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Kabul, Afghanistan: At least 12 new army recruits have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern city of Jalalabad, a hospital official said on Monday. ... Read more
Karachi: In an unusual incident, a hand grenade submitted as proof in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Monday accidentally went off here, injuring three persons. ... Read more
Mogadishu, Somalia: A car bomb exploded on Monday outside restaurant packed with lunchtime customers in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killing at least five people, said witnesses. ... Read more
Brussels: Mohamed Abrini, the man arrested for links with the Paris and Brussels terror attacks, had planned to stage another attack in France, Belgian prosecutors said on Sunday. ... Read more
Jakarta: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island in Bengkulu province on Sunday. ... Read more
New Delhi: A strong earthquake of 6.8 magnitude today struck the Hindukush mountain region in Afghanistan, ripples of which were felt in Pakistan and several parts of Northern India. ... Read more
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted on Saturday that he bungled his admission of his investment in an offshore fund revealed in the mammoth data breach of a Panama law firm. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea today said it has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that will give it the ability to stage nuclear strikes on the United States. ... Read more
Washington: As many as 306 Indian students who unknowingly came to the US as part of a fake university sting operation conducted by law enforcement agencies to expose a visa scam, have been identified and located and the process has started for their deportation, officials said here. ... Read more
Washington: The United States has warned its citizens against all non-essential travel to Pakistan in the wake of the ongoing 'security concerns' in Pakistan. ... Read more
Berlin: European Union has threatened to sanction Panama and other nations if they don't cooperate fully to fight money laundering and tax evasion, after a leak of data showed the small country remains a key destination for people who want to hide money. ... Read more
Beirut: In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, Islamic State militants on Thursday abducted 300 cement workers and contractors in an area northeast of Damascus, Syrian state TV reported as fighting elsewhere in the country also worsened. ... Read more
London: After days of pressure following publication of Panama Papers, British Prime Minister David Cameron has acknowledged that he had a stake in his father’s offshore trust but says he sold it in 2010 before he became country’s Premier. ... Read more
Geneva: The World Trade Organization on Thursday revised its 2016 global trade forecast downward by more than one percentage point, warning that a slowdown in China and broad market volatility continued to threaten growth. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan today said it is ready to discuss arms control and restraint measures with India to avoid unnecessary arms race in the region, days after US President Barack Obama asked both the nation to reduce its nuclear arsenal. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama has opened his final presidential campaign — against Donald Trump. Though his name won't be on November's ballot, Obama is slowly embracing his role as the anti-Trump, using the contrast between himself and the boastful billionaire to paint Trump as anything but presidential. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has formed a high-level judicial commission a day after three of his children were named in the 'Panama Papers' for owning offshore companies which had prompted the opposition to demand a probe. ... Read more
Panama City: The Panamanian government said that it would not accept the country being used as a "scapegoat" for the apparent financial misdeeds detailed in the Panama Papers. ... Read more
United Nations: The UN has defended its stance against terrorism saying it is "certainly" trying to take a responsible attitude in dealing with the menace, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised the world body over the issue. ... Read more
Reykjavik: Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned amid the controversy over his offshore holdings in the recently leaked Panama Papers. ... Read more
London: The dreaded ISIS outfit has threatened a new wave of terror attacks as deadly as the Paris massacre in London, Berlin and Rome in a latest chilling video which shows images of the UK Parliament and Eiffel Tower crashing to the ground. ... Read more
Panama: Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. If they’re crooks, they’ve learned from the world’s wealthy nations, they like to joke. ... Read more
Washington: The US is poised to sell nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters worth USD 170 million to Pakistan, weeks after Obama administration decided to provide eight F-16 fighter jets to the country despite strong opposition from some Congressmen and India. ... Read more
London: Indian professionals are making a last-ditch effort to appeal to the UK government over a new 35,000 pounds salary threshold requirement which comes into effect from Wednesday. ... Read more
Kabul: At least six police officers have been killed in a Taliban ambush on their convoy in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, an official said on Monday. ... Read more
Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a suicide attack south of Baghdad has killed at least 14 people. ... Read more
Washington: US presidential candidate and Republican front-runner Donald Trump reiterated his belief that Japan should arm itself to deter a threat from North Korea rather than have the US military protect the longtime ally against the rogue nuclear nation. ... Read more
Baghdad: At least 52 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Saturday in airstrikes and clashes with security forces fighting to liberate a town in Iraq's western province of Anbar, while the troops repelled an attack by extremist militants in Salahudin province, security sources said. ... Read more
Riyadh: Terming terrorism as the enemy of humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said there was a need to “delink” religion from it and asserted that “segmented and partial” approaches to counter the menace will not be effective. ... Read more
Damascus: The Syrian army on Sunday fully captured a key city in the central province of Homs near the ancient city of Palmyra, following intense battles against the Islamic State (IS) militant group. ... Read more
Riyadh: Reaching out to expatriates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight announced a 24X7 multi-lingual helpline for them and said a move to regularise migration was in the offing through an online programme. ... Read more
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the issue of change in Tier-2 visa rules with British counterpart David Cameron, saying skilled IT professionals from India should not find it difficult to come to work in the UK. ... Read more
Islamabad: India has "no right" to question Pakistan's decision to develop its nuclear material as its own nuclear programme is highly ambitious, a Pakistani daily has said. ... Read more
Washington: Terrorist organisations like al Qaeda and ISIS will use nuclear weapons if they ever get hold of it, US President Barack Obama warned today a day after he hosted leaders from over 50 countries including India for the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). ... Read more
Washington: Pakistan today said it has "strong credentials" to become a member of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group, arguing it has streamlined and strengthened its export control regime. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama has said that the suggestions from people like Donald Trump that nuclear weapons would help South Korea and Japan show a lack of understanding of the world. ... Read more
Washington: India and Pakistan need to make progress in reducing their nuclear arsenal and develop military doctrines so that they do not "continually move in the wrong direction", US President Barack Obama said today. ... Read more
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Saudi Arabia after two days of engagement with world leaders during the Nuclear Security Summit here. ... Read more
Washington: The United States and Saudi Arabia on Thursday joined hands to sanction Pakistani individuals and terrorist entities, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Riyadh. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul officials said, hours after the U.S., South Korean and Japanese leaders pledged to work closer together to prevent North Korea from advancing its nuclear and missile programs. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhary has said there was no cause of concern about Islamabad's nuclear programme since the country never had a nuclear accident or breach of security. ... Read more
Washington: In remarks aimed at presidential candidate Donald Trump, US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have cautioned against those "fomenting division" by exploiting fear among people in the wake of the recent terror attacks around the world. ... Read more
Los Angeles: Republican presidential front- runner Donald Trump has said that a nuclear-armed Pakistan is a ‘very very vital problem’ and the country needs to ‘get a hold of’ its situation. ... Read more
