Washington/Islamabad: After reprimanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the last week, there is a new financial crisis that haunts Pakistan. The senior arbitrator from the World Bank has ordered the Pakistan government to deposit a fine of whopping USD 5.975 billion. An international mining company had filed a case with the World Bank, […]
Washington/Philadelphia: Cocaine worth nearly $1 billion, was seized in the main commercial port of Philadelphia, in the United States. The US agencies confiscated a whopping 17 tonnes of Cocaine. This becomes the second major action, against narcotic smuggling, in the Philadelphia port, in the last four months. Before this, in March, Cocaine worth $35 million […]
Geneva: The United States has boycotted the United Nations’ ‘Conference on Disarmament’ for weapons control. US Special envoy Robert Wood, walked out of the conference to protest against Venezuela assuming the presidency. Some of the Latin American countries decided to abstain from the meeting. As per the rotation policy of the United Nations, this month […]
Sao Paolo: The United States and its allies have initiated moves to overthrow the Nicholas Maduro regime in Venezuela. However, Brazil’s President Bolsonaro has advised its ally, the US against military action to attain the objective. Also, the Brazilian President warned that it would ignite Guerrilla warfare in Venezuela, and Brazil will not tolerate the […]
Washington/Moscow: ‘Most of the Latin American countries are united against Venezuelan Dictator Nicholas Maduro and that his days are numbered,’ warned the US National Security Advisor (NSA) Bolton had already declared that all the options to resolve the Venezuelan problem were available with him. While the US NSA was issuing a warning to the Maduro regime, Russia […]
Washington: The United States tested a super advanced Railgun system during the Rimpac war exercises held last year, leaving out China. A US daily claimed that this test of the hypersonic Railgun capable of more than 8 Mach speed was a part of preparations against China.Photographs of the Chinese, preparing to test the railgun also […]
Bogota: ‘Union of South American Nations’ (UNASUR), a group formed for the unity of the South American nations and to oppose the capitalist policies of the United States, seems to be on its last breath. One of the South American countries, Columbia, has decided to exit from the group on a permanent basis. It is […]
Santiago: The ‘Trans Pacific Partnership’ (TPP) agreement which was in distress after US President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from it, was successfully revived. On Thursday, 11 countries except the US signed on ‘CPTPP’ (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership) in the capital city of Chile. It had been informed that this new […]
Davos: President Trump endorsed ‘America First’ policy, criticised the world over at the World Economic Forum. President Trump clarified that ‘”America First” does not mean America alone’ and at the same time America is open for business. President Trump also said that we are not opposed to the concept of free trade but expressed the […]
Santiago: The supreme religious leader of Christianity, Pope Francis, has warned, “The world is one step away from the sparks of nuclear war. Even one accident is enough to precipitate a nuclear war.” While North Korea continues to threaten a nuclear attack, Pope Francis seems to have warned the entire world against this. Pope Francis […]