The presidential election in Pakistan will be held on September 4, the country''s poll body announced on Thursda..
India-born British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta has launched a $1 billion, one-gigawatt renewable energy plan based..
Armed militants attacked a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training centre here on Thursday and heavy cla..
The Iranian Ministry of Defense on Monday unveiled its latest short-range ballistic missile, which has been succ..
About 100 soldiers of the Afghan Special Force have gone missing in the Ghazni province, where government troops..
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced five convicts to death for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Libera..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticized rallies that took place in Tel Aviv against a con..
Moon and Kim met in Panmunjom on April 27 for the first time, agreeing to hold another summit in Pyongyang in th..
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, on Sunday emphasized the cooperati..
At least 20 Taliban militants were killed and four huge insurgents'' weapons and ammunition depots were destroye..
US military institutions are struggling to fill the 66 slots they had kept aside for officers from Pakistan for ..
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was on Wednesday charged with three counts of money laundering in co..
Saudi Arabia has stopped all medical treatment programmes in Canada and is coordinating for the transfer of Saud..
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday raised to 131 the death toll in the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that shook the ..
A Bangladesh court on Monday granted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia six months interim bail in a 2015 arson c..
The report also says North Korea is defying sanctions through diplomats and others based overseas and continues ..
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has decided to join Imran Khan''s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) t..
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed on a draft code of conduct that will la..
China will participate in multilateral naval exercises due to begin in August in Australia, despite tensions bet..
The Pakistan Army has rescued a Russian climber stranded in the country's northern mountainous region, the m..
The US and Pakistan have reiterated their resolve to restore their bilateral relationship during a meeting betwe..
It would seem rather presumptuous on the part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to declare t..
Sri Lanka is a key component of China''s 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port ..
The United States has expressed concern over the participation of terrorist-affiliated people in Pakistan''s ele..
Farmers in the US are paying the price President Donald Trump''s trade tactics, China said on Thursday.
A high-ranking Russian Foreign Ministry official on Thursday claimed that a woman who had been arrested in the U..
North Korea has returned remains believed to be of US troops killed during the Korean War, the latest move in th..
The BBC will seek permission to appeal a ruling over its coverage of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard''s home.
Massive delays in counting and allegations of rigging dominated the early hours of Thursday in Pakistan, where o..
Two United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday urged the government of Pakistan to repeal provisions in it..
The White House has said National Security Advisor John Bolton will meet his Russian counterpart in August to fo..
North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country''s north-west.
Israel has carried out an airstrike against a group of Gazans launching "arson balloons" to burn the Israeli far..
South Africa''s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has pledged to guard and strengthen the country''s role i..
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday called for practical measures by the European parties to..
The US Department of State has said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lav..
Israel has struck a Syrian position in Mesyaf area in the country''s central region, the media reported.
Multiple people in Canada have been shot outside a Toronto restaurant, police said.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has said that people can change his name if he doe..
Twenty-one Indian-origin persons have been sentenced here to up to 20 years for their role in a massive India-ba..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that President Donald Trump remains optimistic about the prospects of..
The stabbing of 10 people Friday on a bus in the northern city of Lübeck does not appear to have been politicall..
The US State Department has expressed concern over the participation of Lashkar-e-Taiba-affiliated (LeT) individ..
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday they had agreed on a ceasefire with Israel after the fatal sho..
The White House has announced that the Russian President has been invited to Washington later this year, despite..
Turkey has condemned Israel for passing a new law that proclaims Israel as a "Jewish nation-state".
The Houthis, the Shia majority armed group allegedly allied to Iran, is using a key port in war-torn Yemen to im..
Washington, July 19 (IANS) President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he did not believe that Russia was stil..
Tehran, July 19 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received eight requests from his US counterpart for a me..
The White House said on Wednesday it had signed a $3.9 billion contract with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to pur..
The White House said on Wednesday that there is "still" a threat of Russian meddling in the US electio..
