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Seoul: China has responded aggressively to the US’ move to set up a controversial missile defense system in South Korea, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday signed a revised version of his controversial travel ban, barring new visas for citizens from six Muslim-majority countries and shutting down the country's refugee program. ... Read more
The Sri Lankan Navy today promised a thorough probe into the killing of an Indian fisherman but categorically denied that it was responsible for his death even as India raised the issue with Sri Lanka's Prime Minister. ... Read more
The Pentagon has accused Iranian vessels of coming dangerously close to a US Navy surveillance ship in the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend. ... Read more
Washington: US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said that his answer before the Senate Judiciary Committee involving contact with the Russians was ‘correct’. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea today fired "several" banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) into waters off its east coast, South Korea's military said, an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia expelled the North Korea's ambassador on Saturday over the killing of estranged half brother of the country’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un. ... Read more
Beijing: China’s former pointsman for India and retired negotiator on the border talks, Dai Bingguo, has said that the boundary settlement dispute between the two nations can be resolved through an exchange of land, if India agrees to cede the politically and strategically sensitive Tawang tract in Arunachal Pradesh. ... Read more
Cairo: Syria's military on Thursday announced that it has fully recaptured the historic town of Palmyra from the Islamic State militants. ... Read more
The Islamic State terror group released a half-hour video on Monday in which they pledged to plant their flag in China, setting its sight on the most populous country in the world, saying that blood will “flow in rivers”. ... Read more
Cairo: The ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has acknowledged the group's defeat in Iraq in a 'farewell speech' and ordered his non-Arab fighters to either return to their countries or detonate themselves, according to media reports. ... Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump's new immigration order will remove Iraq from the list of countries whose citizens face a temporary U.S. travel ban, U.S. officials said Tuesday, citing the latest draft in circulation. Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days. ... Read more
Seoul: In a counter to any possible aggression by Pyongyang, US Defense Secretary James Mattis has asserted his country's commitment to deploy an advanced anti-missile system in South Korea "as soon as possible". The development comes after South Korean Prime Minister and Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn on Wednesday called for greater international sanctions on North Korea, a media report said. ... Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump stood before Congress for the first time Tuesday night and issued a broad call for overhauling the nation's health care system. ... Read more
Washington: Al Qaeda's alleged deputy leader Abu Khayr al-Masri was killed in a drone strike in northwest Syria, US-based terrorism-tracking website SITE Intelligence said on Monday, citing jihadist sources. ... Read more
Houston: Hundreds of people in Kansas City joined a peace march and prayer vigil, celebrating the life of Indian engineer Srinivas who was killed in a bar shooting incident in an apparent hate crime. ... Read more
Seoul: South Korea’s acting leader has rejected a request to extend an investigation into the country’s biggest scandal in decades that led to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment. ... Read more
Kathmandu: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.0 on the richter scale struck Nepal this morning. No casualties have been reported as of now. ... Read more
Washington: India's envoy to the US Navtej Sarna has met Donald Trump at the Oval Office of the White House, for the first time since the Republican leader's inauguration as the US President on January 20. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia said Saturday that it would issue an arrest warrant for a North Korean diplomat if he refuses to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly attack on North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un's exiled half brother. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: The Indonesian woman who is one of the suspects in the killing of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un's half brother said she was paid USD 90 for what she believed was a prank, an Indonesian official said today. ... Read more
Washington: White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI official to dispute media reports that President Donald Trump's campaign advisers were frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election, a White House official said late Thursday. ... Read more
Mosul: Iraqi forces closely supported by the US-led international coalition have seized control of the airport in the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. ... Read more
Mexico City: Seeking to tamp down growing unease in Latin America, US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pledged Thursday that the United States won't enlist its military to enforce immigration laws and that there will be "no mass deportations." ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea denied Thursday that its agents masterminded the assassination of the half brother of leader Kim Jong Un, saying a Malaysian investigation into the death of one of its nationals is full of "holes and contradictions." ... Read more
Lahore: At least seven people were killed 15 others were injured when a powerful explosion rocked the Pakistan city of Lahore. ... Read more
Paris: France’s far-right political party ‘Front National’ leader Marine Le Pen on Tuesday cancelled a meeting with Lebanon’s Grand Mufti after she was asked to wear a Muslim headscarf to the scheduled meeting. ... Read more
Geneva: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that up to a quarter of a million people could flee western Mosul, as the Iraqi army carries out its offensive to retake it from the Islamic State terror organization. ... Read more
Los Angeles: Residents of Los Angeles lead the world in getting stuck in traffic on the way to and from work, according to a study. ... Read more
Islamabad: At least six persons were killed and 14 injured in a suicide blast and firing by terrorists outside a court in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province today. ... Read more
Beijing: Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar will arrive here today for crucial talks with top Chinese officials amid differences over issues like India's NSG bid and China's blocking of efforts to get JeM chief Masood Azhar banned by the UN. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan has moved heavy artillery towards the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman and Torkham districts, days after an ISIS suicide bomber killed at least 70 people at a Sufi shrine in Sindh province. ... Read more
New York: Russia's Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin today died all of a sudden while working in his office, a day before he would have turned 65. ... Read more
Melbourne: At least five people were killed when a plane crashed into a shopping centre near Essendon airport in Australian city of Melbourne today. ... Read more
Baghdad: US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said that Washington does not intend to seize Iraqi oil, shifting away from an idea proposed by President Donald Trump that has rattled Iraq's leaders.