Naypyitaw: Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar's president Wednesday, taking a momentous step in the country's long-drawn transition toward democracy after more than a half-century of direct and indirect military rule. ... Read more
United Nations: More than 900 children were killed and over 1,300 injured in 2015 due to conflict in Yemen, said a report released by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). ... Read more
Nay Pyi Taw: Chairperson of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed on Wednesday as the country's new minister of foreign affairs. ... Read more
Washington: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has called on his US counterpart Susan Rice at the White House during which the two officials discussed bilateral and regional issues in addition to reviewing the counter terrorism cooperation between the two countries. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea fired a short-range projectile from an area near its eastern coast on Tuesday in what appears to be another weapons test seen as a response to ongoing military drills between Washington and Seoul, South Korean officials said. ... Read more
Washington: Safeguarding loose nuclear materials around the globe is a top priority for the US, the White House has said ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit here later this week, which among others would be attended by leaders from India, China and Japan. ... Read more
Havana: Cuba’s Fidel Castro signaled continued resistance to rapprochement between Washington and Havana, writing in an opinion piece today that his country “has no need of gifts” from the United States. ... Read more
Washington: Pakistan’s former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, said that Islamabad’s involvement with jihadi groups at the highest level aim at ‘liberation’ of Jammu and Kashmir has backfired. The diplomat’s remark holds significance as it comes in the backdrop of deadly Lahore attack that killed more than 70 people, most women and children. ... Read more
Lahore: In an emotional televised address, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have been carrying out attacks like the Easter bombing that targeted Christians and killed 72 people. ... Read more
Kabul: A huge explosion took place on Monday as a rocket landed near the Afghan parliament building. The blast took place when senior security officials were on way towards the building to brief lawmakers. ... Read more
Lahore: The death toll in the horrific Taliban suicide bombing at a popular public park where Christians were celebrating Easter in this eastern Pakistani city rose to 72 today. ... Read more
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated his friends and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for re-taking the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. ... Read more
Beirut: Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian airstrikes have seized three neighborhoods inside Palmyra, a town with famed Roman-era ruins that fell to the Islamic State group last May, state media reported Saturday. ... Read more
Cairo: The Egyptian army killed 19 militants south of Sheikh Zuweid city in the restive North Sinai province on Saturday, the state-run Al-Ahram news website reported. ... Read more
London: Myanmar democracy veteran Aung San Suu Kyi angrily complained about being interviewed by a Muslim BBC presenter who pressed her about violence against Rohingya Muslims, a biographer claimed today. ... Read more
Baghdad: A suicide bomber blew himself up in a soccer stadium south of the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing 29 people and wounding 60, security officials said, as the military announced new gains on the ground against the Islamic State group. ... Read more
Beirut: Syrian troops backed by Russian warplanes advanced into the ancient city of Palmyra, which has been under jihadist control for nearly a year, a monitor and a military source said. ... Read more
Brussels: Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon and Justice Minister Koen Geens on Thursday presented their resignations, but their offers were declined by Prime Minister Charles Michel. ... Read more
Baghdad: The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said. ... Read more
Standford, Calif: Hillary Clinton is doing what Republican rivals now say they took far too long to do: Taking Donald Trump seriously. ... Read more
Brussels: Various leaders from across the globe slammed the terror attacks which rocked the Belgian capital city of Brussels as "cowardly". ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea today threatened to attack the Blue House, the official residence of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. ... Read more
Moscow: Authorities in Europe and across the world tightened security at airports, railway stations, government buildings and other key sites after deadly attacks Tuesday on the Brussels airport and its subway system. ... Read more
Pyongyang: The top leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un has again guided a test firing of the new, large-caliber multiple rocket launcher, the country's official news agency KCNA reported today. ... Read more
Washington: US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has declared that his first foreign policy priority would be to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal and what he said was Tehran's global terror network. ... Read more
Washington: With Pakistan moving towards tactical nuclear weapons, there is an increasingly higher risk of nuclear theft, a US think-tank report has warned ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington later this month.
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Brussels: At least 23 people have been killed and dozens injured in Brussels after a series of terror attacks struck the city's airport and a metro station near the EU headquarters. ... Read more
Havana: Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba today, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary. With this visit, Obama has also become the first US President in 88 years to visit Cuba. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Stung by the bitter lessons from Madhesi blockade of India trade points that caused acute fuel shortage, Nepal today signed a transit and transportation treaty with China for its third-country commerce -- a move that is likely to end New Delhi's monopoly over the landlocked Himalayan nation's trade through Haldia port in Kolkata. ... Read more
Baghdad: After months of losing ground in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group is showing signs of wear and tear, and its opponents say they have seen an increase in desertions among the extremists. But the jihadis appear to be lashing back with more terrorist and chemical attacks. ... Read more
Washington: Dozens of protestors blocked traffic near an event by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Arizona, while demonstrators marched in New York City to protest the front-runner, the media reported on Sunday. ... Read more
Kathmandu: On the eve of Nepali Prime Minister K P Oli’s visit to China, leaders of agitating Madhesi parties in Nepal have approached the Chinese envoy here to express their concerns regarding the new Constitution. ... Read more
Seoul (South Korea): North Korea defied U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan today rejected as "baseless rumour-mongering" the reports about presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and asserted that Kashmir was a long-standing item on the agenda of the UN. ... Read more
United Nations: India has called for strictly enforcing the Security Council sanctions on the Taliban and al-Qaida to combat the resurgent terrorist threat to Afghanistan. ... Read more
Bangkok: An Air India flight was ordered to park at an isolated area of Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on Wednesday after a bomb threat, an airport official said. ... Read more
Geneva: UN investigators welcomed a “significant decrease” in violence in Syria on the fifth anniversary of the start of the brutal conflict today, saying they finally glimpsed hope of an end to the war. “Now, for the first time, there is hope of an end in sight,” said Paulo Pinheiro, head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. ... Read more
Beijing: China, North Korea’s most important ally, has reaffirmed its commitment to fully implement United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang over its recent nuclear tests and missile launches. ... Read more
Berlin: An explosion that destroyed a car and killed the driver in downtown Berlin during rush hour traffic today was likely caused by a bomb, police said. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned of impending tests of a nuclear warhead explosion and ballistic missiles capable of carrying atomic warheads, state media reported today, in an escalation of threats against Seoul and Washington. ... Read more
Beijing: China has dodged a direct response to reports of presence of PLA troops at a forward post in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and said it regretted that the media keeps popping up stories of incursions into the Indian side of the LAC. ... Read more
Ankara: At least 34 people were killed and 125 others were injured when a suicide car bomb rocked a busy square in central Ankara today. ... Read more
Damascus: Syrian troops were reported approaching the ancient city of Palmyra which has been captured by the Islamic State (IS) terror group, the media reported today.
