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 Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived in Pyongyang on Sunday for the first state visit by a Cuban leader to North Korea in over thirty years, joining the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in condemning the “imperialists’ policy of aggression,” DPRK state media reported on Monday. Kim greeted Díaz-Canel at Pyongyang International Airport with a ceremonial welcome, which […]

MIn this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting with Finance Ministry officials in Tehran, Iran on November 5, 2018.   | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. on Monday imposed “the toughest ever” sanctions on a defiant Iran aimed at altering the Iranian regime’s […]

Republicans are profoundly worried that President Donald Trump’s obsession with all things immigration will exacerbate their losses. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo House Speaker Paul Ryan got President Donald Trump on the phone Sunday for one final plea on behalf of anxious Republicans: Please, please talk up the booming economy in the final hours before Election […]

Migrants cross the Suchiate river yesterday.y. With the entry of a fourth migrant caravan yesterday, it is estimated there are now more than 12,000 Central American migrants in Mexico. About 4,000 Salvadoran migrants crossed the Suchiate river that divides Guatemala from Chiapas, the newspaper El Universal reported. The migrants rejected an offer of accommodation at a shelter […]

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday cautioned that the  federal government would neither turn a blind eye, nor forget the inciteful speeches made by protesters against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi last week, Express News reported. “No one should think the government will condone such behaviour,” the information minister said, adding […]

Sheikh Ali Salman, head of Bahrain’s largest Shi’ite opposition group Wefaq, speaks to gathering of tens of thousands in the village of Diraz, West of Manama, Bahrain, July 1, 2011. (Reuters Photo) A Shiite cleric who was a central figure in Bahrain’s 2011 Arab Spring protests has been sentenced to life in prison on spying […]

Protests in Karachi on November 2. PHOTO:NNI ISLAMABAD: Aasia Bibi’s lawyer Saiful Malook left Pakistan early Saturday morning fearing for his safety. Malook claims he is facing threats from sections of lawyers and it is difficult for him to practice in the prevailing situation. Talking to The Express Tribune, Malook, however, clarified that he would return to […]

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 14, 2018. (AP Photo) Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that President Donald Trump has “disgraced” U.S. prestige and would be the ultimate […]

Angela Merkel with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission in Brussels on October 18th. Photo: DPA Angela Merkel with Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission in Brussels on October 18th. Photo: DPA As Europe’s most powerful leader, Angela Merkel’s decision to quit as German chancellor in 2021 spells uncertainty and possibly paralysis for […]