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Kigali (Rwanda): Seeking to give its diaspora community in Rwanda a greater push, India will open its resident mission in the Rwandan capital here, a move that will further enhance bilateral ties. ... Read more
Mogadishu (Somalia): At least 20 people were killed and 50 other injured in a car bomb blast on Sunday at a marketplace Somalia's capital, said a local Somali official. ... Read more
Washington: Reiterating his promises, US President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to "totally destroy" ISIS and rebuild the US military as part of measures to keep the country safe. ... Read more
Kabul: Afghanistan on Saturday dubbed Pakistan’s absence from the South Asian Speakers Summit as “unfortunate” and said Islamabad has adopted terrorism as its policy which would prove a serious threat for it. ... Read more
Washington: The Islamic State group is haemorrhaging money with every piece of territory it loses, according to a new analysis that found that the group's "business model" is on the path to failure. ... Read more
Kabul: Hundreds of Afghans were on Friday stranded at Torkham since early morning as Pakistan sealed off the border crossing hours after a terror attack at a crowded shrine in Sindh province which left 75 persons dead. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan today summoned Afghanistan embassy officials to lodge its protest against allowing terrorists to use their soil to carry out attacks in the neighbouring country. ... Read more
Washington: The Trump administration on Thursday dropped its appeal of a court ruling that suspended his travel ban targeting refugees and seven Muslim nations. ... Read more
Baghdad: At least 51 people were killed and 60 others wounded in a car bomb in Baghdad on Thursday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities announced two more arrests Thursday in the death of the North Korean leader's half brother, whose apparent assassination this week unleashed a wave of speculation and intrigue: a pair of female assailants, a broad-daylight killing and a dictator-sibling out for blood. ... Read more
Karachi: In a string of deadly blasts this week in Pakistan, at least 100 people were killed and nearly 250 others injured on Thursday when an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up inside the crowded shrine of revered Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan town of Sindh province. ... Read more
Washington: In a sharp ultimatum to NATO members, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis telling allies to increase their military spending by year's end or the Donald Trump’s administration will “moderate its commitment” to them. ... Read more
Washington: Donald Trump administration has many options when it comes to investigating Trump ties to Russia. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Israel to ‘hold back’ on building new settlement ‘for a little bit’. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian police arrested a woman Wednesday in connection with the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother. ... Read more
Washington: Despite President Donald Trump firing his National Security Adviser (NSA) Michael Flynn over Russian links, intelligence agencies and the US Congress have said the investigation into Moscow’s alleged involvement in the 2016 presidential election will continue. ... Read more
Washington: Russia has deployed a cruise missile in violation of a Cold War-era arms control treaty, a Trump administration official said Tuesday, a development that complicates the outlook for U.S.-Russia relations amid turmoil on the White House national security team. ... Read more
Washington: The Trump administration suggested Tuesday that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution — a position that could represent a dramatic shift from what has been U.S. policy for more than 20 years. ... Read more
London: British Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected a petition signed by 1.8 million people calling for the cancellation of the proposed state visit to Britain by US President Donald Trump. ... Read more
Washington: US authorities called Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami an ‘international drug trafficker’ and slapped severe sanctions on him. ... Read more
Colombia: Cocaine is probably the last thing most people think about when buying roses. But every year, police and growers in Colombia must work around the clock to make sure that the romance of Valentine's Day isn't spoiled by the drug, the nation's other major export along with flowers. ... Read more
United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch and threatened to ‘take further significant measures’ against Pyongyang. ... Read more
Islamabad: In a development that blows holes into Pakistan’s claims of acting tough on terror, outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on Samaa TVs van that left its assistant cameraman Taimur dead. ... Read more
Lahore: At least 10 people were killed and as many as 30 injured when a large bomb exploded outside the Punjab Assembly in Lahore during a protest rally on Monday, police officials said. ... Read more
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Monday ordered a ban on celebrations of Valentine's Day across the country as well as its promotion on social media. The court’s decision came after accepting a petition which argued that Valentine’s Day was un-Islamic. ... Read more
United Nations: With North Korea claiming to test-fire a surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile, the United States, Japan and South Korea has requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting to discuss Pyongyang’s latest missile launch. ... Read more
Seoul: North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in an apparent “provocation to test the response from the new US administration under President Donald Trump,” South Korea said today. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the reported cost of his promised wall along the United States' border with Mexico would come down when he gets involved in the “design or negotiations.” ... Read more
Johannesburg: At least 17 people have died and dozens have been injured in a stampeded at a football stadium in Angola on Friday. ... Read more
Washington: US President Trump has pledged close security and economic cooperation with Japan and called the alliance between the two nations "a cornerstone of regional peace and stability", edging away from campaign pledges to force Tokyo to pay more for the US' security umbrella. ... Read more
Washington: A day after he made his first telephonic conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump has said the US is in the process of "getting along very well" with China, including the South China sea dispute. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he has ‘no doubt his administration will win in court over his controversial travel ban’. ... Read more
Paris: A nuclear plant northern France was rocked by an explosion on Thursday morning, French authorities said today, adding that there was no leak of radiation. ... Read more
Mogadishu (Somalia): A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-U.S. citizenship was elected Somalia's president on Wednesday, declaring a new "era of unity" as he took on the daunting task of bringing the long-chaotic country its first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century. ... Read more
Islamabad: An earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude at the Richter scale jolted the coast of Pakistan's Balochistan province this morning. ... Read more
Washington: India, a major buyer of oil from Iran, has implemented UN-mandated sanctions against it, a bipartisan Congressional report has said amid the Trump administration’s efforts to muster international support against Tehran after conducting a missile test. ... Read more
Jerusalem: United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres has expressed deep regret over the passage of a bill in the Israel's Parliament that legalise Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian lands. ... Read more
United Nations: The UN political chief warned on Tuesday that Islamic State terrorist group is adapting to increasing military pressure by shifting to the "dark web." ... Read more
Riyadh: Some 39,000 Pakistani nationals have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past four months for visa violations even as involvement of a number of Pakistanis in some terrorist attacks by ISIS has caused concern in the Kingdom. ... Read more
Kabul: In a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul, latest in series of attacks, at least 12 people were killed in an explosion inside the car parking area of the Supreme Court. ... Read more
New York: Biggest names in the Silicon Valley have together filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive orders banning immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Despite international condemnations and warnings that the law is ‘unconstitutional’, the Israeli Parliament on Monday passed a law to retroactively legalise wildcat Jewish outposts built on private Palestinian lands. ... Read more
Beirut: Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known to detainees as ‘the slaughterhouse’, a report said. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Under intense pressure from members of his coalition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to go ahead with a contentious bill that seeks to legalise the dozens of settlements in the West Bank. ... Read more