Leaders of media organisations from BRICS countries have met here in South Africa, seeking closer cooperation to..
Israel''s parliament on Thursday passed into law a controversial bill that defines the country as an exclusively..
As part of Indo-US Bilateral Defence Cooperation, the 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting..
The first step of a trade bill establishing the legal basis for Brexit has cleared the lower house of the Britis..
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin w..
Barack Obama has used his first high-profile speech since stepping down as US president to take swipes at "stron..
US President Donald Trump has said there is "no time limit" for North Korea to denuclearise and there is no need..
China has installed an unmanned automatic weather observation station near its border with India in Tibet to sup..
This week in New York, the United Nations'' grandly-titled High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development..
Pakistan''s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was given a 10-year jail term this month in a corruption cas..
Israel has developed a cybersecurity center to protect its railway system, media reports said on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold their first official summit here ..
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Pakistan targeting ..
A newly set-up special court of Sri Lanka will on Monday begin hearing high-profile bribery and corruption cases..
Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk inaugurated the Pakistan-China Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) project that would serve as..
The trial of two remaining National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases against former Pakistan Prime Minister Naw..
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has taunted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his "friends..
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations decided on Thursday to sustain their presence in Afghanist..
British Prime Minister Theresa May hopes that US President Donald Trump''s visit to the UK on Thursday will be a..
US President Donald Trump suggested the NATO countries to increase their defence spending to 4 per cent - doubli..
US President Donald Trump continued to criticise European allies ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization..
The US has ramped up its trade war with China, listing $200 billion worth of additional products it plans to pla..
US officials have toured countries in the Gulf region in a campaign for coordinated moves against Iran, the US S..
US-based networking leader Netgear on Tuesday announced its tie-up with Singapore-based IT product distributor K..
At least 10 people, mostly civilians, were killed and four others were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide attack on..
US President Donald Trump has picked Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge with extensive legal credent..
After seven years of house arrest, Liu Xia, the widow of activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, on ..
China on Monday said it has clinched a deal with India on the reduction of import duties on Indian medicines inc..
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Sunday raised doubts over the legitimacy of the July 25 e..
A trade war between US and China officially began on Friday as President Donald Trump''s administration imposed ..
China said on Thursday that it does not want a trade war to start if the US imposes the first round of tariffs o..
The US has issued a health warning for Pakistan, alerting people against an ongoing outbreak of "extensively dru..
Yemen''s Shiite Houthi rebels said on Tuesday they fired a ballistic missile at a Saudi Arabian military air bas..
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was arrested on Tuesday by anti-corruption authorities in relation t..
The administration of US President Donald Trump has recommended that state-owned China Mobile, the world''s bigg..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a region near his country''s border with China in an apparent attempt to..
The Democratic National Committee (DNC), the decision-making body of the Democratic Party in the US, has tapped ..
The US Ambassador to Estonia has resigned in frustration with President Donald Trump''s comments about, and the ..
The US has moved Pakistan from a watch list to another group of countries that have taken significant steps to c..
The US-China Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tech Summit took place on Friday in Silicon Valley, seeking to start a..
Sri Lanka''s Department of Emigration and Immigration on Friday said the shortage of new passports, which has pr..
He said the strategic partnership of cooperation established by leaders of the two countries provided new opport..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim will visit Bangladesh this weekend, ..
Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal was arrested along with 575 other women during a protest staged he..
Five people were killed and two others injured when a man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades stormed into t..
An top Indian-origin intellectual property litigator in Singapore has been appointed as a judicial commissioner ..
Researchers have developed a small non-invasive device by combining radar and artificial intelligence (AI) techn..
The first India-US strategic 2+2 Dialogue scheduled to be held in Washington on July 6 has been postponed, possi..
A US border security chief has said his agency has temporarily stopped handing over migrant adults who cross the..
The Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF) has allocated $17 million to Afghans affected by drought, said the UN Office ..
