NEW YORK - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on all relevant parties to enhance their sense of urgency and make all-out efforts to push for a political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue. Wang Yi made the remarks after meeting with foreign affairs ...

ISLAMABAD – For the first time, the issue of Kashmir was highlighted in the French Parliament at a symposium organized by Jean Bernard Sempastous, the President of Pakistan France Friendship Group, which was attended by French parliamentarians, scholars and human rights activists. Speaking at a ...

TEHRAN - Iran has ruled out the possibility of negotiating a new deal with major powers. In a tweet, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that European partners have failed to fulfil their commitments under a 2015 nuclear pact. https://twitter.com/JZarif/status/1176254825543163904 He ...

PARIS – US President Donald Trump has said that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over the occupied Jammu and Kashmir on their own, but he is there should they need him. The POTUS discussed the issue on the sidelines of a G7 summit in France with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ...

BIARRITZ - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into French city, Biarritz for the G7 summit on Sunday in what appears to be an unexpected and dramatic appearance. Zarif's presence had not been announced earlier but it represents an attempt by French host Emmanuel Macron to calm down ...

WASHINGTON - US officials claimed that Iran has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile inside its borders, the Radio Pakistan reported. A White House spokesman called the test launch an example of Iran "acting out" as a result of intense pressure from US economic sanctions. The official said ...

ISLAMABAD – France is to provide fifty million euro soft loan and 0.2 million euro grant to Pakistan for the rehabilitation of Dargai and Chitral Hydropower projects. Secretary, Economic Affairs Division Noor Ahmed, Ambassador of France to Pakistan, Marc Barety, and Country Director of the ...

PARIS- France on Tuesday returned nearly 450 ancient relics to Pakistan, some dating as far back as 4,000 BC, intercepted by French customs agents over a decade ago. The packages were seized by customs officers at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport and identified by the National Centre for Scientific ...

Seems like Joe Jonas is a sucker for Sophie Tuner and multiple weddings! It’s definitely official now! Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas tie the knot for a second time in France today. After getting married last month in a small Las Vegas ceremony, the pair had a more formal wedding on Saturday at a ...

Women in burkinis went to the pools twice at the initiative of the Alliance Citoyenne rights group to challenge a city ban on the full-body swimwear. According to a statement from the town hall, the lifeguards at the pools asked for the shutdown because “they are there to maintain safety and they ...

PARIS - Temperatures in France surpassed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) Friday for the first time on record as Europe sweltered in an early summer heatwave that has caused several deaths. With France, Spain, Italy and parts of central Europe hard hit by the record-breaking ...

FAISALABAD – Today, in the presence of Mr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance, Revenue and Economic Affairs, Mr. Noor Ahmed, Secretary of Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Mr Marc Barety, French Ambassador, and Mr. Jacky Amprou, Country Director of the French Agency for ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal will undermine confidence in the value of dialogue and diplomacy in the conduct of international relations and the peaceful resolution of disputes. “Pakistan believes that the Joint Comprehensive ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is following the situation in Syria with grave concern and has called all sides to refrain from actions inconsistent with the UN Charter. According to Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal, Islamabad “condemns the use of chemical weapons anywhere by anyone”. He ...

RAWALPINDI - Pakistan Army has launched a rescue operation to search for two climbers who had gone missing on Thursday while trying to scale Nanga Parbat. “Two army helicopters, carrying four rescuers, are undertaking the rescue mission,” the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Saturday. ...

NICE - At least 84 people were killed while over 100 injured on Thursday night when an armed driver drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd while they were celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that at least 18 wounded people are ...