Kabul: Civilian casualties in warn-torn Afghanistan hit a record high in 2016. According to the United Nations, civilians killed and wounded in the land-locked nation previous year increased by three per cent compared to the 2015. ... Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when an interviewer called the Russian leader “a killer,” Trump said the US has many of them. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump has vowed to restore "peace" along the Russia-Ukraine border, the White House announced. ... Read more
London: The dreaded terror group Islamic State (ISIS) are paying human traffickers fees for recruiting child refugees from countries like Lebanon and Jordan, a new UK report has warned. ... Read more
Islamabad: Amid heightened tension between the neighbours, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said Kashmir is the "core dispute" between India and Pakistan while his adviser on Foreign Affairs dubbed the killing of self-confessed militant commander Burhan Wani as a "turning point" for Kashmir. ... Read more
Washington: After the Department of State revoked the suspension of nearly 60,000 visas, the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to set aside a judge's order that temporarily blocked the President Donald Trump administration's travel ban. ... Read more
Tehran: Following the President Donald Trump's executive order banning visas for seven Muslim countries, the foreign airlines have instructed Iranians travel agencies not to sell US-bound flight tickets to Iranians holding US visas. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump has justified his controversial executive order on immigration. In his weekly address to the nation that also made its debut on Facebook and YouTube, the President said that ‘it will help keep terrorists out of the country’. ... Read more
Tokyo: US Defence Secretary James Mattis on Saturday said that Iran was the world's ‘biggest state sponsor of terrorism’. ... Read more
Islamabad: Days after detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and a clampdown on its activities, the terror group has once again appeared with a new name: 'Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir'. ... Read more
Beijing: Hitting out at US defense secretary James Mattis's statement on his country's commitment to defend Japanese territory applies to an island group that China claims, Beijing on Saturday said that Washington is putting regional stability in East Asia at risk and should refrain from making wrong remarks on the issue. ... Read more
Paris: A machete-wielding man who on Friday was shot at after he attacked soldiers near Louvre Museum, was an Egyptian national, a Paris prosecutor has said at a presser. ... Read more
Seoul: The United States has issued a stern warming to North Korea against any use of nuclear weapons. Reiterating Washington's security commitment to Seoul, Defence Secretary James Mattis today vowed effective and overwhelming response to any use of nuclear weapons by Pyongyang. ... Read more
Kabul: In an effort to boost people-to-people ties and to make easier for Afghans visiting the country, the Indian embassy in Kabul has further liberalised its visa policy. ... Read more
Paris: A French soldier shot and seriously wounded a man near the Louvre Museum today after he tried to attack them and shouted "Allahu akbar," officials said. ... Read more
Ankara (Turkey): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said she stressed the importance of opinion in talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim. ... Read more
Washington: The US government has hinted a potential shift in its Israel policy. In statement issued here on Thursday, the Trump administration said that the Jewish’s construction of new settlements on occupied Palestinian land ‘may not be helpful’ in achieving peace’. ... Read more
Washington: In a powerful signals of reconciliation, the Trump administration on Thursday eased sanctions imposed on Russian intelligence agency, Federal Security Service, by the erstwhile government. ... Read more
Islamabad: The sudden detention and then house arrest of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed by Pakistan on Monday night sparked speculation that the action was taken under pressure from the new Donald Trump administration of the United States of America. ... Read more
Washington: The United States on Wednesday clarified that the latest order to ban migrants from seven Muslim-majority nations doesn’t apply on legal permanent residents from the seven countries. ... Read more
Kuwait City: Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for travellers belonging to five nations - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Syria. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump, who is also the commander-in-chief of his country’s armed forces, made an unannounced trip on Wednesday to honour the mortal remains of a US Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen. ... Read more
Washington: The Trump administration has declared that it was putting Iran ‘on notice’ after it tested a ballistic missile, allegedly in violation of a United Nations resolution. However, Tehran has insisted that it didn’t breach any accord by conducting ballistic missile test. ... Read more
London: Politicians in House of Commons on Wednesday gave overwhelming backing to the Brexit Bill, paving the way for Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger the Article 50 mechanism for Britain to leave the European Union. ... Read more
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that US President Donald Trump’s order to imposed ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim majority nations ‘is not the best way to protect America or any other country’. ... Read more
Riyadh: The Saudi Arabian government has approved an International Monetary Fund-backed Value Added Tax (VAT), to be imposed across the Gulf nations. ... Read more
Tehran: Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan today confirmed that his country had recently tested a new missile but it did not violate the country's deal on its nuclear programme or the United Nations Security Council's resolution. ... Read more
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at the recent executive order by US president Donald Trump to suspend immigration and visa processes for nationals from seven majority-Muslim countries, including Iran. ... Read more
Islamabad: The house arrest of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeeds sparked a huge protest across Pakistan as his supporters hit the streets claiming that the action against Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief was taken under pressure from the US and India. ... Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries is playing well in Trump Country, those places that propelled him to the White House. ... Read more
Tehran: Iran conducted another ballistic missile test that apparently violated a UN resolution. The missile was launched at a test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of the capital of Tehran, on Sunday. ... Read more
Ottawa (Canada): Canada will offer temporary residency permits to travellers who become stranded here by President Donald Trump's order banning travellers from seven Muslim-majority nations, the immigration minister said Sunday. ... Read more
Ottawa (Canada): Six people were killed and eight injured after gunmen open fired at a mosque during evening prayers in Canada's Quebec city on Sunday. ... Read more
Washington: Defending his controversial executive order on banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering America, US President Donald Trump has insisted that it is "not a Muslim ban" as is "falsely" reported by the media. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Kuala Lumpur: A boat carrying 31 people, including at least 18 Chinese tourists, has gone missing in the after sailing out from an eastern Malaysian city, officials said today. ... Read more
Washington: In his first conversation with the Russian leader since he assumed charge, US President Donald Trump had an hourlong discussion on Saturday with his counterpart Vladimir Putin. ... Read more
Washington: Despair and confusion set in Saturday among citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries who found themselves abruptly unable to enter the United States a day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he billed as a necessary step to stop "radical Islamic terrorists" from coming to the U.S. ... Read more
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday said his country will welcome "those fleeing persecution, terror and war", regardless of their faith, even as neighboring US banned the entry of immigrants from seven Muslim majority countries. ... Read more
Washington: Unfazed by growing criticism, US President Donald Trump has asserted that his "very strict ban" on foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries was working "very nicely" and should continue even as the the Department of Homeland Security said that the ban also applies to green card holders from those countries. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced new vetting measures to limit the flow of refugees and keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the country. ... Read more
Washington: US economic growth slowed mote than expected in the fourth quarter of 2016 as a downturn is export temporarily depressed the activity. ... Read more
Banjul: President Adama Barrow returned triumphantly to Gambia on Thursday, nearly two months after winning an election disputed by the country's longtime dictator, to the cheers of hundreds of thousands who jammed the roads in welcome. ... Read more
Rome: The final death toll from Italy’s devastating avalanche stands at 29 after the remaining bodies were pulled out of the rubble of a hotel crushed by tons of snow, firefighters said Thursday. ... Read more
