"If the Taiwan issue is not handled properly, it will have a subversive impact on the relationship between the two countries," Xi said.

FM Qureshi said elected representatives were bound to make decisions according to their conscience, however, stressed that they must keep in view the aspirations and expectations of the people of their constituencies.

Many defense and security analysts picked up on this phraseology and insisted that it indicated the government's admission that the missile launch was, in fact, a "human error" rather than a technical one.

India and Sri Lanka formally entered into the credit agreement on Thursday during Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa's visit to New Delhi, Treasury Secretary Sajith Attygalle told reporters in Colombo.

The limited over matches are to be played in Rawalpindi but the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering moving the venue to Lahore, with a final decision expected in the next few days.

It was astonishing that huge sums of money were shifted in planes from Sindh where the people were even deprived of basic facilities like clean drinking water.

US president will see 'how President Xi sees the role of China' in conflict, says spokeswoman

It was undemocratic attitude of the political parties, which were warning of consequences if the 18th Amendment were revisited.

'We might be facing up to 10M people leaving the war zone in Ukraine,' says Alexander Schallenberg

FM Schallenberg also thanked the government of Pakistan for ensuring the smooth repatriation of its stranded nationals from Afghanistan and pointed out that the world could witness a big refugee influx from the conflict-hit country.

The "rift" between the West and Russia "is such that any consensus is difficult to achieve" among Security Council members

"Open Hands" claimed that the information was obtained after a lengthy operation initiated in 2014 back when David Barnea was head of Mossad's Tzomet department responsible for activating Mossad's international agent network.