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has met British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson here and exchanged views o..
US Defence Secretary James Mattis will begin his two-day China visit on Tuesday, where denuclearization of North..
China and the EU on Monday rejected unilateral and protectionist actions in international trade, in a clear refe..
Responding to the state government''s requests, the CBI will probe the killing of two journalists in Tripura las..
The suspect in one of New York''s deadliest terror attack was arraigned on new charges - six counts of attempted..
An explosion hit Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed''s rally attended by thousands of people here on Saturday.
The Pentagon has announced indefinite suspension of select military exercises in South Korea, in compliance with..
Oil prices surged as investors were closely watching the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC..
Saudi Arabia is all set to allow women take control of the steering wheel from Sunday, making it the last countr..
A dying Afghan refugee held in the island nation of Nauru for five years was transferred to Australia after an i..
Nepal and China have agreed to execute projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to enhance connectivity..
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in have agreed to keep working togeth..
US President Donald Trump cited an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to American national security as he mainta..
Myanmar should bring to justice the perpetrators of the Rohingya crisis that led to the exodus of hundreds of th..
A top US official has reminded Pakistan that it is still "on notice" to eliminate terror havens from its territo..
US President Donald Trump offered a misleading characterisation of his deal with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-..
Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was charged with fraud and breach of trust on..
The Russian Defence Ministry on Wednesday accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) of strengthening..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left China on Wednesday after a two-day stay in which he held talks with Preside..
Nepal and China on Wednesday signed eight agreements worth $2.4 billion on the second day of Prime Minister K.P...
Israel has charged a former cabinet minister with spying for Iran, the Shin Bet internal security service says.
If the United States loses its rationality and unveils another list of Chinese products for additional tariffs, ..
South Korea and the US have decided to suspend the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise slated for August, amid..
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods ..
Nepal is willing to enhance cross-border railroad connectivity, infrastructure development, trade, investment an..
The Taliban on Monday resumed attacks on Afghan security forces after the armed outfit''s three-day ceasefire en..
A US federal judge has revoked former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort''s bail and ordered him to jail pend..
China on Saturday unveiled a list of products from the United States that will be subject to additional tariffs ..
At least five terrorists were killed as Pakistani forces retaliated cross-border attacks by militants from the A..
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recovered encrypted data from messaging apps WhatsApp and Signal s..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent birthday greetings to Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time i..
Pity us poor reporters. This columnist covered a North Korean election in the 1990s. There was only one candidat..
South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo held a 30-minute "in-depth" telephonic conversation with his US cou..
The UN General Assembly has condemned Israel for excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians, in a reso..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday metwith South Korean President Moon Jae-in here to discuss the out..
Japan''s national football team arrived in this southern Russian city where they will carry out their last train..
Iran has taken steps to facilitate foreign investment after the US withdrawal from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal,..
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the historic meeting of the leaders of North Korea and the United Sta..
Pakistan''s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered former President Pervez Musharraf to return to the country by Thu..
Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli will pay a five-day official visit to China, his second trip to a foreign country..
Saudi-backed government forces on Wednesday began an assault on the key Yemeni port of Hudaydah, which is held b..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will personally brief South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the outcome of the..
The Norwegian government has approved 400 additional US Marines to be posted in the country amid rising tensions..
A Bangladeshi writer was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Munshiganj district, police said.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a "comprehensive" document at the end of th..
Twenty four people were seriously injured in a natural gas pipeline explosion in China''s Guizhou province, auth..
At least 41 people were killed and 14 others injured in separate violent attacks across two Afghan provinces, au..
The Nepal government has asked the UN to close its Department of Political Affairs (DPA) here with immediate eff..
A pro-independence Hong Kong activist was sentenced to six years in prison for his involvement in street riots d..
India on Sunday again said "no" to China''s Belt and Road project, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakist..
US President Donald Trump on Monday met Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and thanked him for hosting h..
