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The Pyeongchang 2018 winter games’ organising committee unveiled to the public a set of commemorative coins for the next Olympic and Paralympic games. The coins feature winter sports, such as South Korea’s traditional “Gorosoi Ski” on a 30,000 won gold coin, and short track speed skating, ski jumping, and Luging on 20,000 won silver coins. The POCOG said local pre-orders ...

India signed a deal to buy 36 rafale fighter jets from France today for close to 7.8 billion euros, the country’s first major acquisition of fighter planes for two decades. France’s Defence Minister Jean-Yves le Drian inked the agreement with his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi, ending almost 18 months of wrangling over financial terms between New Delhi ...

Rawalpindi : Chief of Army Staff, General Raheel Sharif visited  National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) located near Kharian  and inaugurated  state of the art features to upgrade its infrastructure to accommodate foreign Armies and our own LEAs’ growing demand for training with Pak Army. Addition of new facilities have turned NCTC as the best counter terrorism training facility amongst the ...

Members from the General Women’s Union of Syria were joined by others in their protest against the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on the Syrian army positions in Deir Ez-Zor, killing at least 80 soldiers and injuring dozens more. Holding placards high and chanting slogans, the protesters condemned what they believe to be an “intentional aggression” by the U.S. On the Syrian ...

Hong Kong stocks ended today’s morning session flat Friday as dealers took a rest after this week’s gains fuelled by the Federal Reserve’s decision not to hike interest rates. The Hang Seng index eased 12.43 points to 23,747.37 points by the break. The benchmark Shanghai composite index was marginally lower, dipping 2.69 points to 3,039.62 while the Shenzhen composite index, ...

President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals lauding their accomplishments and sharing some laughs. Comedian Mel Brooks, who Obama has said he admires for his over-the-top western satire “blazing saddles,” dropped to one knee as if receiving a knighthood after he was given his official citation for “a lifetime of making the world ...

Syrian regime launched a new assault on rebel-held eastern Aleppo as the United States and Russia failed to revive a floundering peace plan. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gathered two dozen international envoys at talks in New York to address the crisis. But the meeting of the international Syria support group broke up ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited business leaders, and investors communities in united states to take lead in harnessing the tremendous potential for deepening trade and investment links with Pakistan. He was addressing a luncheon gathering of U.S.-Pakistan Business Council and U.S. Chamber of Commerce in New York attended by prominent American business and industry leaders. The Prime Minister highlighted ...

The Foreign Minister of Nepal, Prakash Sharan Mahat called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly session in New York. The Nepalese Foreign Minister said Pakistan is an important country in South Asia and expressed the desire to enhance bilateral relations. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif highlighted that there is tremendous potential to enhance ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said India has developed a habit of leveling baseless allegations against Pakistan after every incident. Talking to newsmen on a breakfast meeting in New York, the Prime Minister welcomed turkey’s decision to send OIC fact finding mission to Kashmir. He said, operation Zarb e Azb is continuously being pursued to eliminate terrorists. The Prime Minister ...