Santiago: An entire town has been consumed by flames as Chile witnesses worst wildfire in country's modern history. ... Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump, who is to make his first visit to the Pentagon as Commander in Chief on Friday, is expected to ask Defense Secretary James N Mattis for ways to accelerate the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. ... Read more
Washington: In a tough message to neighbour, US President Donald Trump today told his Mexican counterpart that he should cancel his visit to Washington to meet him if Mexico is unwilling to pay for the massive border wall that he wants to build to stop illegal migrants from entering America. ... Read more
Islamabad: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif asked Japan to remove Pakistan from its Travel Advisory List asking its citizens to avoid visiting Pakistan, following a series of major terror attacks in the country. ... Read more
Mexico City: Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto is considering cancelling next week's visit to Washington following President Donald Trump's order to begin construction of a wall between the two countries. ... Read more
Washington: President Donald Trump is set to sign executive orders restricting immigration and taking steps on his proposed wall on the Mexican border. ... Read more
Washington: In a significant break from the policy of the erstwhile Obama administration, the White House has suggested that it can reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Russia as long as it backs the Syrian government. ... Read more
Tokyo: Japanese government today said that the Trans-Pacific Partnership was ‘meaningless’ without Washington's participation. ... Read more
London: A very high air pollution warning has been issued for London for the first time under the new system set up by London Mayor Sadiq Khan. ... Read more
Aden (Yemen): Violent clashes continue to cause destruction in Yemen with at least 66 people losing their lives in the last 24 hours, medics and security sources said today. ... Read more
Washington: US president Donald Trump Sunday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a US visit and discussed ways to bolster ties between their two countries and “threats posed by Iran,” according to the White House. ... Read more
Beijing: Indians travelling to Hong Kong will no longer have the visa-on-arrival facility will have to complete a pre-arrival registration. ... Read more
Melbourne: In an overhaul of security at all its international airports, Australia today announced that technology is set to replace passports as means of identifying passengers by 2020. ... Read more
Washington: Over half a million people joined the Women’s March to Washington on Saturday as hundreds of thousands others joined in solidarity in other cities in the US and around the world to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged. ... Read more
Washington: Former President Barack Obama exited the presidency on Friday with a message of gratitude to Americans and a plea to his supporters not to be bowed by the inauguration of President Donald Trump. ... Read more
Washington: Donald Trump on Friday was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America with his hands on two Bibles, his own and former President Abraham Lincoln in a ceremony here. He was administered the oath of office by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. ... Read more
New Delhi: The row over traditional Tamil sport Jallikattu has transformed into a large scale rebellion in the southern state. While the debate over holding a sport should not ideally hold weight when pitted against animal rights, the cultural significance it holds for many in the state has led to the current protests that we are seeing intensify every passing day. ... Read more
Rome: In a development that sprung hope of finding more survivors, at least six people were found alive by the rescuers in an Italian mountain hotel that was struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy on Wednesday. ... Read more
Washington: US airstrikes have killed more than 80 terrorists from Islamic State at Sirte in Libya. According to the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter, some of these militants were believed to be actively plotting attacks in Europe. ... Read more
Milan: At least 30 people were missing, including at least two children, after a four-star spa hotel was struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy on Wednesday. ... Read more
Tehran: At least thirty firefighters were killed and over 75 injured after a high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday, state media reported. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia and Turkey conducted their first joint airstrikes against positions held by the Islamic State terror group in Syria. ... Read more
Washington: South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, Donald Trump's pick for US ambassador to the United Nations, has called for reforming the United Nations and especially the peacekeeping operations. ... Read more
United Nations: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a world without nuclear weapons, saying ‘nations should strive for a world where nuclear weapons are prohibited and where existing stocks are destroyed’. ... Read more
Washington: Washington: Addressing his final press conference, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that after he leaves office on Friday he wants to take time to process the "amazing experience" his family has gone through. ... Read more
Mali: Al-Qaeda's North African affiliate said that al-Mourabitoun, a group linked to it, carried out the suicide attack that killed more than 50 people in northern Mali. ... Read more
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that his government will not accept a renegotiation of its nuclear agreement even if the President-elect of the United States demands one. ... Read more
London: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday unveiled her 12-point plan to leave European Union, saying she wants the Brexit deal within two years, but implementation would be 'phased' to avoid a cliff edge. ... Read more
Washington: Outgoing US President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, who had leaked scores of classified Army documents to WikiLeaks and is serving 35 years jail term, allowing her to go free nearly three decades early. ... Read more
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the outgoing US administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading ‘fake allegations’. ... Read more
Abuja: In a shocking incident, a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that was on mission against Boko Haram extremists on Tuesday mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees. ... Read more
Seoul: The former North Korean Deputy Ambassador to London Thae Yong-ho has said that more high-level North Korean diplomats are waiting to defect to South Korea from their overseas posts in Europe. ... Read more
Davos: Chinese President Xi Jinping is pressing his case for free trade, arguing that economic globalization has powered worldwide growth and improved the lives of millions of people. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: After nearly three years, the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board has been suspended. ... Read more
Washington: With little power left in Washington, Democratic leaders on Monday joined hundreds of protesters in various cities to reject the plan of President-elect Donald Trump and Republican congressmen to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – famously known as ‘Obamacare’. ... Read more
Washington: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said "we have to wait" to see how US President-elect Donald Trump performs in the White House and that he did not think he could be "worse" than his outgoing American counterpart Barack Obama. ... Read more
Manila: After facing criticism for being “soft” on China, Philippines has finally filed a low-key diplomatic protest with Beijing following reports that the latter has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, the country's top diplomat said Monday. ... Read more
Mexico City: A gunman in the early hours of Monday opened fire at the BPM Music Festival in Mexico that killed at least five persons and injured nine. ... Read more
Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan): A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong crashed near Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, officials said. ... Read more
Paris: To kick-start the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestine, a major international conference was today held in Paris which was attended by delegates from over 70 nations. ... Read more
Washington: US Vice President Joe Biden has singled out Pakistan along with Russia and North Korea and others for making "counterproductive" moves that only increased the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a regional conflict. ... Read more
Washington: The Obama administration's eight years of unsuccessful Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy will come to a crashing end this weekend, with chances for a Mideast peace deal at perhaps their lowest ebb in a generation. A Paris peace conference attended by Secretary of State John Kerry isn't expected to produce any tangible progress. ... Read more
Washington: US President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he would lift some of the economic sanctions on Sudan, citing recent "positive actions" by the government of the African country. ... Read more
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser and Russia's ambassador to the U.S. have been in frequent contact in recent weeks, including on the day the Obama administration hit Moscow with sanctions in retaliation for election-related hacking, a senior official said Friday. ... Read more
