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India planning to ban Hurriyet Conference: Mirwaiz

  • ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Hurriyet forum Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that the Indian government is planning to ban Hurriyet Conference. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a media interview said that the campaign to malign Hurriyet and the ongoing movement in Kashmir by Indian media is part of the strategy, KMS reported. “Government of India […]

  • Trump, Saudi King Salman begin official talks in Riyadh: AFP

    RIYADH, May 20, (APP/AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday began official talks with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh during his first foreign tour since taking office. The two leaders and their teams met at Al-Yamamah royal palace, several hours after King Salman welcomed Trump at the capital’s main airport, an AFP journalist reported.

  • US, Saudi agree arms deals worth almost $110 billion: White House

    RIYADH, May 20 (APP/AFP): Washington has agreed arms deals with Saudi Arabia worth almost $110 billion, a White House official said Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump’s visit to the traditional US ally. “This package of defence equipment and services support the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the […]

  • Thousands of migrants rescued on Mediterranean in a single day: UN agency

    UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (APP): Nearly 3,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the United Nations migration agency, which also reported that more than a dozen rescue operations were under way in the area yesterday. Citing the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Rome, IOM spokesperson Joel Millman told […]

  • Pak-Saudi trade to increase in coming days: Pak Ambassador

    ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Khan Hasham Bin Saddique has expressed the hope that the volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will enhance in the coming days. He was addressing the session of B2B (business-to-business) meetings of the delegation of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) with the […]

  • Hillary’s top aide Huma Abedin files for divorce from disgraced husband

    NEW YORK, May 20 (APP): Huma Abedin, who was a top campaign aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, has finally filed for divorce from the disgraced former New York congressman, Anthony Weiner, on the same day he plead guilty to charges of sexting a minor. Abedin, 40, a Michigan-born Muslim-American raised in […]