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Beirut: Syria's war has killed more than a quarter of a million people, uprooted over half the population and left much of the country in ruins since it erupted five years ago. ... Read more
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday that the number of North Korean cyberattacks on the South has doubled over the past month. ... Read more
Naypyitaw (Myanmar): Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) today officially confirmed that Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will not become country’s next President. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea on Thursday responded to South Korean unilateral sanctions by firing short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of defiance and vowing to "liquidate" all remaining South Korean assets at former cooperative projects in the North. ... Read more
Baghdad: U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. officials told The Associated Press, the first known major success of Washington's more aggressive policy of pursuing IS militants on the ground. ... Read more
Washington: Pakistan, which has a way of communicating to the Haqqani network, should consider security operations against the insurgent group if it can't leverage its influence to stop them from crossing over to Afghanistan and hit US targets, a top American commander has said. ... Read more
Washington: India and the US have agreed to deepen their already close collaboration against Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), blamed for terrorist attacks in India, and other terrorist threats. ... Read more
Washington: A US air strike on a Shebab training camp in Somalia over the weekend killed more than 150 militant fighters who were planning a large-scale attack, likely against African or U.S. personnel, the Pentagon said Monday. ... Read more
Tunis: Exceptionally deadly clashes between Tunisian forces and extremist attackers left at least 53 people dead today near Tunisia's border with Libya, the government said, amid growing fear that violence from Libya could destabilize the whole region. ... Read more
Damascus: A rocket and mortar barrage struck a government-controlled neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo today, killing 13 civilians and wounding 40, the government and an opposition group said. ... Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian government will shift, out of Yemen, the Indian mother superior of an aid home in Aden where four nuns including were killed and an Indian priest kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on Friday, said Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. ... Read more
Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says the Islamic State group has been defeated in eastern Afghanistan, where it had taken over some remote districts. ... Read more
Kabul: The Taliban on Saturday refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, a statement said. ... Read more
Sydney: From a hijacking to an alien abduction, countless theories have arisen about the fate of the Malaysian airliner that disappeared nearly two years ago. ... Read more
Beijing: China targets economic growth rate of 6.5 to 7 percent in 2016, and an average annual growth rate of at least 6.5 percent through 2020, according to a government work report available to media on Saturday before the opening of the annual parliamentary session. ... Read more
Paris: Top diplomats in France, Germany and Britain on Friday warned that Syrian peace talks would fail unless humanitarian aid was granted and a ceasefire respected. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military on standby for nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting rivals Seoul and Washington that may not yet reflect the country's actual nuclear capacity. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan's finance minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that his country will never roll back its nuclear programme despite financial hardship and threat of mounting external debt. ... Read more
Brussels: Following Donald Trump's breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America's next president_a thought that aroused widespread befuddlement and a good deal of horror. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, just hours after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, South Korea's Defense Ministry said. ... Read more
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale jolted West Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday and a tsunami alert was issued, an official of the meteorology and geophysics agency said. ... Read more
Istanbul: Turkey has been put on high alert following a warning by the intelligence agency of possible terror attacks by the Islamic State militants, Turkish media reported on Wednesday. ... Read more
Baghdad: Four suicide bombers disguised as soldiers struck an Iraqi military headquarters in the western town of Haditha on Tuesday, killing eight army officers, including a local commander, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. ... Read more
Islamabad: At least two local employees of the US consulate were killed when their vehicle was hit by a bomb in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Mohmand Agency on Tuesday, officials with the US consulate said. ... Read more
Baghdad: Militants attacked an outdoor market on Sunday in eastern Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens, officials said. ... Read more
Washington: Conceding that the fight against Islamic State remains "difficult", President Barack Obama saturday said the US will "destroy" the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian conflict would be the key in this endeavor. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan and the US will hold a ministerial-level strategic dialogue on key areas, including economy, security and counterterrorism, amid strong opposition by India as well as the US lawmakers on the proposed F-16 deal to Islamabad. ... Read more
Kabul: At least 11 persons were killed and over 30 injured when a bomb rocked Kunar province of Afghanistan on Saturday, sources said. ... Read more
United Nations: The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to demand a halt to the fighting in Syria. ... Read more
Washington: The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised pregnant women to consider not going to attend this year's Olympic Games in Brazil where the Zika virus outbreak have caused an increase in birth defects known as microcephaly. ... Read more
Washington: Amidst stiff opposition from India and top American lawmakers against sale of F-16s to Pakistan, Secretary of State John Kerry today strongly defended the decision arguing that these fighter jets are a "critical" part of Pakistan's fight against terrorists. ... Read more
Rio De Janeiro: The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan has said. ... Read more
Washington: Iranian authorities have arrested a US citizen whose son has been detained in Iran for the last four months, friends and family have said, describing what would be the first such action against an American national in Iran since last month's prisoner swap between the two countries. ... Read more
Melbourne: Australia's new trade minister has criticised India's "strong" bureaucracy for posing hurdles for a favourable business environment, saying sometimes one has to "roll up sleeves and apply a little elbow grease" to make things happen. ... Read more
Las Vegas: Notching three in a row, Donald Trump decisively won Nevada's Republican caucuses on Tuesday as Marco Rubio bid to elbow out Ted Cruz for second place in an increasingly urgent effort to slam the brakes on the Trump juggernaut. ... Read more
Geneva: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein welcomed the just announced plan of the US to close Guantanamo, saying that he hope no further obstacles are placed in the way of its implementation. ... Read more
New York: US stocks suffered big losses as Wall Street digested mixed economic reports amid declining oil prices. ... Read more
United Nations: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan is in Brazil to assess the Zika virus situation and response, a UN spokesman said. ... Read more
Washington: Setting the stage for a major confrontation with President Barack Obama, Senate Republicans have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings for his Supreme Court nominee to replace a dead conservative judge amid a tense battle for the White House. ... Read more
Damascus: The recently declared cessation of hostilities must not affect the war on terror, Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar said. ... Read more
Irbil (Iraq): Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Tuesday their troops rescued a Swedish teenager from the Islamic State group near the extremist-controlled city of Mosul earlier this month, while a local TV station broadcast an interview with the girl in which she described how she came with her boyfriend to Iraq last year. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama's plan to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba slammed into a wall of Republican opposition on Tuesday, stopping cold Obama's hope for a bipartisan effort to "close a chapter" that began in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. ... Read more
London: A vote to leave the European Union would be "a great leap into the unknown" at a perilous time for Britain and the West, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday, as uncertainty over the U.K.'s future in the bloc sent the pound plunging on currency markets. ... Read more
Kabul: At least 14 people were killed and 11 others injured as a suicide bombing rocked Afghanistan's eastern province of Parwan on Monday, a provincial government spokesman told Xinhua. ... Read more
Dhaka: The Islamic State has claimed the gruesome killing of a Hindu head priest in Bangladesh using guns and cleavers at a temple in an area bordering India, the first attack by the dreaded group against a Hindu in a series of similar assaults on religious minorities. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan and India must have a treaty to ensure that innocent people do not languish in each other's jails, said a Pakistani daily which noted that civilians are always going to be the victims in the tussle between the two countries. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has confirmed that India agreed to receive Pakistani investigators for probing the involvement of any group or people from its soil in Punjab's Pathankot IAF base attack. ... Read more
