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Pakistan re-starting some flights, to fully re-open commercial airspace Monday
Published On: March 1, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Four Pakistani airports will begin partial operations on Friday with a full resumption of commercial flights on Monday, following their suspension after military tensions with India erupted earlier this week, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
Pakistan to lodge U.N. complaint against India for 'eco-terrorism' forest bombing
Published On: March 1, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, March 1: Pakistan plans to lodge a complaint against India at the United Nations, accusing it of “eco-terrorism” over air strikes that damaged pine trees and brought the nuclear-armed nations to blows, a government minister said on Friday.
South Korea to work with U.S. and North Korea after failed nuclear talks
Published On: March 1, 2019 11:57 AM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL/HANOI, March 1: South Korea will work with the United States and North Korea to ensure they reach agreement on denuclearization, the South’s president said on Friday, a day after talks between the U.S. and North Korean leaders collapsed over sanctions.
IMF agrees to extend Sri Lanka loan program, disburse delayed tranche - sources
Published On: March 1, 2019 10:38 AM NPT By: Reuters
COLOMBO, March 1: The International Monetary Fund has agreed to extend Sri Lanka’s $1.5 billion loan program by one year and has reached staff level agreement to disburse the sixth tranche of the loan, government and diplomatic sources told Reuters on Friday.
Pakistani PM Imran Khan says Indian pilot to be released Friday as peace gesture
Published On: February 28, 2019 05:08 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The Indian pilot shot down and captured by Pakistani forces this week will be released on Friday, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said as efforts to cool a crisis between the two nuclear-armed neighbors continued.
Celtic give Lennon winning start with late strike at Hearts
Published On: February 28, 2019 03:18 PM NPT By: Reuters
Feb 28: Interim boss Neil Lennon said Celtic got a huge psychological boost after Odsonne Edouard’s stoppage-time goal gave them a 2-1 win at Heart of Midlothian on Wednesday in the Scottish champions’ first game since Brendan Rodgers left for Leicester City.
World powers call for calm as India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir
Published On: February 28, 2019 12:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, Feb 28 : Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire briefly along the contested border in Kashmir on Thursday morning, a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot.
Oil dips as U.S. crude production hits record, Asia factory output weakens
Published On: February 28, 2019 12:14 PM NPT By: Reuters
SINGAPORE, Feb 28 : Oil prices dipped on Thursday, dragged down by weakening factory output in China and Japan and record U.S. crude output, although markets remained relatively well supported by supply cuts led by producer club OPEC.
Michael Jackson's legacy under microscope in new sex abuse film
Published On: February 28, 2019 11:49 AM NPT By: Reuters
Almost 10 years after his sudden death, Michael Jackson’s legacy is under fresh scrutiny in a documentary about alleged child sex abuse that has been met with outrage by the singer’s family.
North Korea's Kim says ready to denuclearize, discussing concrete steps
Published On: February 28, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
HANOI, Feb 28: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Thursday he was willing to give up his nuclear weapons and he would not be holding a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam if he were not.
Pak airspace to remain closed today; blackout in several cities, administrative emergency in Karachi
Published On: February 28, 2019 10:54 AM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: All international and domestic flights operations across Pakistan stand suspended on Thursday, country's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said.
Britain, US and France ask UN to blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammad leader Masood Azhar
Published On: February 28, 2019 09:37 AM NPT By: Reuters
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28: The United States, Britain and France proposed on Wednesday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist the head of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, which said it attacked an Indian paramilitary convoy in disputed Kashmir.
Trump meets North Korea's Kim in Vietnam for second nuclear summit
Published On: February 27, 2019 05:35 PM NPT By: Reuters
HANOI, Feb 27: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump met in Hanoi on Wednesday for their second summit, with the U.S. president saying he was not walking back on U.S. demands for North Korea’s denuclearization.
India-Pakistan tensions spread from Asia to European markets
Published On: February 27, 2019 04:56 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Feb 27 : European stock markets opened lower on Wednesday after fresh hostilities erupted between India and Pakistan, causing Asian assets to fall and pushing investors into safe havens such as the yen.
Air strike on Pakistan sparks celebrations in India, seen boosting Modi support
Published On: February 27, 2019 09:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
JAMMU/NEW DELHI, India: Indians took to the streets in celebration across the country on Tuesday after the government said it carried out air strikes inside Pakistan killing hundreds of militants in a training camp.
Trump lands in Vietnam for second summit with North Korea's Kim
Published On: February 26, 2019 08:29 PM NPT By: Reuters
HANOI, Feb 26: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump both arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday, the eve of their second summit at which they will tackle how to implement a North Korean pledge to give up its nuclear weap
India launches airstrike inside Pakistan; Islamabad denies militant camp hit
Published On: February 26, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, Feb 26: India said its warplanes struck a militant training camp inside Pakistan on Tuesday, killing “a very large number” of fighters, raising the risk of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors, though Pakistan officials denied there had been any casualties.
India air strike in Pakistan territory killed 300 militants: Government source
Published On: February 26, 2019 01:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Feb 26 : An Indian air strike in Pakistani territory killed 300 suspected militants, a senior Indian government source said on Tuesday.
Chelsea keeper Kepa fined one week's wages over Wembley row
Published On: February 26, 2019 11:51 AM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Feb 26: Chelsea has fined goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga one week’s wages following his refusal to be substituted in the League Cup final defeat by Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday.
Vatican treasurer convicted of sexually abusing 13-year-old boys
Published On: February 26, 2019 10:42 AM NPT By: Reuters
MELBOURNE, Feb 26 : Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty on five charges of child sexual abuse committed more than two decades ago against 13-year-old boys in Australia - the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex offences.
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