BRUSSELS: The European Union on Friday warned Bosnian Serb leaders against denying the massacre at Srebrenica as a genocide after they opposed a ban on genocide denial instituted by UN’s representative in Bosnia. “Revisionism and the denial of genocides are in contradiction with the most fundamental European values,” said Nabila Massrali, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. “The …

MUZAFFARABAD: Terming July 25 as a test for the Kashmiris, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari asserted on Friday that his party was bound to clinch a sweeping victory if polls were held in a free, fair and transparent manner. Wrapping up the campaign of his party on return from the United States by addressing two big gatherings in …

LAHORE: The civil society is upset about ‘early’ release of Shah Hussain who is convicted for stabbing 23 times law student Khadija Siddiqui, from the jail as the government is being asked to explain the remissions extended to the convict. The rights activists and members of the civil society took to social media and condemned the release of the convict as a …

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week, the State Department said on Friday, in the top US diplomat’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy and an important US ally in Asia. Blinken will also visit Kuwait and meet senior officials there at the end of the July 26-29 trip. The United States sees …

NAPLES: Energy and environment ministers from the Group of 20 rich nations have failed to agree on the wording of a key climate change commitment in their final communique, Italy’s Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani said on Friday. The G20 meeting was seen as a decisive step ahead of United Nations climate talks, known as COP 26, which takes place …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has a key role in a new US diplomatic offensive aimed at ensuring a peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan, diplomatic sources told on Friday. As part of this offensive, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed are expected in Washington next week for talks with their American counterparts. The …

MUMBAI: At least 112 people have died in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, authorities said on Friday, after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooded low-lying areas, cutting off hundreds of villages. Parts of India’s west coast received up to 594mm of rainfall over 24 hours, forcing authorities to evacuate people from vulnerable areas as they released water from …

LAHORE: As the second monsoon spell wears out and the third one enters the country next Monday, farmers and water planners have reason to rejoice: showers have eliminated water shortages, helped substantially fill both major dams and benefited the entire crop cycle (rice, sugarcane, and maize). According to Met department officials, the country received 23 per cent more rain between …