Damascus: Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Homs killed nearly 130 people on Sunday, highlighting the threat posed by the extremists as the country's warring factions fight for the northern city of Aleppo and world powers chase an elusive cease-fire. ... Read more
San Francisco: A Michigan mass shooting could raise new headaches for Uber, the fast-growing ride-hailing service that's been dogged by controversy on the road to becoming one of the most valuable, privately funded companies in the world. ... Read more
Washington: At a dinner with the nation's governors, President Barack Obama says he's not naive in believing politics can be a noble endeavor. ... Read more
Beirut: Two blasts in the central Syrian city of Homs killed at least 32 people and wounded 29 Sunday in the latest wave of violence to hit the city in recent weeks, state TV said. ... Read more
Beijing: The efforts of China's central bank to manage market liquidity after the Lunar New Year holiday will help ensure smooth liquidity conditions, allowing financial markets to function without disruption, according to an industry report. ... Read more
Moscow/Damascus: US and Russia have launched talks on brokering a ceasefire in trouble-hit Syria after failing to make Friday's scheduled deadline for a pause in fighting. Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the issues to try to find a way for a long-term cessation of hostilities that would help efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to besieged areas. ... Read more
London: A historic referendum on whether Britain should stay in the European Union will be held on June 23, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Saturday, even as he declared his belief that the U.K. would be “safer and stronger” if it remained in the 28-nation bloc. ... Read more
Columbia: Republican Jeb Bush ended his campaign for the presidency Saturday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, acknowledging his failure to harness the hopes of Republican voters angry at the political establishment. ... Read more
Washington: The Obama administration has told a US magistrate judge it would be willing to allow Apple Inc to retain possession of and later destroy specialised software it has been ordered to design to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone used by the gunman in December's mass shootings in California. ... Read more
Brussels: European leaders on Friday reached a deal on British Prime Minister David Cameron's reforms to give Britain special status in the EU after marathon talks. ... Read more
Washington: US airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria have reportedly destroyed more than USD 500 million cash reserves and 20 kilogrammes of gold stored by the terror group. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama slapped North Korea with more stringent sanctions Thursday for defying the world and pushing forward with its nuclear weapons program, weeks after it launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space and conducted its fourth underground nuclear test. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan is planning to set up a brigade-level military infrastructure in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to provide security to its ambitious USD 46 billion economic corridor with China passing through the strategic region. ... Read more
Melbourne: As the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 nears its end, officials have admitted they might have to confront the idea the plane's disappearance was deliberately planned. ... Read more
Washington: The White House said that President Barack Obama will sign legislation hitting North Korea with more stringent sanctions for refusing to stop its nuclear weapons program. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama is set to visit Cuba in March, a move which would make him the first sitting US president to step foot on the island in over 80 years, the media reported on Thursday. ... Read more
London: Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon jets were scrambled on Wednesday to intercept two Russian bombers heading towards UK airspace. ... Read more
Ankara: A car bomb went off in the Turkish capital Wednesday near vehicles carrying military personnel, killing at least 28 people and wounding 61 others, officials said. ... Read more
Beijing: China has deployed missiles to a disputed island in the South China Sea even as President Barack Obama called for 'tangible steps' to settle territorial disputes in the resource-rich region at the conclusion of a summit with Southeast Asian leaders. ... Read more
Paris: France’s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a three-month extension of a state of emergency imposed after deadly attacks around Paris in November, even as rights groups say it undermines fundamental freedoms. ... Read more
Washington: The dreaded Islamic State terror group has reportedly captured Syria's Russian made anti-aircraft missiles, raising concerns that the deadly weapons could be used against US-led coalition jets. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia's sanitary and epidemiological watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Monday confirmed the first case of Zika virus in the country. ... Read more
Geneva: UN human rights expert on North Korea wants supreme leader Kim Jong Un to know that he and other senior officials can be held accountable if they are found responsible for crimes against humanity committed under their leadership. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli today said his maiden visit to India this week is aimed at bringing bilateral ties back on track by clearing “misunderstandings” even as he defended the new Constitution, opposed by Madhesis, as “inclusive and democratic”. “There were some misunderstanding in the relations with our neighbour (India) and we have to correct the misunderstanding and bring back the relations on track. For that I am visiting India soon,” Oli said ahead of his eight-day visit to India starting on February 19. ... Read more
Paris: At least seven people were killed after a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported hospital in Syria was destroyed in an attack on monday, the medial humanitarian organisation said. ... Read more
Lahore: JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed today rejected claims by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that he had supported the event in JNU in memory of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. ... Read more
Damascus: A mass grave of some 100 bodies was uncovered in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Sunday, a media report said. ... Read more
Taipei: Taiwan on Monday held nationwide mourning for the 116 people who were killed in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern city of Tainan on February 6. ... Read more
Moscow: US President Barack Obama has urged his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to stop bombing 'moderate' rebels in Syria in support of its ally Bashar al-Assad, a campaign seen in the West as a major obstacle to latest efforts to end the war. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan today said it is "surprised and disappointed" at India's reaction over the US' decision to sell eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, arguing that India is "the largest importer" of defence equipment and its arsenal stock is "much larger". ... Read more
Munich: Russia’s Prime Minister accused Nato of restarting the Cold War amid increased military maneuvers and troop deployments to countries neighbouring Russia, moves the alliance’s top official defended as a necessary response to aggression from Moscow. ... Read more
Taipei: Rescuers have pulled out 115 dead a week since a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan’s oldest city of Tainan, leaving only two missing in the rubble of a collapsed 17-story residential complex, authorities said today. ... Read more
Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Saturday that the Rio 2016 Olympics will go forward despite the Zika virus epidemic, about which a number of foreign sports delegations that have expressed their concern. ... Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain has asked his countrymen to avoid observing Valentine's Day, saying the western tradition was not part of "our culture". ... Read more
Islamabad: At least 10 militants were killed and 12 others arrested in an operation carried out by security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province on on Saturday, a media report said. ... Read more
Taipei: The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Taiwan on February 6 has increased to 108 with some nine people still reported missing, the authorities announced on Saturday. ... Read more
Munich: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi vowed on Friday that Iraqi security forces would clear terrorists of the Islamic State militants in his country this year. ... Read more
United Nations: Secretary General Ban Ki-moon paid tributes on Friday to Indian women peacekeepers who are completing this weekend their mission in Liberia as the first ever all-female police unit deployed in UN operations. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal's three major parties and the agitating Madhesi front on Friday reached an agreement to form a political mechanism to resolve delineation of provinces under the federal structure of the new Constitution that divides the minority's homeland. ... Read more
Seoul: The United States temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea in response to North Korea's nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch, ahead of talks next week to set up an even more sophisticated U.S. missile defense in a move that has worried China and Russia. ... Read more
