UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20 (APP): A senior Pakistani diplomat has called for steps to prevent the weaponization of outer-space, saying it would adversely affect regional and international peace and security. “Weaponisation of outer space is not science fiction anymore,” Ambassador Tehmina Janjua, the permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations in Geneva, told the […]
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At UN, Pakistan pushes for efforts to prevent weaponization of outer-space
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New Israeli settlements plan meant to sabotage two-state solution to Mideast conflict: Pakistan
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 20 (APP): Pakistan has denounced Israel’s plan to construct 300 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying the move was aimed at sabotaging the internationally accepted two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “We firmly believe that the creation of an independent, contiguous and viable State of Palestine, based on pre-1967 […]
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Clinton says Trump deportation plan would ‘rip country apart’
LAS VEGAS, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump’s plan for forcible deportations of millions of illegal migrants would rip families and the country apart, in the final 2016 presidential debate Wednesday. “I don’t want to see the deportation force that Donald has talked about,” Clinton said. “I think it is an idea […]
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US, S.Korea detect another failed N. Korea missile test
SEOUL, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be its second failed test in a week of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be operationally deployed as early as next year. South Korean and US military monitors said the missile — believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan — […]
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Mars lander touched down, status unknown: ESA
DARMSTADT, Germany, Oct 20 (APP/AFP) – A European lander despatched to the surface of Mars had touched down but was emitting no signal, said ground controllers Wednesday who did not know whether the craft was intact. “The lander touched down, that is certain,” Thierry Blancquaert, manager of the European Space Agency’s “Schiaparelli” lander told AFP. […]
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Clinton: Trump is ‘most dangerous’ White House candidate
LAS VEGAS, Oct 20, (APP/AFP) – Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of being the most dangerous White House candidate in modern history, ending a sharp debate exchange about their fitness to serve as president. After Trump used statements by Clinton’s primary rival Bernie Sanders and Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta against her, she […]