Paris: The international coalition and local forces fighting the Islamic State terrorists can take back Mosul before summer, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia's Defense Ministry has rejected US media reports that Moscow was actually increasing its military presence in war-torn Syria despite a withdrawal announcement last week. ... Read more
Beirut: The Syrian army on Friday officially accused Israeli warplanes of targeting a key military airport west of the capital Damascus, triggering a fire, and warned Jerusalem of repercussions. ... Read more
New York: In a combative and freewheeling news conference, President-elect Donald Trump said for the first time Wednesday that he accepts Russia was behind the election year hacking of Democrats that roiled the White House race. Looking ahead, he urged Congress to move quickly to replace President Barack Obama's signature health care law and insisted anew that Mexico will pay the cost of a border wall. ... Read more
Dhaka: Raising alarm over continued influx of Rohingya Muslims, Bandladesh has asked Myanmmar to immediately halt the exodus of Rohingyas and repatriate all their nationals staying in Bangladesh for years. ... Read more
New York: President-elect Donald Trump today blamed outgoing President Barack Obama's policies for creating a void in the Middle East that gave room to terror group Islamic State to grow. ... Read more
Seoul: A week after North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un said it was close to test-launching an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea on Wednesday claimed that North Korea has enough plutonium to make 10 nuclear bombs. ... Read more
Taipei: An alarmed Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships on Wednesday as China's sole aircraft carrier was transiting the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between the mainland and self-governing island it claims as its own territory. ... Read more
United Nations: Afghanistan today launched a stinging attack on Pakistan for aiding terrorist groups. Speaking at the Council debate on Conflict Prevention and Sustaining Peace on Tuesday, country’s Permanent Representative Mahmoud Saikal asked the Security Council to take action on governments promoting extremist violence. ... Read more
Kabul: The United Arab Emirates today said that five of its diplomats were killed in a bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ... Read more
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that the European Union must consider limiting Britain’s access to its market if London fails to accept the bloc’s ‘four freedoms’ in Brexit negotiations, which includes freedom of movement of European Union (EU) nationals. ... Read more
Kabul: Two loud explosions rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 22 and wounding 43 others, the government said. ... Read more
Kuala Lumpur: Sea piracy plunged to its lowest levels in 18 years in 2016, but kidnappings of crew members for ransom is escalating off west Africa and in the Sulu Seas near the Philippines, a global maritime watchdog said Tuesday. ... Read more
Washington: The Pentagon has announced that the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Iraqi city of Mosul is weakening. ... Read more
Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is ready to hold a referendum over his presidency in the war-ravaged country. The rebels have been insisting upon the move throughout the almost six-year-old conflict. ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday claimed that it has conducted the first “successful test fire of submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Babur-III which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead”. ... Read more
Yangon: Amid the heightening Islamophobic tensions following a bloody military campaign against Rohingya in northern Rakhine state, hardline Buddhist nationalists stopped a Muslim religious ceremony in Yangon today. ... Read more
Jerusalem: A truck driven by a Palestanian man rammed into a group of of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade killing four of them and injuring 17 others in an attack that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was likely inspired by Islamic State. ... Read more
Baghdad: At least 11 people were today killed and 25 others injured in a suicide car bombing in Iraq's capital Baghdad, police said. ... Read more
New York: Sparking a fresh controversy, anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks has threatened to make the private details public of millions of people who have 'verified' Twitter accounts. ... Read more
Washington: Ilhan Omar took the oath as the nation's first Somali-American lawmaker this week, just days after an 8,500-mile journey that retraced her path from her war-torn homeland to Kenya to the Minnesota Capitol. ... Read more
Washington: The US intelligence on Friday released a report, making public its assessment of Russia's interference in the presidential election last year. The report declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered a hidden campaign to influence election in favour of Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton. ... Read more
Islamabad: Retired Pakistan Army chief Gen. Raheel Sharif has been appointed as the head of Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism. ... Read more
Florida: Five people were killed and eight others were injured after a passenger opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, international airport today. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia today announced that it has begun a planned reduction of its military presence in war-torn Syria. ... Read more
Washington: A group of marijuana legalisation advocates plan to pass out thousands of joints at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. ... Read more
Seoul: Japan on Friday recalled two top diplomats from South Korea in protest of a controversial statue erected outside its consulate in Busan city, a media report said. ... Read more
Beijing: Thousands of Tibetan pilgrims who flocked to India to attend a religious event held by Dalai Lama have returned to China under pressure from Beijing, according to reports from Nepal and China. ... Read more
Damascus: At least 10 civilians were killed in a car bomb attack in Syrian government-held coastal town on Thursday. ... Read more
New York: A New York commuter train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn on Wednesday during rush hour and injured around 30 people. ... Read more
Ankara (Turkey): Turkey’s Parliament on Tuesday approved a government-backed motion to extend by another three months the state of emergency. ... Read more
Kochi: The European Union (EU) has lifted its three-year ban on import of some vegetables from India. ... Read more
Washington: The Pentagon has said that the Indo-US defence relationship is on an excellent path and will continue to be so in the next administration and beyond. ... Read more
Beijing: China has begun its first freight train to London as part of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to bolster trade ties with Europe. ... Read more
Washington: The Pentagon today asked North Korea to refrain from provocative actions amid reports that Pyongyang is planning to test an intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of reaching the United States. ... Read more
London: Only months before the negotiations of Britain’s exit from the European Union are due to start, London’s ambassador to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers on Tuesday unexpectedly resigned from the post. ... Read more
Ankara (Turkey): Terror group Islamic State has made an unusual claim of responsibility for a major terrorist attack in Turkey, saying a ‘soldier of the caliphate’ carried out the mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people as they welcomed the new year. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli police today questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence for over three hours in connection with a graft case. ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said that North Korea would not develop a nuclear missile capable of reaching US territory, vowing on Twitter: "It won't happen!" ... Read more
Istanbul: The New Year's attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, including two Indians, was on Monday claimed by the Islamic State group even as police hunted the attacker who remains on the run. ... Read more
Beijing: Russia has finally delivered four planes in a batch of Russian Sukhoi-35 fighters to China. ... Read more
Pyongyang: North Korea is in the “last stage” of preparations to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile, Kim Jong-Un said Sunday, refusing to bow down to international pressure on nuclear-arms development. ... Read more
Istanbul: At least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, were killed and dozens were injured after a gunman, dressed as Santa Claus, opened fire at a popular nightclub in Istanbul last night, Turkey interior minister informed today. ... Read more
Jakarta: At least 23 people were killed and 17 others were missing after a ferry caught fire Sunday off the coast of Indonesia's capital, an Indonesian official said. ... Read more
Florida: Amid the allegations that Russian hackers played a major role in influencing US general elections, President-elect Donald Trump has said that "no computer is safe" when it comes to keeping information private, and has sought use of “old-fashioned way” of couriers. ... Read more
Lagos (Nigeria): A top leader of Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, has released a new video, asking ‘fighters’ to ‘kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere (in the world)’. ... Read more