Jakarta: A strong under sea earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale was recorded off the coast of eastern Indonesia. No injuries or causalities have been reported so far. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will embark on a six-day official visit to India, beginning from February 19, making his first foreign visit since assuming office last October. ... Read more
Washington: The US and India have a shared vision of peace, stability and prosperity in Asia, a topAmerican official has said but dismissed reports that the two countries were planning a joint maritime patrol in the Indian Ocean or South China Sea. ... Read more
Washington: Even as a top US lawmaker threatened to block proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan over its alleged support for terrorist groups, the US said it was committed to deliver security assistance to its key ally. ... Read more
Islamabad: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal announced that Pakistan has launched $500 million worth of projects for Afghanistan’s education, health and infrastructure sectors, the media reported on Friday. ... Read more
Paju (South Korea): Under the gaze of armed soldiers, large white trucks streamed across the world's most armed border Thursday as South Korean workers began shutting down a jointly run industrial park in North Korea. ... Read more
Washington: The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed the legislation to widen harsher sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent nuclear test and missile launch. ... Read more
Islamabad: In a rare admission, Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau Chief today said the country was facing growing threat from the Islamic State as hundreds of Pakistanis have travelled to Syria to join the terror outfit. ... Read more
Islamabad: Lovers in Pakistan looking forward to celebrating this Valentine’s Day should brace for conflict. Islamabad, as it turns out, has decided to impose a ban on the Valentine’s Day gifts or any promotion of the day celebrating love. ... Read more
Tokyo: Japan today announced that it will impose new sanctions on North Korea to protest a rocket launch seen as a test of missile technology. ... Read more
Rome: A second autopsy on the body of an Italian found slain in Egypt reveals that the doctoral student suffered "inhuman, animal-like" violence, Italy's interior minister said on Sunday as he pressed Egypt's president to fully cooperate with the criminal investigation. ... Read more
Beijing: China's first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently travelled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said Wednesday. ... Read more
Dubai: Dubai's ruler said on Monday the United Arab Emirates will privatise some government services in the oil rich country, as well as create a state minister position devoted to ensuring the happiness of its citizens. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out his final budget proposal, seeking $4.1 trillion of spending plan for the fiscal year 2017. ... Read more
Washington: A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is asking Congress for $3.1 billion to update the government's archaic computer systems to protect them from cyberattacks as part of a new, centralized effort to boost cybersecurity. ... Read more
Washington: North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor that could start recovering material for nuclear weapons in weeks or months, the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday in delivering the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. ... Read more
Johannesburg: South Africa's highest court on Tuesday heard a case against President Jacob Zuma, who is accused of violating the constitution in a scandal over state spending on his private home. ... Read more
Berlin: At least two people have died and about 100 have been injured — 10 seriously — in a train crash in southern Germany. ... Read more
Savannah: The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in tub drains, dog bowls, buckets, flower pots and other spots where water collects inside the houses and yards of the people they bite, insect experts noted Monday. ... Read more
Manchester: It's their Everest. Their firewall. Their lifeboat in a frozen Atlantic. They are the Clintons. It is New Hampshire. And here we all are again. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala passed away due to Pneumonia at his residence in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He was 79. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday sought more than USD 1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the fast-spreading Zika virus, the mosquito-borne illness that may be causing a rare birth defect in Latin American nations. ... Read more
Dubai: Saudi Arabia's offer to send troops to fight Islamic State in Syria is as much about the kingdom's growing determination to flex its military might as it is about answering U.S. calls for more help from its allies in the Middle East. ... Read more
Ramadi (Iraq): At least 75 Islamic State militants were killed on Monday as the Iraqi security forces recaptured two areas from the extremist militants in eastern and east of the flashpoint city of Ramadi, the capital city of Iraq's western Anbar province, a provincial security source said. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Madhesis of Nepal, who were on a strike for nearly five-months, called it off today following the hardships faced by their country due to the blockade at the Indo-Nepal border. The prolonged protest against a new Constitution had resulted in severe shortages of fuel, medicine and other supplies for the people of Nepal. ... Read more
Abu Dhabi: Warning that India is not immune to the threat from Islamic State (ISIS), the UAE, which has deported about a dozen Indians with suspected links to the terror group, said today that its anti-terror cooperation with India is going to get "more institutionalised". ... Read more
New York: Two mischievous straphangers broke into the conductor's booth aboard a Brooklyn-bound train in Manhattan and announced on the public address system that Islamic State is 'hijacking the train and will blow it up'. ... Read more
Tainan: Two survivors, of whom one was shielded under the body of her husband, were pulled out from the toppled high-rise apartment building, two days after a powerful quake hit Taiwan which killed at least 36. ... Read more
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said that it was ready to supply ground troops to help support and train US-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria. ... Read more
Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday reaffirmed the "ironclad" US commitment to the security and defence of Japan and South Korea, following the satellite launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan Army plans to raise a new security division as well as additional 28 battalions and has sought extra funds from the government for it, amid increasing terror attacks on the educational institutions in the country. ... Read more
New York: Pakistan's powerful intelligence service has long acted as the "manager" of international Jihadi forces and it may have been involved in the rise of the ISIS, a leading US daily today said, in a stinging commentary on Pakistan's "intervention" in a number of foreign conflicts. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, violating UN resolutions and doubling down against an international community already determined to punish Pyongyang for a nuclear test last month. ... Read more
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today denounced North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket and asked the country to halt its "provocative actions" and return to compliance with its international obligations. ... Read more
Washington: The US today strongly condemned the North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket a month after it claimed a successful hydrogen bomb test, describing the move by the hermit nation as "destabilising and provocative." ... Read more
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces have begun building a concrete wall surrounding the capital Baghdad in an attempt to protect citizens from possible attacks by Islamic State (IS) terrorists, Iraqi prime minister said on Saturday. ... Read more
Taiwan: Rescuers today found signs of live within the remains of a high-rise residential building that collapsed in a powerful, shallow earthquake in southern Taiwan that killed at least 18 people and injured hundreds. ... Read more
Damascus: In a strongly worded warning directed at Saudi Arabia or other foreign troops entering the country, Syria's foreign minister said saturday that they would "return home in wooden coffins". The minister further asserted that recent military advances had put his government "on track" to end the five-year-old civil war. ... Read more
Karachi: At least eight people, including two security personnel, were killed and 25 others injured saturday when a powerful blast targeted a Frontier Corps convoy in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's restive Balochistan province. ... Read more
Colombo: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today offered to open an Information Technology Park in Sri Lanka that could attract investments in this growing sector. ... Read more
Colombo: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday called on Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena here and briefed him on the India-Sri Lanka joint commission meeting held on Friday. ... Read more
Tainan: Rescuers raced to find survivors after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan, collapsing a high-rise residential complex and killing at least seven people, sending scores to hospital and leaving about a couple dozen missing. ... Read more
Los Angeles: Two small planes collided in midair Friday and plunged into the ocean off of Los Angeles harbor. There was no immediate word of any survivors, authorities said. ... Read more
United Nations: Thirty-four militant groups from around the world had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group as of mid-December and that number will only grow in 2016, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report. ... Read more
Brasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is potentially transmissible via the two fluids, the media reported on Saturday. ... Read more
