ADDIS ABABA: Video of US President Donald Trump saying he had a hand in the latest Nobel Peace Prize has gone viral in Ethiopia after Trump asserted that he had made a deal to save the country. The comments during a rally in the US on Thursday don’t mention the East African country by name, but Trump says: I made …

The United States on Friday rejected a request by Iraq to start talks on pulling out its 5,200 troops, notching up the discord after Washington killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad. Angry at an attack seen as violating Iraqi sovereignty and enmeshing the country again in war, Iraq’s caretaker prime minister asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo late Thursday …

Hours after Tehran admitted on Saturday that she had unintentionally downed a Ukrainian commercial plane, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded that Iran punish those responsible for the downing and pay compensation. “We expect Iran […] to bring the guilty to the courts,” the Ukrainian leader wrote on Facebook, calling also for the “payment of compensation” after Tehran admitted accidentally downing the plane which resulted …

The provisions of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) have come into effect from today, according to a notification issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs late Friday night, The Wire reported on Saturday. The notification comes amid widespread protests across the country which have claimed dozens of lives as law enforcement authorities have on many instances used disproportionate force to suppress …

GILGIT: Winter sports competitions were held at the frozen Khalti Lake in Ghizer district on Friday, providing excitement and joy to the people. The sports competitions included football, ice hockey and ice skating. The competition of ice hockey was won by Gamas-A team and ice football by Khalti-A team. Faiz Ahmed was declared winner of the ice skating competition. The …

Karachi Eat came back for its seventh edition yesterday and like always, navigating the madness that is the city’s biggest, baddest food festival is the only thing on everyone’s minds. While no one gets more excited about Karachi Eat than us, we have to be honest: this time around, the experience felt a little underwhelming and the hype was missing. …

ISLAMABAD: Australian Vice Chief of Defence Forces Vice Admiral David Johnston, the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on Friday called on Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters (GHQ). During the meeting, matters of mutual interest and regional security were discussed, said a press release. The COAS reiterated …

LAHORE: The Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) has taken notice of illegal sub-campuses operated by several private universities and directed these varsities to immediately stop the intake of student at the unauthorised campuses. According to two letters written to the chairmen of the board of governors of the private universities and rectors/heads, the department listed the illegal sub-campuses and directed …

LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Danish Afzal has removed 17 price control magistrates from their posts for not doing their duties properly. The DC issued a strict warning regarding officers who are inefficient and negligent of their duties, saying a serious action would be taken against them. According to the DC office, several complaints against these magistrates were received on the …

PESHAWAR: A Sikh youth, whose body was found in Chamkani area last Sunday, was killed by hitmen hired by his fiancée, claimed police. A senior police official told Dawn that the four accused, including slain Pervinder Singh’s fiancée Prem Kumari and three hitmen hired by her had been taken into custody. The body of the 25-year-old had a gunshot in …