VANCOUVER: Foreign ministers from 20 nations began crisis talks Monday on North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs, though China’s absence cast doubt over the effectiveness of any deal, reports AFP. The two-day Vancouver meeting hosted by Canada and the United States…

DUBAI: More than three-quarters of Yemenis are now in need of humanitarian aid as the war between rebels and the Saudi-backed government nears its fourth year, the United Nations said yesterday, reports AFP. Some 8.4 million people are at risk of famine, up from 6.8 million in 2017, the UN humanitarian…

Islamabad: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif yesterday described the dethroning of former Balochistan chief minister Sanaullah Zehri as “a joke with democracy”…

London: Thousands of UK nationals have bought fake degrees from a multi-million pound “diploma mill” in Pakistan, a BBC Radio 4’s File on Four programme investigation has found, reports BBC. Buyers include NHS consultants, nurses and a large defence contractor. One British buyer spent…