Amman, Jordan, November 25, 2016. The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a US$1m grant agreement with the United Nations Development Program/Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (UNDP/PAPP). The grant will support Phase II of an initiative aimed at improving the living conditions of low-income Palestinian families in East Jerusalem by providing...

25 Nov 2016 Cuba mourns death of it's revolutionary leader and World's longest ruler Fidel Castro dies in age 90 (13 August 1926 - 25th Nov. 2016). He ruled Cuba 49 years as Prime Minister (1959 to 1976), as President (1976 to 2008). Son of a wealthy Spanish farmer also served as the First Secretary...

ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (APP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif as termed today Kashmir an unfinished agenda of sub-continent’s partition. He said said that Pakistan would never abandon Kashmiris in their freedom struggle. “The world in general and India in particular should know that Pakistani nation would never abandon their Kashmiri brethren and would continue...

Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan inaugurated the ninth International Defense Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2016, Pakistan’s biggest defense exhibition today, at the Expo Centre, Karachi. 90 delegates from 43 countries and 418 companies from 34 countries are participating in four-day (Nov 22-25) long Defense Exhibition and Conference. Nine new countries...

Doha 21 November 2016 (QNA) Third Meeting of the Consultative Group for the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) was concluded today in Doha after coming up with a number of important proposals and ideas. NATO and member states of ICI agreed on the necessity to strengthen relations to combat terrorism. Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi...

Doha, November 20, 2016 QNA Two days long International Conference on "Terrorism and Methods of Tackling It" kicked off in Doha. It is organised by College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Qatar University on Sunday. A number of scientists, intellectuals and academics from Qatar and abroad participating in the conference. It is aimed to better...

20th Nov 2016 Doha ' The phenomenon of terrorism has become a serious threat to the Middle East and global stability in economic, political, social, security and development areas', Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister of State of Qatar said in his opening address of 9th World Conference in...

19 November 2016 Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations An Indian quadcopter was shot down by Pakistani military forces on Saturday evening along the Line of Control (LoC) at Aagahi Post in Rakhchakri sector,reported Inter-Services Public relations (ISPR) of Pakistan. Gen Asim Bajwa, Director General ISPR of Pakistan in his Tweet memtioned as follows: ‏@AsimBajwaISPR Indian Quad...

NEW YORK (Dunya News) Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations while addressing during UN General Assembly debate on Afghanistan on Thursday 17th November 2016 said that Pakistan has long called for political solution to conflict in Afghanistan and is gratified that this is now confirmed by international consensus. She said that...

AlJazeera 18 November 2016 Despite public opposition, Ferdinand Marcos, the late president of the Philippines, has been buried in a heroes' cemetery in the capital in a ceremony shrouded in secrecy . The ceremony began at noon on Friday 18th November 2016 with a 21-gun salute as soldiers in parade dress and ceremonial rifles stood...