Doha 14 January 2017 (QNA) A meeting on reforms in United Nations Security Council (UNSC) started today on Saturday in Doha presided by Peter Thomson, President of 71st UN General Assembly and Co-Chairmen of the Inter-Governmental Negotiation on Security Council Reform Ambassador Mohamed Khaled Khiari of Tunisia and Ambassador Ion Jinga of Romania. Thirty member...

Washington 13 Jan. 2017 Defense Secretary Ash Carter today presented Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work with the Defense Department’s highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award, during a recognition ceremony at the Pentagon. Carter said the department was recognizing Work “for his outstanding work and partnership [and] his visionary leadership and management of the...

MANILA, Jan. 12 (PNA) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s efforts to improve ties with China and affirmed the importance of the rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes in the West Philippine Sea. “I welcome the fact that President Duterte is making efforts to improve China-Philippine relations...

Doha (QNA) State of Qatar has expressed condemned and denounced the heinous attack on the home of the governor of Kandahar, which resulted in the injury of the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Afghanistan and a number of Emirati diplomats. In a statement today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the State...

Tehran (FNA) Senior Iranian officials alongside tens of thousands of people attended the funeral and burial procession of the deceased Chairman of Iranian Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, today, Tuesday 10th of Jan. 2017, Official Iran News Agency FARS reports. Rafsanjani died at the age of 83 in Tehran on Sunday after he was rushed...

ISLAMABAD 09 Jan 2017 (APP): Pakistan on Monday successfully conducted first test fire of Submarine Launched Cruise Missile “Babur-3” having a range of 450 Km from an undisclosed location in the Indian Ocean. This was stated by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) here in Press Release. “The missile fired from an under water mobile platform...

New Delhi 9th Jan 2017 T. B. Yadav, an Indian Border Security Constable from 29th Battalion has posted three videos of total four minutes on the social media complaining of bad quality of food served to the troops. The Battalion is deployed on Line of Control in Kashmir region between Pakistan and India. In his...

Five people are dead and a shooting suspect is in custody Friday after a lone gunman opened fire at a baggage claim area in Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, shooting some people in the head without saying a word, witnesses and investigators said. Various media reports claim a suspect Esteban Santiago, taken in custody by...

Moscow 06 January 2017 TASS General Valery Gerasimov, Russian Chief of the General Staff said on Friday that 'Admiral Kuznetsov' aircraft carrier naval group will be the first to leave the conflict area as per the decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Russian Defense Forces on the reduction of Russian forces...

MANILA 06 Jan. 2017 (PNA) Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visited today, Friday the Russian large anti-submarine ship, which is anchored in the country this week for a goodwill visit. President of Philippines arrived at Pier 15, Port Area in Manila at 12:58 p.m.(local time) and was accorded foyer honors by the Russian Navy. President Duterte...