Farewell to Kofi Annan at ghana state funeral
Accra: World leaders past and present, traditional rulers and global royalty on Thursday joined the family of Kofi Annan, as the former United Nations Secretary General’s State funeral took place in his native Ghana.
EU blasts Myanmar’s jailing of reporters
Strasbourg (France): The EU’s diplomatic chief on Thursday condemned Myanmar’s jailing of two Reuters journalists, hours after the country’s tarnished democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi strongly defended the men’s treatment.
Pak Premier House to be turned into an institute
Islamabad: The Pakistan Government will turn the palatial PM House here into a campus of a top postgraduate institute as part of the plans to utilise official buildings for public use, the Education Minister said Thursday.
Maduro eyes economic boost in China visit
Beijing: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was expected to arrive in Beijing on Thursday to strike deals with his crisis-hit country’s biggest creditor.
UK dismisses claim of 2 russian suspects
London: The UK Government Thursday dismissed as “obfuscation and lies” the claim of the two Russians accused of carrying out a deadly nerve agent attack in the country on a former Russian spy and his daughter that they were merely civilian tourists.