The Taliban on Saturday announced a ceasefire in Afghanistan during the three days of Eid-ul-Fitr when no attack..
Hobbled by internal unrest and accusations of human rights violations, Maldives has lost its bid for Asia''s Sec..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated calls for North Korea to completely rid itself of all remnants of i..
"Taliban rebels launched coordinated attacks on security checkpoints in Qala-e-Zal district early morning, which..
US President Donald Trump said that he was considering posthumously pardoning the late boxer Muhammad Ali, who w..
Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a US Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of h..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit Russia from June 21 to 23 to discuss joint efforts for the denucle..
The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) on Thursday said that an Indian delegation will arrive here on June..
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed bilateral..
Defence cooperation between India and Thailand is set to get a boost with their armies all set to engage in a tw..
The US Air Force has cancelled a $24 million contract for new refrigerators for President Donald Trump''s jet.
Iran''s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged international condemnation of US attitude towards Iran''..
The Israeli air force launched an air strike on Gaza, amid a new round of escalation between Israel and Gaza mil..
At the same Games, the International Olympic Committee paid for 22 North Korean athletes to travel to the event...
The US was completely isolated defending Israel during the voting on two resolutions on Palestine, one proposed ..
US President Donald Trump is proposing phased negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, starting with t..
The US has welcomed India and Pakistan''s decision to implement bilateral ceasefire agreement signed by the two ..
Russian journalist Arkadiy Babchenko, who was working for the Ukrainian TV channel ATR, was killed in Kiev on Tu..
The White House said on Tuesday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Washington on June 7, ahead o..
Over 25 missiles were launched from Gaza to Israel on Tuesday, the military said.In a series of tweets, the Isra..
Israel''s Defence Minister on Sunday announced that construction had begun on a marine barrier with the Gaza Str..
US President Donald Trump has confirmed that a team of American officials arrived in North Korea to organise the..
Italian Prime Minister-designate Giuseppe Conte has failed to form a coalition government and resigned after Pre..
Afghanistan''s National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for talks with senio..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his willingness to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and hold a s..
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday called for enhanced international exchange and cooperation in the devel..
Following a meeting in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Friday, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official expr..
The US House passed its $717 billion defence policy bill authorising a pay raise for active duty troops, more wa..
The Iraqi government held a meeting on Thursday to discuss allegations of fraud and irregularities in the Parlia..
Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is set to visit Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan next month..
At least 15 people were injured following an improvised explosive device (IED) blast at an Indian restaurant in ..
Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel is determined to roll back Iran''s aggres..
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump and one of his closest advisers, received a permanent..
North Korea said on Thursday that the future of the summit with the US is "entirely dependent" upon Washington, ..
North Korea will reconsider the planned summit with the US if Washington sticks to "unlawful and outrageous acts..
British lawmakers have said ''dirty'' Russian money is making its way to London as "business continues as usual ..
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrived at the national anti-corruption body headquarters here on Tu..
The toll from last Friday''s plane crash in Cuba has risen to 111 as one of the survivors succumbed to her injur..
US Vice President Mike Pence has warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un not to "play" President Donald Trump if ..
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro is facing an international backlash after winning his second six-year term in..
The UK has been accused of turning a "blind eye" to Russia''s "dirty money", putting national security at risk. ..
No group claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid denied any involveme..
The European Union (EU) has no intention to abandon the Iran nuclear deal after the US withdrawal, German Chance..
US President Donald Trump picked Admiral Harry Harris as the next US ambassador to the South Korea, the White Ho..
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has vowed to take "all necessary steps" to prevent other..
Three persons, including a school principal have been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly tying two students to ma..
US President Donald Trump, who has had an adversarial relationship with the world body, surprisingly showered pr..
Russia''s weapons export increased in 2017 in spite of sanctions, Rostec State Corporation CEO has told Presiden..
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed his confidence that Canada, the US and Mexico could reach a..
