Chinese leader Xi Jinping has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump on his re-election, the foreign ministry in Beijing says. Xi was quoted as saying that both attached great importance to their interaction, hoping for a good start to the China-US relationship under the Trump presidency. In a statement on its website, the ministry said Xi, More
Russia and Iran have signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty, envisaging cooperation in different areas, including trade and military ties. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, currently on a visit to Moscow, inked the treaty following talks at the Kremlin on Friday, TASS reported. Expected to boost Moscow-Tehran relations to a More
Two judges were killed and a third injured as a result of an armed attack in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on Saturday, a media report said on Saturday. The attack took place in front of the Supreme Court building in Tehran this morning, IRNA reported. The report added the assailant committed suicide after the More
Ten people have been killed in an attack on a convoy in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, says a media report. The convoy carrying food and other essential items to Parachinar, came under attack in Bagan area on Friday, Dawn reported. A local police officer speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP those killed in More
The Israel security cabinet has voted in favour of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Tel Aviv, a media report said on Saturday. On January 12, Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Thani told a press conference that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a six-week ceasefire and hostage release More
After 15 months of conflict, Hamas and Israel have reached a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement, mediators confirmed. The deal would come into force on Sunday so long as it was approved by the Israeli cabinet, the BBC quoted Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani as saying. The truce would More
Soon the Hamas-Israel ceasefire and hostage release deal, at least 30 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air airstrikes on Gaza, say media reports. The UN welcomed the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between the warring parties in the troubled Palestinian enclave. Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, told More
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested by investigators over accutions of insurrection for briefly imposing matial law, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. “The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today [January 15] at 10:33 am [01:30 GMT],” the authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, making Yoon More
Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive strategic agreement on Friday, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. ISNA said Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet his Iranian counterpart Massoud Pezeshkian on a number of issues of common interest. The two leaders would also sign a comprehensive strategic agreement between their countries, the report added. More
US President Joe Biden has says a ceasefire and hostage release deal is “on the brink” of completion, following optimism from Israel and Hamas officials as negotiations are underway in Qatar, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Biden’s remarks came a day after he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the negotiations, with More