San Francisco: Twitter said on Friday it has suspended 125,000 accounts primarily related to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) since the middle of 2015. ... Read more
Washington: The US has welcomed India's ratification of an international convention on nuclear energy accident liability, removing the last hurdle for the landmark India-US nuclear deal and paving the way for US firms to build nuclear plants in India. ... Read more
Aleppo: A new video purportedly from the Islamic State jihadist group shows a teenage boy issuing a threat in English to the US and its allies before beheading an unarmed hostage in what is believed to be Syria. ... Read more
Washington: The Islamic State militant group is trying to capitalize on the “political chaos” prevailing in certain parts of the world to establish footholds in those areas apart from Iraq and Syria, the US has said. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama today cited the humanitarian work done by the Sikh community as he spoke about the strength that comes from uniting all faiths against fear. ... Read more
Brasilia: A Brazilian judge has banned the publication of Adolf Hitler's autobiography 'Mein Kampf' (My Struggle), ruling that it "incites intolerant practices" of social and religious groups against the Jews. ... Read more
Washington: A day after his "humbling" second place finish in the first presidential nominating contests, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was back in form as he accused his vanquisher Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucus. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama in his first visit to an American mosque as president declared that attacks on Islam were an attack on all faiths in what is seen as a move to counter rhetoric from Donald Trump and other Republican presidential candidates that have alienated Muslims. ... Read more
United Nations: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday called for immediate action to help stop the spread of Zika virus which is the suspected underlying cause of soaring cases of microcephaly in newborn babies in Brazil. ... Read more
Texas: Health officials confirmed that a man in Texas contracted the Zika virus through sexual transmission in the first case the U.S. has seen on its shores since the virus recently began to sweep across continents at an alarming rate, according to an announcement Tuesday. ... Read more
Mogadishu: Commercial airliner bound for Djibouti was forced to make an emergency landing today, after an explosion and fire blew a gaping hole in the aircraft. ... Read more
Seoul: Weeks after its fourth nuclear test, North Korea announced plans Tuesday to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket later this month, in what critics see as a covert test of banned technology for a ballistic missile that could strike the U.S. mainland. ... Read more
Nashua: Hillary Clinton tried to turn a skin-of-her-teeth victory in Iowa into a bit of momentum for her battered Democratic campaign, and Ted Cruz sought to lock in his spot at the top of the Republican field as the presidential candidates packed up Tuesday and sped to New Hampshire. ... Read more
Washington: In a bid to highlight the importance of religious freedom and tolerance, President Barack Obama for the first time in his presidency will visit a mosque in the US tomorrow and interact with community leaders. ... Read more
Paris: French President Francois Hollande on Monday ordered the continuation of airstrikes aimed at neutralising the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, his presidential office, the Elysee, said on Monday. ... Read more
DES MOINES, Iowa: Ted Cruz comes out on top in the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, pushing aside Donald Trump and emerging from the pack of candidates. ... Read more
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a 'public health emergency of international concern' on Monday over the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas. ... Read more
Kabul: A suicide car bomb rocked a police base in central Kabul today, leaving several bodies strewn around the area, officials said. ... Read more
Washington: Three major Indian IT companies Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro have joined US President Barack Obama's ambitious computer science for all initiative as part of a public-private collaboration, pledging over USD 3 million in grants. ... Read more
Damascus/Geneva: Terror group Islamic State claimed responsibility for three deadly bombings that rocked a Shiite district south of the capital Damascus earlier in the day killing over 76 people. ... Read more
Geneva: A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, overshadowing an already shaky start to what are meant to be indirect Syria peace talks. ... Read more
Paris: France will recognise a Palestinian state if its efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at an international conference fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said. ... Read more
Riyadh: Two gunmen wearing suicide bomb belts attacked a Shia mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, an assault that killed at least four people and wounded seven, authorities said. ... Read more
Washington: The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's home server contained closely guarded government secrets, censoring 22 emails that contained material requiring one of the highest levels of classification. The revelation comes three days before Clinton competes in the Iowa presidential caucuses. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan's former defence secretaries want the government to be extra cautious in pursuing a normalisation process with India, saying they do not see a major shift in New Delhi's policy on its ties with the country, Dawn reported on Friday. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday establishing a first-of-its-kind federal task force in the country to carry out what was called a "cancer moonshot" to end the dreadful disease. ... Read more
Washington: Terrorist safe havens inside Pakistan, providing shelter to terrorist outfits like the Taliban and the Haqqani network, is a serious problem, a top US general nominated to be the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said thursday. ... Read more
Paris: A man with two handguns and a Quran was detained Thursday along with his female partner at Disneyland Paris, Europe's most-visited tourist attraction, police said. ... Read more
Aden: A suicide car bombing killed at least eight people at a checkpoint outside Yemen's presidential palace in the southern city of Aden Thursday, security and medical officials said. ... Read more
Rome: Italy's Culture Minister on Wednesday said a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to Rome's Capitoline Museums by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was "incomprehensible". ... Read more
New Delhi: The French have "marginally" reduced the price of Rafale combat planes but India is seeking more and the multi-billion dollar deal could take at least another six weeks to be finalised, government sources said on Wednesday. ... Read more
Islamabad: A Pakistani court today dismissed a petition seeking voice samples of 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects in the case, marking it as the latest in a series of reversals in Pakistan's apparent intent to bring the perpetrators of the ghastly attack to justice. ... Read more
Chicago: Michael Petyo is a carpenter, a US Navy veteran, a grandfather and Russian Orthodox church cantor who likes to boast about his homemade nut rolls. He also happens to be a candidate for president of the United States. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia intends to build relationships with western countries on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, and it will no longer yield to external pressure, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Raising a question-mark over his visit to India next month, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Tuesday said it will not be appropriate for him to visit New Delhi as long as a blockade of the Nepal-India border continues. ... Read more
Damascus: A booby-trapped vehicle tore through a security headquarter of the Syrian rebel, Ahrar al-Sham Movement, in the northern province of Aleppo on Monday, killing 23 people, including 19 militants and injuring tens of others, a monitor group reported. ... Read more
Yaounde: At least 35 people were killed and 60 injured in five suicide bomb attacks in Cameroon's Far North Region on Monday. ... Read more
Paris: New video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows the extremists who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris committing atrocities in IS-controlled territory while plotting the slaughter in the French capital that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. The group also threatened to attack Britain. ... Read more
Manama: Strongly pitching for delinking terrorism from religion, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said India and the Arab world must join hands to eliminate the menace as she warned that those who silently sponsor terror groups could end up being used by them. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal's agitating Madhesis today rejected a constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament to resolve the ongoing political crisis and blockade of key trade border points with India, calling it "incomplete" as it did not address their concerns over redrawing federal boundaries. ... Read more
Washington: Islamabad's expansion of its nuclear arsenal aimed at India amidst continued instability in Pakistan has raised fears of a radical takeover or diversion of nuclear material and technology, according to a US Congressional report. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal's Parliament on Saturday voted to amend the country's Constitution with a two-thirds majority four months after its promulgation, in a bid to resolve the political crisis involving the minority Madhesi community. ... Read more
New York: A blizzard with hurricane-force winds brought much of the East Coast to a standstill Saturday, dumping as much as 3 feet of snow, stranding tens of thousands of travelers and shutting down the nation's capital and its largest city. ... Read more