Baghdad: In twin suicide bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad saturday, at least 28 persons were killed and 53 injured, a source said. ... Read more
Prague: Boeing 737, operated by the Polish company Enter Air, with 160 people on board made an emergency landing over a bomb threat at the old Prague-Ruzyne airport in Prague on Friday. ... Read more
Jerusalem: The Israel counter-terrorism bureau has issued a warning for its citizens travelling to India ahead of the New Year celebrations citing a "concrete basic threat" and advised to avoid parties and gatherings particularly in south-western part of the country. ... Read more
Dhaka: The Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh has summoned the Myanmar envoy in Dhaka in wake of the worrying scenario of the huge influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar’s Rakhine state into the country. ... Read more
Abuja: In an astounding revelation, child soldiers fleeing Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram have said that the jihadist group was teaching children as young as 13 how to rape their hostages. ... Read more
Dubai: The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia said it has got "strong indications" that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists in Yemen earlier this year, is alive. ... Read more
Mosul: Iraqi troops on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State and pushed deeper into eastern Mosul in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the IS-held city. ... Read more
Kathmandu: Nepal and China will hold their first ever joint military exercise in February 2017, a move that will calcify a growing relationship between the Himalayan country and the communist state. ... Read more
Damascus: A nationwide ceasefire between Syrian government forces and rebel groups has come into effect which has been brokered by Russia and Turkey. Both the sides will act as guarantors. ... Read more
Bali: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted the island of Sumbawa in the Indonesian archipelago, 71 km (44 miles) south of Raba city on Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). ... Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office has rejected a new formula for evaluation of the candidature of non-Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) states for the Nuclear Suppliers Groups (NSG) membership as "discriminatory" and "unhelpful". ... Read more
Washington: The United States has expelled 35 Russian diplomats as punishment for Moscow's alleged interference with the US presidential election. ... Read more
Miami: A spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump said that the US government needs to present evidence that Russia interfered in last month's elections. ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday criticised the United Nations again for not living up to its potential and causing ‘problems rather than solving them’. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister Avigdor Lieberman has slammed upcoming Middle East peace conference organised by France describing its as a "modern-day Dreyfus trial" and urged Jewish people in the country to move to Israel. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned Secretary of State John Kerry's Mideast policy speech terming it as a "deep disappointment" that undermined Jewish state. ... Read more
Washington: As India embarks on a massive modernisation plan for its defence forces, it has emerged as the second largest purchaser of arms among developing nations after Saudi Arabia, a latest Congressional report has said. ... Read more
Moscow: Following last Sunday’s unfortunate crash of Russian aircraft Tu-154 which carried most members of the Red Army Choir, Russian officials have vowed to quickly revive it once again. ... Read more
Kabul: Taliban militants beheaded a 30-year-old woman in Afghanistan's Sar-e-Pul province for visiting the city alone. ... Read more
New Delhi: Reacting to India’s testing of the nuclear-capable Agni-5 intercontinental ballistic missile, China today said that the two countries are "not rivals but partners". ... Read more
Washington: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday to recognize the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. ... Read more
Beijing: Amid increasing tensions between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea, a group of Chinese warships entered the upper half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, said the island’s defence ministry. However, China has termed it a ‘routine exercise’. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Ministers in Israel have approved a bill - dubbed the "Facebook bill" - that seeks to compel social media providers such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube to immediately remove contents from their platforms that the Israeli courts consider incitements that could lead to violence or terrorism. ... Read more
Kabul: A Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Rahman was killed and four others were injured in an airstrike targeted by government in Batikot district of the eastern Nangarhar province, the police said on Sunday. ... Read more
Lagos: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday declared that the extremist group Boko Haram was finally crushed by the Nigerian army in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its stronghold. ... Read more
Santiago: A strong earthquake measuring 7.7 richter scale struck southern Chile on Sunday, prompting a warning of tsunami waves in the region. ... Read more
Moscow: A Russian Defence Ministry plane carrying 91 people onboard today crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking-off from the resort city of Sochi. There appeared to be no survivors, and those on board included members of Russia's world-famous army choir. ... Read more
Islamabad: Instigated by a fake news report that his Israeli counterpart had threatened "nuclear retaliation" for Islamabad's role in Syria, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif threatened Israel that his country could use nuclear weapons too. ... Read more
Moscow: A Russian Defence Ministry plane carrying over 90 people onboard crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking-off from the resort city of Sochi today, authorities said. ... Read more
Washington: In a major development, US President Barack Obama has signed into law the $618 billion defence budget for 2017, which enhances security cooperation with India. The bill also conditions nearly half of the funding to Pakistan on a certification that it is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network. ... Read more
Dhaka: A female militant and a teenage boy were reportedly killed saturday as they blew themselves up in Dhaka when Bangladesh police’s elite counter-terrorism unit raided their three-storey building where heavily-armed militants, belonging to an Islamist group blamed for the deadly cafe attack, were hiding. ... Read more
Moscow: Russia has sent a battalion of military police in Aleppo, after the Syrian regime took full control of the ravaged city. ... Read more
Karachi: Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari and chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari, returned to his country from Dubai in a private jet on Friday, ending his self-imposed exile after 18 months. ... Read more
Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation advised US law enforcement agencies and private security firms to be on the alert in light of threats by Islamic State to target churches and Christmas celebrations, media reports said. ... Read more
Milan: Two days after the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that left 12 people dead, the suspect behind the carnage is believed to be shot dead in a shootout in the northern Italian city of Milan. ... Read more
Malta: Hijackers who today diverted a Libyan plane carrying 118 people to the Mediterranean island of Malta have surrendered and are now in custody, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said. ... Read more
Islamabad: In a growing market of buying and selling the girls, many of the Christian and Hindu girls gets enslaved for debt payment every year in Pakistan. ... Read more
Malta: The two hijackers, who diverted a Libyan flight with 118 passengers on board to Malta, have threatened to blow it up with hand grenades, Maltese authorities and state media said. ... Read more
Ankara: After the Islamic State group released a video that purportedly showed two Turkish soldiers being burned alive, the country moved quickly to restrict access to social media websites, a monitoring organisation said. ... Read more
Malta: A hijacked Libyan aeroplane with 118 passengers on board has landed at the Mediterranean island and that there appear to be two hijackers on board, Malta airport authorities said. ... Read more
Beirut: Terror group Islamic State has released a new propaganda video showing two captured Turkish soldiers being burnt alive in Syria. ... Read more
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) today said that an experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea. ... Read more
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the rift created by anti-Moscow sanctions was affecting cooperation in the battle against terrorism. ... Read more
Baghdad: At least 30 people were killed and dozens injured when three suicide car bombs exploded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, security sources said. ... Read more
Washington: The Pentagon on Thursday said that that U.S. forces killed 28 suspected militants linked to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in nine separate US drone strikes across Yemen. ... Read more