US President Donald Trump has threatened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with "decimation," unless he agrees to ..
US President Donald Trump has ruled out the use of the so-called "Libya model" in efforts to pursue de..
Taking a jibe at former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said..
South Korea on Thursday urged North Korea to fulfil the agreements reached during the inter-Korean summit and to..
Anwar Ibrahim, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister jailed for sodomy, was released on Wednesday after newly e..
At least 10 Afghan soldiers and 44 Taliban militants have been killed after clashes broke out in four districts ..
North Korea on Wednesday threatened to abandon planned talks between leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald ..
A senior US diplomat who killed a motorcyclist in a road accident here last month was allowed by the Pakistani a..
The US is set to open its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, formally breaking from decades of established Amer..
Two bike-borne militants blew themselves up at an Indonesian police headquarters in Surabaya city on Monday, pol..
The UN nuclear agency IAEA on Friday appointed Massimo Aparo as acting chief of nuclear inspections and deputy d..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced here on Friday that the US government "would be willing" to offer ec..
North Korea has reduced the size of an annual firing contest for its armoured units in 2018 and its top leader K..
The fight against terrorism is "a top priority" for Italy, the coordinator of its chairmanship of the Organisati..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to respond to ..
US Department of the Treasury said on Thursday that it has imposed sanctions against nine Iranian individuals an..
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday said that the upcoming historic summit between US President D..
Pakistan on Wednesday called for respect to international agreements in its formal response to US President Dona..
Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday in Chile that US President Donald Trump..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday voiced deep concern over the recent and sharp escalation in t..
The Israeli military accused Iranian forces of firing about 20 rockets against its defensive lines in the occupi..
A Paraguayan appeals court has upheld a decision to extradite the former president of the South American footbal..
Israel''s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed on Wednesday for Moscow for talks with Russian President Vl..
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will withdraw his country from the Iran nuclear deal, a decisi..
France, Germany and Britain regretted the US decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, French Pres..
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday arrived here in North Korea, amid growing speculation over the po..
Astronomers have found that a planet outside our solar system, which is similar to Saturn in mass and exceeds th..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Cyprus'' capital Nicosia on Tuesday for a trilateral meeting o..
The e-office system, aimed at enhancing movement of files, was implemented in all the state government departmen..
US President Donald Trump on Monday announced the designation of a presidential delegation to Israel to attend t..
Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, set up by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and ..
The US has urged the Organisation of American States (OAS) to suspend Venezuela from its ranks and impose new sa..
People in Germany''s small towns and rural areas are turning to renewable energy in a process that has special l..
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has urged US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, say..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called the Iranian nuclear deal "horrible", saying that the ..
Israel has withdrawn from the election for a two-year term on the Security Council that pitted it against German..
The Finance Ministers and central bank Governors of China, Japan and South Korea on Friday stressed the need to ..
The US has warned China that there will be consequences for its growing militarisation in the South China Sea, t..
The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bintou Keita, has defended the continued deploym..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for giving..
All nine people on board an aging US cargo plane have been killed when the aircraft making its final military fl..
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is here in North Korea and has met his counterpart Ri Yong-ho. They have discus..
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designe..
Newly-appointed US Secretary of State Mike Pomepo told State Department staff that he wants to revitalise the in..
The UN nuclear agency has reiterated that no evidence was found in Iran relevant to the development of a nuclear..
Mexico''s economy secretary has said here that much remains to be done before negotiations with the US and Canad..
Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the Australian government to intensify its efforts in the fi..
Seven US states led by Texas has sued President Donald Trump''s administration in an attempt to end the Deferred..
US President Donald Trump''s administration is considering strict measures to block Chinese citizens from perfor..
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s nuclear allegatio..
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated that the Palestinians rejected US President Donald Trump''s u..
The members of the UN Security Council have met Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss the issue o..
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged India, China, Russia and Japan to provide major support..
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani have agreed to work together in the ..
