges facing Qatar in building a transport system that fits the demand of current and future generations. Qatar...

06 Feb 2017 Yahoo News / AFP Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest reigning sovereign, on Monday set a new record as the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee, with 65 years on the throne. The queen, now 90, rose to the throne in 1952 at the age of 25 upon the premature...

Yahoo News/ AFP News 05 February 2017 The biggest demonstration by far on Saturday took place in the British capital, where an estimated 10,000 people turned out, chanting "Theresa May: Shame on You" to denounce the British prime minister's support for the new US leader. Brandishing placards declaring "No to scapegoating Muslims" and "Socialism not...

MANILA, Feb. 3 (PNA) As President Rodrigo Duterte lifts the government's unilateral ceasefire Friday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it will go hard against the rebels to prevent them from conducting atrocities and criminal activities against innocent civilians. This was stressed by AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo Año in a statement. "We shall...

03 Feb 2017 According to several media reports, at least four people have been injured after two explosions in a Paris suburb caused by a suspected gas leak. Some reports also mentioned couple of casualties in two blasts in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand just before 1000 PM on Thursday night. Captain Guillaume Fresse of...

Beijing 03 Feb. 2017 (Xinhua) China on Friday urged the United States to stop making wrong remarks on the issue of the Diaoyu Islands sovereignty after U.S. defense secretary James Mattis reportedly said the U.S.-Japan mutual defense treaty applies to the islands. "The Diaoyu Island and its adjacent islets have been an inherent part of...

IHS Jane's Defence Weekly London 31 January 2017 The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the Saudi-led coalition, which is trying to reinstall Yemen's ousted government, had released a statement saying that a Saudi frigate had been attacked by three suicide boats operated by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) group west of the Yemeni port...

31 Jan. 2017 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has accused Washington of risking regional security by constructing 'permanent arms depots' in his country, and threatened to scrap a bilateral deal that allows US forces to use Philippine military bases and pre-position materiel. In a televised news conference Duterte told reporters on 29 January that the United...