British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has refused to apologise or to pay reparations for the UK’s historic role in the slavery, saying that ‘trying to unpick our history is not the right way forward’. According to the Guardian, Sunak was questioned in the House of Commons by the Labour MP Bell Riberio-Addy on Wednesday, where she said that former heads of …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea on Wednesday it would face a nuclear response and the “end” of the leadership there if Pyongyang uses its own arsenal. Speaking at the White House after Oval Office talks during only the second state visit so far in the Biden presidency, the two leaders …

WASHINGTON: More than 90 US lawmakers have signed a letter urging US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to use all diplomatic channels to promote democracy in Pakistan. The Pakistani-American Political Action Committee, better known as Pak PAC USA, says that it’s reaching out to more than 100 lawmakers to sign the letter. In the US, the term PAC refers to …

BEIJING: China is willing to work with Pakistan’s military to deepen and expand cooperation and jointly safeguard regional peace and stability, the vice chairman of Central Military Commission said on Wednesday. Zhang Youxia stated this during a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir in Beijing, Reuters quoted China’s defence ministry as saying. On the first day of his four-day …

From discussing nuclear war to belting out a beloved hit, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s White House visit ended on a high note when he sang Don McLean’s ‘American Pie’ to great applause. Yoon is on a six-day state visit to Washington, where he discussed with US President Joe Biden on Wednesday “the end” of any North Korean regime that used …

The United States and African nations were racing to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese army saying it had given an initial nod to an African proposal calling for talks even as heavy fighting continued. Hundreds of people have been killed in nearly two weeks of conflict between the army and a rival paramilitary …

LAHORE: The caretaker provincial health ministers have issued an alert for the public and private sector hospitals across Punjab to take emergent measures after two monkeypox cases were reported recently in the country. The instructions were issued in a meeting chaired jointly by provincial health ministers, including Prof Dr Javed Karam and Dr Jamal Nasir, at the office of the …

LAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday reviewed his previous decision and awarded party tickets to 31 fresh candidates for the upcoming elections to the Punjab Assembly. Eight aspirants have been accommodated in the new list while decision to select one more is pending.     The decision to review the list came after several aspirants had lodged complaints against …

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Amid the forecast of heavy rains across the country between April 26 and May 7, Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Wednesday advised the provinces to take necessary precautions and stay alert to ensure public safety during this period while expressing the apprehension that the country might ‘fall into a recovery trap’. From Kashmir to Karachi, according …

ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Com­mission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chai­­r­person Hina Jilani on Wedne­sday said that no institution had the right to force politicians to negotiate. Ms Jilani made these comments in response to questions from journalists during the launching ceremony of the HRCP report, ‘State of Human Rights in 2022’, here on Wednesday. The report notes an uptick in enforced disappearances …