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will embark on a two-day visit to North Korea from May, a ..
Former FBI Director James Comey has called the House Intelligence Committee Republicans'' year-long Russia probe..
US Secretary of Defence James Mattis has said that Washington will discuss with allies and Pyongyang the need to..
Mexico, Canada and the US have agreed to extend negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),..
The Israeli military fighter jets have targeted six military targets belonging to Hamas''s naval force in the no..
Members of the UN Security Council have left for Bangladesh and Myanmar to study the Rohingya crisis.
US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew over the South China Sea earlier this week on a training mission, ..
US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday was awarded a five-year contract worth $427 million for depot maintenance ..
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zari..
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been extremely supportive of the efforts that are leading ..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Christine Schraner Burgener, a Swiss diplomat with conflict ..
A bomber, convicted for planting crude bombs in two places in Myanmar here in 2016, has been sentenced to 20 yea..
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday called on Muslims around the world to withstand what he deemed..
Japan has lodged a formal protest against Seoul''s choice of dessert for Friday''s historic summit between South..
At least 24 militants were killed and 36 injured as Afghan forces targeted Taliban positions in Balkh province o..
The Taliban on Wednesday announced the start of the new spring offensive, rejecting a proposal for dialogue from..
The centre-right no longer has any hope of forming a coalition government in Italy, the populist Five Star Movem..
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would be travelling to China ne..
Israel''s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that Israel will strike back if Syria uses Russian S..
Peace and upholding of human rights are preconditions for development and, therefore, the UN has to put a priori..
A US Senate panel has narrowly endorse Mike Pompeo as the new Secretary of State after President Donald Trump an..
Former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care after contracting an infection, a day after a funeral ..
North Korea''s nuclear test site remains fully operational despite Pyongyang''s announcement last week that it w..
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that the US will impose restrictions on the movement of the country''s diplomats ..
Qatar announced approval of a draft law on regulating the ownership and use of properties by foreigners, media r..
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, urged the administration of US Pres..
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will visit China to attend the meeting of the Council of Foreig..
The US Treasury announced on Wednesday it has imposed sanctions on one Syrian person and his organisation for sm..
US President Donald Trump''s administration carried out a retaliatory strike on Syria last week even though inte..
The US was considering imposing more sanctions on Russia and the decision will be made "in the near future", Whi..
Syrian air defences responded to a missile strike, believed to be carried out by Israel, that targeted two airba..
Iran''s Foreign Ministry has said that Israel will be punished for killing Iranian military advisers in Syria.
US President Donald Trump has accused Russia and China of devaluing their currencies at a time when the US was r..
South Africa will host an investment summit later this year to lure 1.2 trillion rand (about $100 billion) over ..
An estimated 16 million tonnes of mud containing massive, "semi-infinite" stores of valuable rare earth minerals..
Russia will respond resolutely to any attempts of forceful pressure from the US, Director of the Russian Foreign..
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said that she was not aware of any plans to fire or remov..
Top diplomats from Japan and China began the first round of a high level economic dialogue on Monday for the fir..
Further actions violating the UN charter such as the recent US-led strikes on Syria will result in chaos in inte..
The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on world powers to undertake international efforts to solve the Sy..
Former FBI Director James Comey in his first exclusive interview since he was fired last May said that Donald Tr..
At least 105 soldiers were killed in a military plane crash near an airfield outside the Algerian capital on Wed..
The premise itself sounds interesting. A book by an Indian human rights activist about a Pakistani politician wh..
An airbase in Syria''s Homs province was hit by "several missiles" in a "likely attack by the US" on Monday, acc..
US President Donald Trump has begun initial preparations for a potential interview with special counsel Robert M..
Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the US state''s top m..
About 20,000 Palestinians participated in protests dubbed the "Friday of Tires" along the Israel-Gaza border.
The Queen and the Knave of "Alice in Wonderland" showed up at the UN Security Council during a tense discussion ..
