Iran’s Zarif calls on Biden to ‘unconditionally’ lift US sanctions
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Friday called on the new US administration to "unconditionally" lift sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the Islamic...
Biden wants to extend the START nuclear treaty with Russia by five years
US President Joe Biden on Thursday proposed a five-year extension with Russia of New START, days before the expiration of the last nuclear reduction...
Amazon to assist Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccination effort
Tech colossus Amazon on Wednesday offered to put its vast operation to work helping President Joe Biden get 100 million Americans vaccinated against Covid-19...
Biden determined to overturn Trump’s policies, wants to rejoin Paris Climate Accord
President Joe Biden committed the United States to rejoin the Paris climate accord, blocked an oil pipeline project, and froze the Arctic drilling in...
Op-ed: Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Pakistan
With the beginning of the new decade, there are severe challenges the world is facing today. Apart from on-going pandemic and emergence of novel...
Biden ready for first day in office, amid high security alert
Joe Biden's top aide said Saturday the incoming president would sign about a dozen executive orders on his first day in office, as police...
Hong Kong criticizes US for ‘insane and shameless’ sanctions
Hong Kong on Saturday hit back at the United States over its latest sanctions on six pro-China officials, slamming the move as "insane, shameless...
US decreases troop levels to 2,500 in Afghanistan and Iraq
The US military has cut troop levels in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 each, their lowest levels in the nearly two decades since the...
For Russia nuclear arms curbs are a ‘no brainer’ with Biden
When US President-elect Joe Biden enters the White House next week his administration will be in a race against time to salvage a landmark...
Smartphone giant Xiaomi collapses as US blacklists
Shares in Xiaomi collapsed on Friday after the United States blacklisted the smartphone giant and a host of other Chinese firms as the Trump...
How US supported Mussolini’s fascism in Italy
A figure like Benito Mussolini could only have taken power in a state suffering from severe illness. Italy, a resource poor nation, had been...
US envoy to UN criticizes China in talk with Taiwan leader
Washington's envoy to the United Nations held a virtual talk with Taiwan's president on Thursday after her visit to the island was scrapped in...