Beirut: At least 47 people were killed, including 14 minors and nine women, in Turkish air strikes against the Syrian city of al-Bab, controlled by the Islamic State terrorist organisation, media reports said. ... Read more
Damascus: The Syrian army said it has retaken full control of Aleppo, marking a major turning point in the country's five-year civil war. ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses regarding nukes.” ... Read more
Beirut: At least 14 Turkish soldiers have been killed as battle between Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Islamic State militants intensified around the northern Syrian town of al-Bab on Wednesday. ... Read more
Kabul: At least 8 people were killed in an attack targetting the house of an MP in Kabul, Afghan Police said. ... Read more
Hong Kong: The visa-free facility enjoyed by Indian travellers in Hong Kong has been rolled back by authorities. Indians will now have to complete a pre-arrival registration from January. ... Read more
Berlin: Dreaded terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Monday’s horrific attack on Berlin Christmas market that killed at least 12 persons. ... Read more
Mexico City: At least 29 people were killed and over 70 injured after an explosion ripped through a fireworks market on the northern outskirts of Mexico city. ... Read more
London: ISIS has offered a $1 million (approx Rs 6.8 crore) reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the terror group in Syria and Iraq. ... Read more
Berlin: A lorry ploughed into busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing at least twelve people and injuring up to fifty others, according to German police. ... Read more
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the killing of the Russian ambassador to Ankara is aimed at undermining both Russian-Turkish relations and the Syrian peace efforts. ... Read more
Beirut: The UN Security Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution urging immediate deployment of monitors to former rebel-held eastern Aleppo as the evacuation of fighters and civilians from the last remaining opposition stronghold in the northern city resumed after days of delays. ... Read more
Ankara (Turkey): Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was on Monday badly wounded and later died after an unidentified gunman opened fire at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital. ... Read more
Damascus: In a mass departure, at least 3,500 people have left government-besieged areas in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a British war monitor said. The exodus took place after the evacuation was resumed today. ... Read more
Karak: Gunmen assaulted Jordanian police in a series of attacks Sunday, including at a Crusader castle popular with tourists, killing seven officers, two local civilians and a woman visiting from Canada, officials said. Several armed men were reported barricaded inside the castle after nightfall, hemmed in by special forces soldiers. ... Read more
Yakutia: A Russian military aircraft has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 30 people on board.; no fatalities have been reported, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. ... Read more
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed his country's commitment to the July 2015 nuclear agreement, insisting that Iran will continue to collaborate with the International Atomic Energy Agency. ... Read more
Dhaka: Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Sunday assured support to India on the issue of tackling terror, saying Pakistan needs to be isolated for "harbouring terrorists and supporting terror acts". ... Read more
Seoul: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has indicated that he may keep running for the presidency of his native South Korea when he returns home early next year. ... Read more
Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has delayed the withdrawal of the 100-bolivar banknote until January 2 as banks had yet to receive the new tender, media reports said on Sunday. ... Read more
Beijing: China on Saturday put forth a solid expression on a standout amongst the most serious incidents between itself and the United States in years, saying that both the countries are utilizing military channels to "appropriately handle" the seizure by the Chinese naval force of a U.S. underwater drone in the South China Sea. ... Read more
Sydney: A strong earthquake measuring 8.0 on the richter scale struck the coast of Papua New Guinea today, prompting a warning of tsunami waves in the region. ... Read more
Istanbul: Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed and 48 wounded today in a car bomb blast that targeted a bus transporting them in the central city of Kayseri. ... Read more
Damascus: A seven-year-old girl in southeast Damascus blew up herself on Friday inside a police station, injuring three security officials.
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Beirut: A ceasefire agreement to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from the remaining parts of the ISIS-held eastern Aleppo has been suspended. ... Read more
United Nations: With the election of Republican’s Donald Trump as the US President throwing a shadow of uncertainty over the Paris Agreement, outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the world needs to press ahead in the struggle against climate change. ... Read more
Beijing: A Chinese Navy warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by an American oceanographic vessel in international waters in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest from the US and a demand for its immediate return. ... Read more
Washington: Former Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday said she lost November 8 election due to a series of "unprecedented" events -- Russian cyberattacks and new FBI accusations about her handling of e-mails containing classified government information. ... Read more
Beijing: China's first aircraft carrier battle group has carried out its maiden live-fire exercises on a massive scale, in a show of strength amid increasing tensions with the US over the South China Sea and Taiwan. ... Read more
London: In a latest turn of events, Ireland has averted a side deal with the United Kingdom before the commencement of Brexit talks. ... Read more
New Delhi: China has reacted sharply to President Pranab Mukherjee’s recent meeting with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, and said that India must respect China's "core interests" to avoid "any disturbance" to the bilateral ties. ... Read more
Beijing: China is believed to have installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in the strategically vital South China Sea, according to an analysis of satellite images by a US think-tank. ... Read more
Florida: A group of former Disney IT employees, who were replaced by Indian workers brought on H-1B visas, have now sued their ex-employer for alleged racial discrimination. ... Read more
Washington: President Barack Obama declined to sign a bill extending the US sanctions against Iran for 10 years but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran's concerns that the United States is backsliding on the nuclear deal. ... Read more
Damascus: A new ceasefire deal has been reached and civilians and the wounded in east Aleppo were expected to begin evacuation from the city on Thursday morning, rebel officials said late on Wednesday. ... Read more
Washington: Aleppo's fall to Syrian government forces is shaping up as the first major test of President-elect Donald Trump's desire to cooperate with Russia, whose military support has proven pivotal in Syria's civil war. ... Read more
United Nations: Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was on Monday sworn in as the ninth Secretary General of the UN to head a world, succeeding Ban Ki-moon as the chief of the 71-year old world body. ... Read more
Caracas: Facing the world's highest Inflation, the Venezuelan government has decided to replace its largest banknote, the 100 bolivar bill with coins within 72 hours. ... Read more
Wellington: Bill English, New Zealand's finance minister and a former farmer, will be sworn in as the country's 39th prime minister on Monday after his colleagues in the Parliament chose him as their new leader. ... Read more
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State, a decision that would bring a business leader with close ties to Russia into the Cabinet. ... Read more
Istanbul: At least 29 people were killed and 166 wounded in a twin blast outside a major soccer stadium in Istanbul on Saturday night. ... Read more
Sanaa (Yemen): A suicide bomber blew himself up inside an army base in the southern city of Aden on Saturday, killing 45 soldiers and wounding another 50, security officials said. ... Read more
Lagos: At least 60 people were killed when the roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria on Saturday, witnesses and an official said. ... Read more
Beijing: China has launched a new cargo service connecting Tibet and Nepal. On this occasion, dozens of trucks carrying goods worth $2.8 million (Rs ) crossed over the Tibetan border port of Gyirong and headed towards Kathmandu. ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has said that he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, including Indians. ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has shut down some of his companies in the days after the election. ... Read more
Nigeria: About 45 people were killed and 67 injured in the suicide blasts which rocked a crowded market in Madagali district of Nigeria's northeastern state of Adamawa on Friday. ... Read more
Seoul: In a development that marks a first for a democratically elected leader being kicked out of office in South Korea, lawmakers on Friday passed an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-Hye for her alleged involvement in corruption scandal of about millions of dollars that paralysed her administration and triggered massive street protests, a media report said. ... Read more
