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Taliban, Pakistan military trade barbs over clash along Durand Line
In a statement on Wednesday, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan government Bilal Karimi confirmed that the clashes took place in Dand Patan area in Afghanistan's Paktia province while Pakistani forces were trying to build a post close to the border. "As a matter of principle", construction of military installations or posts was not permissible in close proximity of the Durand Line, Dawn news reported citing Karimi as saying.
Pakistan has been wandering for 75 yrs carrying a begging bowl: Shehbaz
"Today, when we go to any friendly country or make a phone call, they think that we have come (to them) to beg for money," Dawn news quoted the premier as saying while he was addressing a lawyers' convention. Sharif said even smaller economies had surpassed Pakistan, "and we have been wandering for the past 75 years carrying a begging bowl".
As Xi steps out of China, policies of populism loom
But, we won't discuss the pandemic here even though any discussion in the world today is incomplete without mentioning the affliction that has acquired a universal character. Xi, wearing a face mask, landed in Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, to a red carpet welcome by his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Tuesday.
Swedish Prime Minister announces resignation
Andersson, also leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party, conceded defeat at a press conference following the election on Sunday. She said she would hand in her resignation notice on Thursday after it emerged that the opposition blue bloc consisting of the Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Sweden Democrats, had won 176 of the 349 seats in parliament.
Pakistan rejects flood donation from Bangladesh
On September 1, Bangladesh's Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief reportedly allocated funds for 10 tonnes of biscuits, 10 tonnes of dry cakes, 1,00,000 water purification tablets, 50,000 packets of oral saline, 5,000 mosquito nets, 2,000 blankets, and 2,000 tents to be sent to Pakistan.
No change in Iran's stance over nuclear negotiations: FM
Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday made the remarks in an Instagram report about his telephone conversation with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi. Noting that Iran and other negotiating parties have made a lot of efforts to reach an agreement over the past few months, the Iranian Foreign Minister told al-Busaidi that "Iran has always adhered to the process of dialogue and exchange of messages to lift sanctions.
WHO warns future waves of Covid-19 infection as deaths drop
"We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. According to the WHO, during the week of September 5-11, the number of new weekly cases worldwide decreased by 28 per cent over the previous week to more than 3.1 million.
Guterres projects gloomy picture of world 'in great peril', demands immediate action
At a news conference ahead of the General Assembly's high-level meeting that starts next week, he said: "Our world is blighted by war, battered by climate chaos, scarred by hate, and shamed by poverty, hunger, and inequality; conflicts and unrest continue to rage." The global response to these "dramatic challenges" have been paralysed by the "geostrategic divides (that)are the widest they have been since at least the Cold War", he said.
India, Japan strengthen defence cooperation prospects in 2+2 dialogue
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met their Japanese counterparts Hamada Yasukazu and Hayashi Yoshimasa during the second India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held in Tokyo on September 8. They held detailed discussions on all critical challenges to a rules-based global order which increasingly binds the two countries, reinforcing their special strategic and global partnership.
US indifferent to Indian 'concern' over F-16 spares for Pakistan
A readout issued by the US Defense Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's phone call with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday made no mention of the "concern" conveyed by the Indian official, as it talked about general ties and broad future contours for discussion and cooperation.
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