Davos: The 5-day annual jamboree of the world's rich and powerful came to a close in this Alpine resort yesterday, with leaders raising concerns about economic headwinds from China, geo-political risks arising from the refugee crisis in Europe and terror attacks in various parts of the world. ... Read more
Vancouver: At least four persons were killed and two critically injured in a shooting at a school in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on Saturday, police said. ... Read more
Peshawar: A Pakistani Army spokesman said that the military has arrested five suspects on charges of facilitating a deadly militant attack on Bacha Khan University that killed 21, mostly students, in the country's northwest. ... Read more
Colombo: Over 100 Indian fishermen arrested by Sri Lankan authorities for illegally poaching in its waters were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard, the navy said. ... Read more
Dhaka: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to begin discussions on the possibility of having a rail network connecting the four SAARC countries to improve connectivity and regional trade. ... Read more
Washington: What may act as a trigger in re-escalation of tension between India and Pakistan, a US Congressional report has claimed Islamabad's nuclear warheads which are estimated to be between 110-130 are aimed at deterring New Delhi from taking military action against it. ... Read more
Kabul: Afghanistan today said three of the four multirole Mi-35 helicopters that India donated to it last month have been assembled and are now fully operational to combat terrorism in the war-torn country. ... Read more
Kabul, Afghanistan: An explosion was heard near Russian embassy in the capital, Kabul, killing more than 12 civilians and wounded over 20 others, said Afghan officials. ... Read more
Peshawar: In yet another horrible attack on students, Taliban militants today stormed Bacha Khan University in Pakistan which resulted in the death of at least 25 people majority of whom were students of the university. ... Read more
Peshawar: Ayat Ibrahim was entering the South Block of the Bacha Khan University on Wednesday morning when she heard the first of the gunshots and huge blasts. ... Read more
Beirut: In Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour, supplies are running so short that desperate residents are selling their gold, valuables and even their homes for food or an exit permit allowing them to escape a siege by both government troops and Islamic State militants. ... Read more
New York: Islamic State group has acknowledged the death of the masked militant known as "Jihadi John," who appeared in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages, the SITE Intelligence Group reported Tuesday. ... Read more
Washington: Growing at the fastest pace, India is projected to grow at 7.5 percent in 2016 and 2017 fiscal as China slows to 6.3 percent in 2016 and 6.0 percent in 2017, according to the IMF. ... Read more
Beirut: The U.N. children's agency said Friday that it witnessed the death of a teenager who died of starvation "in front of our eyes," as well as several cases of severe malnutrition among children trapped in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya near Damascus. ... Read more
Baghdad: Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014. Now despite a string of recent battlefield losses for IS, civilians in Iraq continue to die at a "staggering" rate, according to a new United Nations report. ... Read more
Beijing: China's economy grew 6.9 per cent in 2015, the slowest pace in 25 years, slipping below the seven per cent mark and sparking concerns both at home and abroad over the continued slowdown in the world's second largest economy. ... Read more
Paris: French President Francois Hollande pledged on Monday to redefine France's business model and declared what he called "a state of economic and social emergency," unveiling a 2-billion-euro ($2.2 billion) plan to revive hiring and catch up with a fast-moving world economy. ... Read more
Gaziantep (Turkey): Mohammed Saad, a Syrian activist, was imprisoned by the Islamic State group, hung by his arms and beaten regularly. Then one day, his jailers quickly pulled him and other prisoners down and hid them in a bathroom. ... Read more
Washington: The United States of America on Sunday imposed sanctions against 11 individuals and entities involved in Iran's ballistic missile program as a result of Tehran's firing of a medium-range ballistic missile, a new punishment one day after the Obama administration lifted economic penalties against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program. ... Read more
BAGHDAD: The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that "several" Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital. ... Read more
Damascus: The Islamic State terror group kidnapped about 400 people from a town that its militants stormed in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, media reported on Sunday. ... Read more
Kabul, Afghanistan: At least 13 people have been killed and 14 wounded in a suicide attack at the home of a prominent politician in the increasingly volatile eastern city of Jalalabad, an Afghan official said on Sunday. ... Read more
Kabul: At least 11 people have been killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack at the home of a prominent politician in Afghanistan's eastern city of Jalalabad, an official said. ... Read more
Accra (Ghana): No Indian was killed in the terrorist attack on Hotel Splendid in Ougadougou, the Burkina Faso capital in West Africa but two Indians, who were in the hotel at that time, were evacuated, the Indian Consul, Deepak Ramchandani told IANS on Saturday. ... Read more
Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group killed as many as 280 people when its militants stormed a town in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday. ... Read more
Vienna: The U.N. nuclear agency certified Saturday that Iran has met all of its commitments under last summer's landmark nuclear deal, crowning years of U.S.-led efforts to crimp Iran's ability to make atomic weapons. ... Read more
TEL AVIV: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on a two-day visit to Israel and Palestine, some three months after the historic visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, the first by India's Head of State to the region. ... Read more
Taipei: Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won Taiwan's leadership election on Saturday, according to the final result of ballot counting released by the island's election commission. ... Read more
Burkina Faso (Africa): Burkina Faso and French forces killed at least three extremists and freed 126 people as they took back control of a luxury hotel in the capital that had been seized by the attackers, the minister of security said Saturday. ... Read more
Beijing: Majority of Chinese would like to move India away along with Japan and a host of other neighbouring countries with whom Beijing has territorial disputes and would prefer Pakistan and Nepal as neighbours, if given a chance to 'play God' to redraw China's map. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan won't allow its territory to be used for terror attacks and it seeks a comprehensive dialogue with India, Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. ... Read more
Washington: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stuck to his guns over his controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the US as seven top candidates sparred two weeks before the first nominating contests in Iowa. ... Read more
New York: A Florida-based woman has filed a lawsuit against the micro-blogging site Twitter, accusing the firm of supporting the global spread of Islamic State (IS) by enabling its followers to recruit on its social media platform. ... Read more
Washington: The US today designated an Af-Pak based group linked to the Islamic State as a foreign terrorist organisation, slapping a series of sanctions on the outfit and its leaders who are mainly former members of the Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan Taliban. ... Read more
Tehran: Nuclear technicians have finished removing the core of the Iran's only nuclear heavy water reactor as part of Tehran's obligations under its nuclear deal with world powers, Iranian state television reported. ... Read more
Karachi: Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf has warnedIndia against engaging in any mischief against Pakistan in the backdrop of Pathankot terror attack, saying his country can inflict retaliatory measures that will always haunt India. ... Read more
Jakarta: At least 7 people, including 4 attackers, have been killed in a series of blasts in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, with reports of ongoing gunfire. ... Read more
Ankara: Kurdish rebels detonated a car bomb at a police station in southeastern Turkey, then attacked it with rocket launchers and firearms, killing five people, including civilians, the governor's office said Thursday. Thirty-nine other people were injured. ... Read more
FORT CAMPBELL: Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans Wednesday to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's key power centers in Iraq and Syria. And he announced that a special commando force has now arrived in Iraq. ... Read more
Istanbul: The suicide attacker who detonated a bomb that killed 10 German tourists in the heart of Istanbul's historic district had registered as a refugee just a week earlier, Turkish officials said Wednesday, raising questions over whether extremists are posing as asylum-seekers to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday detained Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother and "several individuals" belonging to his dreaded outfit, which is suspected to have engineered the Pathankot terror attack, and sealed its offices after India demanded action, linking it to the fate of the Foreign Secretary-level talks. ... Read more
Kabul: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Pakistani consulate in eastern Afghanistan today, which Afghan officials said left at least seven members of the security forces dead. ... Read more
