UNITED NATIONS: UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting humanitarian crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa, the United Nations announced Monday. UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised Griffiths “for his tremendous leadership and service to the United Nations and the humanitarian community in advocating for people affected by.
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia had played a pivotal role in improving Pakistan’s economic situation during a meeting with the kingdom’s defense minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman, wherein they also discussed the regional peace and security situation. The Saudi royal arrived in the country earlier in the day to attend the Pakistan Day military.
JEDDAH: Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Friday performed Umrah rituals during his official visit to Saudi Arabia, coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. He was received at the Grand Mosque by a number of officials in Makkah, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Sheikh Mohammed then departed from Jeddah after concluding his visit, during which.
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Fund for Development CEO Sultan Al-Marshad and his accompanying delegation were received by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday in Pakistan, the fund reported via its account on X. During the meeting, the five decades of development relationship and the progress of the fund’s development projects in Pakistan were discussed. .
MANILA: China’s coast guard used water cannons against a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, badly damaging one of them and injuring its crew, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said on Saturday. The skirmish took place days after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Manila to reiterate Washington’s “ironclad” support against Chinese influence in.