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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and senior US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham in a meeting held in Washington D.C. agreed upon the fact that sustained and high-level engagement between Pakistan and the United States was in mutual advantage of the two countries. Qureshi and Graham discussed bilateral …

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to replace the Iranian nuclear agreement with his own new agreement to ensure that the Islamic Republic does not have an atomic weapon. “If we want to get rid of it, let’s replace it and replace …

BEIJING – China and the EU are expected to hold their annual summit at the end of March, two weeks before Beijing hosts a high-profile meeting with the leaders of Central and Eastern European countries, according to two sources. The proposed date for the EU-China Summit was March 30-31, when …

PARIS – King Abdullah of Jordan warned on Monday that the Daesh group was regrouping and was increasing again in the Middle East. Months after last year’s ousting of ISIS from their last Syrian heist, Abdullah said that “his main concern is that over the past year we have seen …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and Russia agreed to launch a joint effort to “restore peace” in the region with growing tensions between the United States and Iran, Radio Pakistan reported Friday. The agreement came during a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on …

WASHINGTON – The United States has responded to South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s call for renewed inter-Korean cooperation, stressing that Seoul must continue to apply all sanctions against North Korea. “All UN member states have an obligation to implement the UN Security Council resolutions on sanctions, and we expect all …

TEHRAN – Iran has invited Boeing to participate in the investigation of a Ukrainian airliner that crashed earlier this week at a time of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran, killing 176 people on board, official Iranian media reported on Friday. The move came after Western leaders said the plane …

WASHINGTON – In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, said that the United States was ready to negotiate “with the aim of preventing any further threat to international peace and security or escalation by the Iranian regime,” Asian …

SYDNEY – Authorities released new fire bans, warnings and evacuation notices in parts of Australia on Thursday as deadly fires continue to burn in the oceanic country hit by its hottest and driest year ever. So far, 26 people have died, thousands are homeless and academics believe more than a …

ISLAMABAD – The United States has asked for Pakistan’s help to defuse tensions in its conflict with Iran, Dr. Moeed Yusuf, The Pakistani Prime Minister’s special assistant to the national security and strategic policy planning department, said on Wednesday. “Washington asking Islamabad to play a role in the Middle East …