The conversation that rattled the then Prime Minister Imran Khan link government in Pakistan link took place on March 7 at a farewell lunch for the country's ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan at his residence in Washington, which is also known as Pakistan link House, a media report said on ...

In its latest measures countering the US moves, China has barred US diplomats posted in semi-autonomous Hong Kong from directly seeking meetings with city’s officials or politicians. The US diplomats are now required to seek approval from China’s Foreign Ministry before meeting any Hong Kong ...

BEIJING: China on Friday said it had taken "reciprocal" measures against US diplomats in the country, saying they will have to notify the foreign ministry before meeting with local officials. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had notified the US embassy of the new measures on ...

KABUL - Afghanistan to collapse into a total civil war post US troops withdrawal, warn former US diplomats. Nine former US ambassadors on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a “total civil war” if President Donald Trump withdraws all American forces before President Ghani’s ...

*WASHINGTON: United States (US) Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale says Washington attaches significance to its ties with Pakistan.* Speaking at an event organised in connection with Pakistan Day at Pakistan’s embassy in Washington, he said Pakistan wanted close ties ...

MOSCOW: US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Russian official discussed the Afghan settlement process. Zalmay met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov and Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov in Moscow. According to a statement by the Russian Foreign ...

ISLAMABAD - Senior US officials have been in Pakistan and Afghanistan recently and held talks with major players in both countries in preparation for direct talks with Taliban, according to The New York Times. A report in a leading US newspaper says President Donald Trump has instructed “top ...

WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department has brought a group of diplomats home from Guangzhou, China, over concerns they were suffering from a mysterious malady that resembles a brain injury and has already affected U.S. personnel in Cuba, its spokeswoman said on Wednesday. After confirming one ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have barred a U.S. diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him. On April 7, US Defence and Air Attaché Col Joseph Emanuel Hall broke the traffic ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member of the National Assembly Shireen Mazari demanded bringing the number of US diplomats in Pakistan equal to that of Pakistani officials in the United States. "Only as many Americans should be allowed here as the number of Pakistani diplomats ...