New Delhi: In a rare gesture, the Kuwait government has said that it will not imprison or penalise over 24,000 illegal Indian workers if they report to the Interior Ministry for deportation or transfer of job visas. ... Read more
Beirut: A day after the US and five other countries called for an immediate ceasefire in Aleppo and accused Russia of blocking emergency help, Moscow announced that the Syrian army was suspending combat operations to allow for the evacuation of civilians from besieged rebel-held neighborhoods. ... Read more
New York: A strong earth quake of magnitude of 7.7 hit off the Solomon Islands on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said. ... Read more
San Francisco: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 today struck off the coast of northern California, the United States Geological Survey said. ... Read more
Beijing: A powerful earthquake of 6.2-magnitute on Richter scale today jolted Hutubi County in northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, shaking buildings and forcing evacuation of students from schools. ... Read more
Washington: The US and five other countries, including Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the UK, today called for an immediate ceasefire in Aleppo asserting that a humanitarian disaster is taking place in the Syrian city. ... Read more
Jakarta: At least 97 persons were killed and over 500 injured when an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit Aceh province in Indonesia on Wednesday. ... Read more
Washington: A former US Army official has sought elimination of Taliban's terror sanctuaries in Pakistan alleging that Pakistan's military provides intelligence, training and logistics assistance to them. ... Read more
Riyadh: A Saudi Arabian court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death and several others to prison terms in a case involving an alleged Iranian spy cell, a move that could further strain the already tense relationship between the two Mideast powers. ... Read more
Wellington: New Zealand's popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation on Monday when he announced his resignation saying it was the “right time” to leave politics after more than eight years in power. ... Read more
Oakland: The death toll from a fire that tore through a warehouse hosting a late-night dance party climbed to 33 on Sunday as firefighters painstakingly combed through rubble for others believed to still be missing and made the grim announcement that teenagers were among the dead. ... Read more
Rome: Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced early today that he would be stepping down after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. ... Read more
Oakland: Up to 40 people were feared dead in a huge fire that tore through a converted Oakland warehouse during a late-night electronic music party on Friday. ... Read more
Brasilia: People thronged the stadium in the southern Brazilian city of Chapeco to bid an emotional farewell to players and other members of the Chapecoense soccer team who died in a plane crash earlier this week in Colombia. ... Read more
Santiago: Cuban President Raul Castro announced on that his government would honour the wishes of his brother Fidel and would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after him and bar the construction of statues of him in keeping with the former leader's desire to avoid a cult of personality. ... Read more
Washington: The White House on Friday said there was no change to the United States' longstanding ‘one China’ policy after President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. ... Read more
Washington: In a move that is likely to infuriate China and complicate ties with Beijing, US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday spoke with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. ... Read more
Paris: France's President Francois Hollande announced in a surprise televised address that he would not seek a second term in next year's presidential election, acknowledging that his personal unpopularity might cost his Socialist party the Elysee. ... Read more
Washington: The US-led coalition has confirmed that 54 civilians in Iraq and Syria were killed between March 31 and October 22 while carrying out airstrikes against terror group Islamic State. ... Read more
Bangkok: Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was formally proclaimed king in a televised ceremony here on Thursday, succeeding his much-revered late father, who reigned for 70 years. ... Read more
New Delhi: In a step forward in the automatic sharing of details on suspected black money with India, the Switzerland government on Thursday initiated its statutory consultation process for bringing into force Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) on tax matters with India and some other countries from January 1, 2018. ... Read more
New Delhi: The United States today came out in support of Prime minister Narendra Modi’s move to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes and said that it was an "important" and "necessary" step to address corruption. ... Read more
Beijing: After series of attacks by ethnic armed groups on Myanmar security forces and thousands of people crossing into China to escape the violence, Beijing on Wednesday offered help to the Southeast Asian nation to stabilise their shared border. ... Read more
Medellin: The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight. ... Read more
Damascus: Syria's Foreign Ministry slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the remarks he recently made against the Syrian government, branding the Turkish leader as "tyrant." ... Read more
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump heaped praises on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and said that he is willing to play any role that Islamabad wants to find solutions to its outstanding problems. ... Read more
United Nations: Voicing concern over the deteriorating security situation in Palestinian, India has said that dialogue is the only viable option for a durable and comprehensive peaceful solution of the issue. ... Read more
Istanbul: At least 12 people,most of them children, were killed and 22 injured when a fire broke out at a middle school dormitory for girls in southern Turkey. ... Read more
New York: Banned militant outfit the Islamic State (IS) said the attacker who injured 11 people on Ohio State University (OSU) campus was a "soldier of the Islamic State", media reports said. ... Read more
BOGOTA (Colombia): A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team crashed in Colombia and as many as 75 of the 81 persons on board were feared dead, media reported today. ... Read more
Milan: Nearly six months after United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union in a historic referendum, Italy will vote in a similar poll on coming Sunday. ... Read more
London: A set of handwritten notes caught on camera in the hands of an aide to a Conservative Party leader outside Downing Street after a Brexit meeting created a stir in UK political circles today, forcing the British government to distance itself saying these were "individual notes". ... Read more
Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said that she was willing to resign before her term ends. ... Read more
Bangkok: Thailand's parliament on Tuesday invited Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to be the new king, completing a formal step for the heir to take the throne following the death of his father last month. ... Read more
Geneva: In a bid to counter the outbreak of cholera and reduce the burden of severe illness and deaths in areas at high risk following the devastating hurricane that struck the island on October 4 this year, the World Health Orgaization has said that it has vaccinated over 7,29, 000 people in Haiti against cholera. ... Read more
Berlin: Horst Wenzel, dubbed Germany's "Mr. Flirt," has been volunteering his services to teach young Muslim men who grew up in vastly different cultures how to approach women in Germany. ... Read more
Geneva: An estimated 21 million people worldwide are trapped in conditions of contemporary slavery, including some five million children, a UN office said. ... Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli forces killed four Islamic State militants in Syria in the first direct clash between the country and the jihadi group. ... Read more
Kathmandu: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Nepal early morning today. ... Read more
Beijing: As it tightened security in the restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province with stern measures, China asked all its Muslim citizens to resolutely be in opposition to religious extremism and stick to socialism with Chinese characteristics. ... Read more
Washington: Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign will participate in a recount of the votes cast in Wisconsin's election, a campaign official said on Saturday. ... Read more
Cuba: Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died. He was 90. ... Read more
Islamabad: Two Pakistani soldiers were killed after a small group of ‘suicide bombers’ attacked a mosque at an Army facility in northwest Pakistan today. ... Read more
Bogota: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Rodrigo Londono, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, signed a revised peace agreement here on Thursday, despite lingering opposition to the deal. ... Read more
Beijing: The death toll in the collapse of platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China has reached 74, state media said Friday. ... Read more
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