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Islamabad: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has called for greater negotiations and mediation for peaceful settlement of disputes. Addressing the curtain raiser ceremony for the upcoming Inter Parliamentary Speakers' conference in Islamabad on Monday, ...
Read More »President Confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz (M) Upon UAE Naval Commander
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) upon the Commander of the UAE Naval Forces, Major General Humaid Abdulla Alremeithi, at a special investiture ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on Monday. The awar...
Read More »Brussels: The EU announced an additional £14 million in support to the people of Afghanistan, boosting its partnership with the United Nations. This new funding will expand the Afghanistan Community Resilience Programme (ACRP), which is implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will now also join the program. In addition, the EU’s partnership with UN Women will be further reinforced.
According to European Union, with a further £6 million committed, the EU's total support for the ACRP now reaches £21 million. This significant investment comes at a time of foreign aid cuts amidst multiple intersecting crises including the worsening ...
Read More »Jeddah: Microsoft’s Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says. Users of Azure, one of the world’s leading cloud computing platforms, would experience delays due to problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East, the company noted.
According to BBC, Microsoft did not clarify the cause of the damage to the undersea cables, but mentioned that it had managed to reroute traffic through alternative paths. It emphasized that traffic "that does not traverse through the Middle East is n...
Read More »Jacob Bethell’s Breakthrough Century Sparks Ashes Speculation
London: Jacob Bethell, the young and promising cricket talent, has finally achieved a significant milestone in his career by scoring his first professional century. This achievement came during the third one-day international against South Africa, add...
Read More »Jeddah: Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident. There has been concern about the cables being targeted in a Red Sea campaign by Houthis, which the group describes as an effort to pressure Israel to end its genocidal war on Gaza. However, the Houthis have denied attacking the lines in the past. It blamed failures affecting the SMW4 and IMEWE cable systems near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
According to TRTworld.com, the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 cable is run by Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate, while the India-Middle East-Western Europe cable is run by another consortium overseen by Alcatel-Lucent. ...
Read More »Rain-Wind/Thundershower Forecast in Sindh and South Punjab
Karachi: Rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Sindh and South Punjab, while heavy falls are also likely at isolated places in Sindh during the next twelve hours. However, partly cloudy weather with rain-wind/thundershower is expected at isolated pla...
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