Tehran: Iran has said it has released all 10 U.S. Navy sailors that it had detained after they drifted into its territorial waters a day earlier. The development was confirmed by the U.S. as well. ... Read more
Washington: Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but American officials said Tehran has assured them that the crew and vessels would be returned safely and promptly. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address Tuesday night is his last high-profile opportunity to speak to the public before voting in the first presidential nominating contests begins on Feb. 1 with the Iowa caucuses. ... Read more
Kabul: Afghanistan's police today said that Pakistani military officers were behind the January 3 terror attack on the Indian consulate in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif. ... Read more
Melbourne: An Islamic State recruit from New Zealand has reportedly set up a LinkedIn account, describing himself as an "education management professional" working in the Syrian city of Raqqa for his employers. ... Read more
Islamabad: India's new High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale on Tuesday arrived in the country with a desire to improve Indo-Pak ties, amidst fresh strains between the two countries in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack. ... Read more
Washington: The US has said it is encouraged by the fact that the Pakistan government has condemned the Pathankot terror attack and promised investigation. ... Read more
Washington: As the US again voiced its expectation that Pakistan would thoroughly probe the terrorist attack on an Indian Air Force base, an expert asked Washington to unequivocally pressure Pakistan to end support for terrorist groups. ... Read more
Washington: Call it pre-election rhetoric or post Paris and St Bernardino paranoia, Indian students coming to the US have been caught in a bind, with many deported or denied entry for no fault of theirs. ... Read more
Baghdad: The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group has said that the militants have lost 30 percent of the territory they once held in Iraq and Syria. ... Read more
Osan Air Base, South Korea: A powerful U.S. B-52 bomber flew low over South Korea on Sunday, a clear show of force from the United States as a Cold War-style standoff deepened between its ally Seoul and North Korea following Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan has said foreign secretary-level talks with India are “intact” and it was following the leads provided by India which has linked the talks, scheduled for January 15, to Islamabad’s decisive action on the Pathankot terror attack. ... Read more
Washington/Islamabad: US Secretary of State John Kerry has called up Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and extended him full support to find out the truth in the terror attack on the IAF base in Pathankot. ... Read more
Washington: The front-runners for the 2016 US presidential elections from the Democratic and Republican parties, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, would be neck-to-neck if it came to a hypothetical battle for the White House between the two, a new survey says. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan's Defence Minister Khwaja Muhammad Asif has said that no terrorist group will be allowed to derail the dialogue process with India. ... Read more
Palo Alto: With extremists finding fertile ground for recruitment online, the White House is dispatching top national security officials to Silicon Valley to seek the tech industry's help in disrupting the Islamic State group and other terrorists. ... Read more
Philadelphia: A man using a gun stolen from police said he was acting in the name of Islam when he ambushed an officer sitting in his marked cruiser at an intersection, firing more than a dozen shots at point-blank range, authorities said Friday. The officer and the man were wounded during the barrage of gunfire, they said. ... Read more
Washington: A dummy U.S. Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. ... Read more
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked the Intelligence Bureau to probe the leads provided by India on the alleged Pakistani links to the terror attack in Pathankot, a report said on Friday. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama has said that he himself was surprised by his public crying this week while talking of steps to tackle gun violence. ... Read more
Washington: The US expects Pakistan to conduct a "thorough, complete, fair and transparent" investigation into the terror attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, and has said it is "looking forward" to seeing the results of the probe. ... Read more
Paris: Officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man with wires protruding from his clothes at a police station in northern Paris on Thursday, French officials said, a year to the day after an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo launched a bloody year in the French capital. ... Read more
Seoul: South Korean vowed on Wednesday to forge a united stance with the international community to punish Pyongyang for going ahead with a fourth nuclear test. ... Read more
Beijing: China sees North Korea's claim to have conducted its first hydrogen bomb test as yet another act of defiance, and will likely retaliate by joining tougher United Nations sanctions and could possibly even impose its own trade restrictions. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has said that "some elements" want to "sabotage" the Indo-Pak peace talks through terror acts but they will not succeed in their nefarious designs. ... Read more
London: British lawmakers will debate a petition calling for U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump to be banned from the country over his remarks about Muslims and a rival petition saying he should be allowed in. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama shed tears as he announced a series of new common sense measures meant to reduce gun violence, by passing Congress on the controversial issue. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea today said that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, marking a major step forward in its nuclear development. ... Read more
Washington: Indian-American South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley would deliver the opposition Republican party’s response to US President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address next week, Congressional leaders have said. Obama is scheduled to deliver his last annual State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress on January 12. ... Read more
Kabul: A former Mujahideen, governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province Ata Mohammad Noor on Monday wielded the gun to protect the Indian consulate at Mazar-i-Sharif after it was attacked by heavily-armed militants who tried to storm in. ... Read more
London: The terrorist dubbed “new Jihadi John” and appeared in the latest Islamic State (ISIS) video threatening attacks on the UK is believed to be Indian-origin British Muslim convert, media reports said today. ... Read more
Washington: The terrorist attacks on the IAF base in Pathankot and the Indian Consulate in Afghanistan's Mazar-e-Sharif city are stark reminder of the challenges posed by terrorism in the region, an top American lawmaker has said. ... Read more
United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday condemned the terror attack on the Indian Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan and said that diplomatic posts need to be protected. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama moved Monday to expand background checks to cover more firearms sold at gun shows, online and anywhere else, aiming to curb a scourge of gun violence despite unyielding opposition to new laws in Congress. ... Read more
Washington: The White House race shifted into top gear on Monday for the final stretch, with Donald Trump airing his first campaign ad and Hillary Clinton deploying her husband, former president Bill Clinton. ... Read more
Washington: The US yesterday asked Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint as the tensions between the two countries erupted into a full-blown diplomatic crisis over the execution of a Shiite cleric. ... Read more
Washington: As uncertainty prevailed over Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in the wake of Pathankot terror strike, the US today said "warmer" ties would be in the interest of the two nations, but it is for their leaders to decide their national interest. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan should take "reciprocal steps" if it is proved that Pakistanis were involved in the terror attack on the IAF base in Punjab, a leading newspaper said on Monday. ... Read more
Beijing: Condemning the terror attack on the Pathankot air force base, China today said it may have been launched “intentionally” to disrupt the momentum in Indo-Pak ties, which have shown “signs of improvement”. ... Read more
Islamabad: The Pakistani government has planned to build a motorway from its Peshawar city to Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the media reported. ... Read more
Beijing: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's visit to China from tomorrow for talks with top Chinese leaders has been put off in the wake of the attack by Pakistani militants on the key Air Force base in Pathankot. ... Read more
London: British Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood on Sunday expressed "disappointment" at the mass executions in Saudi Arabia, saying Britain will continue to raise these cases with the Saudi authorities. ... Read more
Kabul: A group of armed men late Sunday attacked the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, the provincial governor spokesperson told media. ... Read more
Washington: Donald Trump won't be dissuaded from saying what he thinks simply because Islamic extremists use his words to recruit Muslims to their cause. ... Read more
Tehran: Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni kingdom's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s policies “created ISIS”, leading Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has alleged. ... Read more
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