LAHORE (A.News)- President Donald Trump has levied reciprocal tariffs of 29% on Pakistan and over 180 other nations and territories.In a historic moment for global trade, President Donald Trump has announced intentions to impose broad new import duties on all goods entering the United States. The US president stated thatRead More →
Myanmar (Reuters) — Shelter, clean water, and medication are in limited supply following Myanmar’s earthquake, which inflicted major structural damage and a catastrophic human toll, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated on Tuesday. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday killed over 2,700 people andRead More →
Several hundred protesters demonstrated in Berlin on Sunday in favor of Turkish opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu, whose detention has caused Turkey’s greatest street unrest in almost a decade. According to organizers, around 1,000 people joined the rally in downtown Berlin, while police estimated that number to be around 400. ManyRead More →
Regarding Pakistan’s decision to remove Afghan refugees, a top UNHCR official expressed alarm, saying that the action has caused significant unrest among the Afghan community in the nation. The UN has urged the whole community to take charge of the growing refugee crisis and share responsibilities. Afghan Citizen Card (ACC)Read More →
The United Nations said Saturday that attempts to respond to Myanmar’s fatal earthquake are hampered by a significant dearth of medical supplies, and that people impacted require immediate humanitarian relief. Following the massive earthquake that killed over 1,600 people in Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, the UN said itRead More →
The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors approved a $300 million International Development Association (IDA) loan for the Punjab Clean Air Programme (PCAP), which aims to improve air quality management and combat pollution.PCAP will support the Punjab government’s Smog Mitigation Action Plan (SMAP) in addressing the pressing issue of smogRead More →
BANGKOK (AP) On Friday, a massive earthquake shook Myanmar and neighboring Thailand, killing at least 144 people in Bangkok and burying scores after a high-rise building under construction collapsed. Photos and video from two heavily damaged cities in Myanmar revealed numerous fallen buildings and other wreckage, prompting concerns that manyRead More →
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A landmine killed a Russian state television journalist and critically wounded her cameraman in Russia’s Belgorod district near the Ukrainian border, state television reported on Wednesday. According to a statement released by the Pervy Kanal TV channel, war journalist Anna Prokofieva and cameraman Dmitry Volkov stepped onRead More →
Ukrainian President Zelensky praised US-brokered agreements between Ukraine and Russia to suspend attacks in the Black Sea and on energy facilities on Tuesday, but criticized Washington for agreeing to loosen restrictions on Russian exports. An previous White House statement on the subject did not specify when such a halt wouldRead More →
On Tuesday, a Russian court sentenced a woman to two years in prison for brandishing protest banners against President Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine crisis, the latest in a string of dissent-related convictions. Elena Abramova, a translator from Saint Petersburg, held up posters in 2023 reading “A world without war,Read More →
