Pakistan World News
Thu, 04 Feb 21 16:17:06 +0500India says committed to humanitarian support for Myanmar to deal with Covid-19
New Delhi had sent 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Myanmar as part of a diplomatic effort last month
Thu, 04 Feb 21 19:16:44 +0500Biden to name special Yemen envoy, end support for Saudi-led coalition, aide says
Source familiar with matter says US president was expected to tap veteran US diplomat Timothy Lenderking for new post
Fri, 05 Feb 21 06:54:12 +0500Biden set to accept more refugees after years of Trump restrictions
Biden to raise annual refugee admissions after Trump slashed levels to historic lows
Fri, 05 Feb 21 08:39:57 +0500Hong Kong unveils national security guidelines for children aged six and above
Hong Kong has unveiled controversial guidelines for schools in the Chinese-ruled city
Fri, 05 Feb 21 09:15:41 +0500Biden ends US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen, says war 'has to end'
The move is a reversal of a policy of both the Democratic Obama and Republican Trump administrations
Fri, 05 Feb 21 09:28:59 +0500UNSC demands Myanmar coup leaders free Suu Kyi as US weighs sanctions
People protest the military takeover as teachers become the latest to join a widening campaign of civil disobedience
Fri, 05 Feb 21 09:37:25 +0500Indonesia, Malaysia seeking ASEAN meeting on Myanmar
The coup was “one step backward in the process of democracy in that country” says Malaysian PM
Thu, 04 Feb 21 10:18:39 +0500US calls for dialogue to resolve India's farmers' protests
The farmers’ cause has also drawn support from the Indian diaspora in Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States
Fri, 05 Feb 21 08:08:45 +0500New Zealand resumes refugee intake as coronavirus fears ease
New Zealand said on Friday it will start receiving refugees again this month
Tue, 02 Feb 21 10:23:22 +0500Three killed in wave of bomb attacks in Afghanistan
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters the Kabul explosions “had nothing to do with us”
Thu, 04 Feb 21 05:28:52 +0500Australia puts 500 tennis players, staff into coronavirus isolation
Australian Open was likely to go ahead though “there were no guarantees”, says Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews
Wed, 03 Feb 21 07:30:11 +0500With social media solidarity, protesting Indian farmers win global attention
Prominent Western activists support the months-long campaign against agriculture reforms
Wed, 03 Feb 21 11:20:58 +0500Tiny houses: Turkish tourism thinks small in Covid era
Their prices range from $17,000 (125,000 lira) to $30,000
Fri, 05 Feb 21 06:12:12 +0500Australia to keep quarantine beyond vaccine rollout
It will keep a mandatory two-week quarantine for all overseas visitors
Tue, 02 Feb 21 15:13:57 +0500In Nagorno-Karabakh, a village split in two by a ceasefire struggles to get by
The accord split Taghavard village, having a pre-war population of over a thousand ethnic Armenians
Thu, 04 Feb 21 10:13:52 +0500Britain trial to test combining Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in two-shot regimen
Initial data on immune responses expected to be generated around June
Thu, 04 Feb 21 13:42:18 +0500Experts discussed virus lab theory with Chinese scientists: WHO leader
The trip on Wednesday to the Wuhan lab was one of highest-profile events on agenda because of controversial theory
Wed, 03 Feb 21 19:21:58 +0500Pakistan to get 17.2m doses from Covax programme
Countries will receive doses in proportion to population size, with most going to India (97.2m) followed by Pakistan
Thu, 04 Feb 21 13:05:22 +0500World faces around 4,000 Covid-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots
Very unlikely current vaccines would not work against new variants, says British minister
Thu, 04 Feb 21 13:52:13 +0500Prominent Hezbollah critic killed in Lebanon
Judge following case says body of Lokman Slim had four bullets in head and one in back
Thu, 04 Feb 21 16:38:34 +0500Google fitness app to catch breath and heart rate
Google Fit already uses smartphone sensors to figure out how far people walk or how many calories they have burned
Thu, 04 Feb 21 14:21:46 +0500Vaccine passports: path back to normality or problem in the making?
The travel and entertainment industries are particularly interested in a way of swiftly checking who has protection
Fri, 05 Feb 21 05:57:12 +0500Mexican president says he's in good health, recovering from COVID-19
Lopez Obrador was a heavy smoker until suffering a major heart attack in 2013