The death toll in a week of Palestinian protests along the dividing fence between Israel and Gaza climbed to 22 ..
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said "the answer to today''s problems is not protectionism..
This columnist once watched a 60-minute BBC TV documentary on the railways of Lahore simply because the remote c..
President Donald Trump''s administration is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, ac..
At least four militants of the Islamic State group were killed following an air strike by the US and NATO-led co..
The Malaysian coast guard on Tuesday intercepted a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and allowed it to disembark a..
Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump in..
The UN Security Council is planning to finally visit Myanmar and Bangladesh this month to study first-hand the R..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he was suspending a plan to send thousands of African mi..
Japan said on Monday that it is paying close attention to contacts between North Korea and the International Oly..
Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its support for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani''s recent peace overture and urged..
Saudi air force intercepted on Thursday a missile shot by Houthi militia from Yemen towards border city Jazan, A..
NATO became the latest entity to dismiss Russian diplomats over Moscow''s alleged role in a nerve agent attack a..
US President Donald Trump has moved to formally ban most transgender persons from serving in the military with l..
South Korea on Saturday said that North Korea has accepted its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks ne..
US President Donald Trump has signed an order imposing tariffs worth $60 billion in Chinese imports in his stron..
China on Friday welcome Maldivian President''s Abdulla Yameen''s decision to lift the state of Emergency and hop..
The finalists built innovative design prototypes for diabetes, foetal monitoring, the visually impaired, oral ca..
General John Nicholson, the head of the US forces in Afghanistan, has claimed that Russia is supporting and supp..
The Myanmar parliament is set to elect presidential candidates on Friday following U Htin Kyaw''s resignation ea..
The European Union (EU) and the US will talk about trade, including the looming metal tariffs from the US, accor..
At least 26 people were killed and 18 injured in a suicide bombing on Wednesday near a crowd celebrating Nawroz ..
Myanmar President U. Htin Kyaw has resigned, it was announced on Wednesday. First Vice President U. Myint Swe wi..
US First Lady Melania Trump has formally launched her campaign to combat cyberbullying of children and teenagers..
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has entered Taiwan''s Air Defence Identification Zone, the Defence Minister sa..
The UK is willing to provide its expert knowledge in nuclear nonproliferation and power generation to assist in ..
Following the unauthorised use of personal data of Facebook users, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday he would like ..
Cuba is set to continue expanding internet access despite the US'' new "political programme" aimed at carrying o..
The German government on Monday rejected a call to impose European Union (EU) sanctions on former chancellor Ger..
The White House on Monday announced that former Microsoft executive Christopher Liddell will be the Deputy Chief..
Envoys from North and South Korea on Tuesday began a new working-level meeting on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) t..
The Pentagon has announced that the annual military drills between the US and South Korea will start from April ..
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday visited a frontline area in Damascus'' Eastern Ghouta area, meeting w..
Russia on Saturday announced expulsion of 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack on an e..
Iran and the US may hold talks on 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCP..
Famous for its pursuit of Gross National Happiness, Bhutan has a new cause for joy: In recognition of its Gross ..
There has been a surge in cyber attacks on the US engineering and maritime industries - especially those connect..
The UN Security Council has welcomed the Afghan government's offer to engage the Taliban in direct peace tal..
A US military HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, a Black Hawk variant, has crashed in Iraq near the border with Syria, ..
The UN Security Council has called on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow and facilitate safe, rapid a..
US President Donald Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his National Security Adviser and was actively ..
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some rel..
North Korea has begun preliminary testing of one of its nuclear reactors at the Yongbyon research facility, acco..
Music lovers in the national capital have an exciting event coming up this weekend where Grammy-nominated percus..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the alleged use of nerve agent in the poisoning of a former ..
The US has said it believes Russia is responsible for a high-profile poison attack in Britain, fuelling anti-Mos..
Expressing solidarity with the UK, US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that if concrete measures we..
The Egyptian and French navies have started a joint drill in the Red Sea, the Egyptian Armed Forces has said.
German contractor Rheinmetall has won a $4.08 billion contract to build 211 light armoured vehicles for the Aust..
Japan''s Taro Daniel, ranked 109th in the world, created a major upset at the Indian Wells tennis tournament, be..
US Defence Secretary James Mattis has warned Syria against using chemical weapons, implying it would prompt mili..
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Pakistan on a three-day visit for talks on regional..
China on Friday called on the US to withdraw the new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, warning of a seriou..
Secretary-General of the Council for Arab Interior Ministers Mohammed Ali Kouman on Wednesday warned against for..
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s recent claim..
A terminal at the Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, was briefly evacuated after a bomb dog detect..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in''s envoys who had visited North Korea earlier this week, left for Washington ..
Afghanistan''s President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called for patience on the progress of peace talks without an..
A leading US military academic has called on the Donald Trump Administration to step up and "keep the momentum g..
The UN has demanded that all parties involved in the conflict in Syria allow new humanitarian convoys access to ..
A door fell off an Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) transport helicopter and landed on a remote island in the south..
An explosion followed by a massive fire ripped through a container ship with several Indian crew on board, off t..
France and Britain have called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Syria given ..
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday said the US will not gain anything by imposing tariffs o..
UN Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman is to visit the Sri Lankan city of Kandy, at the centre of incidents ..
The presidents of Pacific Alliance countries Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru have announced their plan to allow..
A 10-day state of emergency was declared in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after sectarian violence between Buddhists and ..
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may travel to Jerusalem in May for the official opening of the new..
The North Korean leader and South Korean high-level envoys have reached an "satisfactory" agreement during their..
One of the two people critically ill at a UK hospital after "suspected exposure to an unknown substance" is a Ru..
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has slammed the UN saying that the international body has bullied Israel, th..
Nepal and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to revitalise the Saarc process for "greater peace, security and prosperity..
The wreckage of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during the World War Two has been found off the east coast o..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he wants to "vigorously advance" relations with South Korea, telli..
For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, a US aircraft carrier made a port call in Vietnam on Monday..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in''s special envoys left for Pyongyang on Monday, a trip aimed at persuading No..
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call from his US counterpart Donald Trump where the lat..
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that the chemical attacks allegations against the Syrian governm..
The centre-right coalition uniting former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with other ultra-rightist parties is ..
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trumps longest-serving and closest aides..
Italy''s state-run energy giant Eni and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have signed an agreement ..
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told the lawmakers on Tuesday that the central bank would continue to ..
The UN special envoy for Yemen on Tuesday called for the political will of the decision-makers in Yemen to end t..
US stocks reversed early gains to end sharply lower on Tuesday as Wall Street eyed the testimony from Federal Re..
North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used in chemical weapons manufacturing, the US med..
Officials of four countries discussed ways they could use US President Donald Trump''s son-in-law and senior Whi..
Saudi Arabia has for the very first time opened applications for women to enlist in the military as the kingdom ..
The Saudi King has sacked the country''s top military officers, including the Chief of Staff, and several deputy..
Israel''s Shin Bet security agency announced on Monday that it has arrested three Israeli Arabs over allegedly s..
The US State Department''s top diplomat in charge of North Korea policy is set to retire this week, a media repo..
North Korea has warned the US of its "own way of counteraction" if a maritime blockade and more sanctions are im..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked US President Donald Trump for deciding to move the US emba..
France and Germany have said they are ready to work with Russia and their European partners to realise the cessa..
The UN Security Council''s ceasefire decision in Syria would not have impact on Turkey''s ongoing military opera..
US President Donald Trump''s daughter and senior White House advisor Ivanka Trump wrapped up her four-day visit ..
An AirAsia flight made an emergency landing on Monday in Japan''s Okinawa prefecture due to problems in the engi..
Michael McCormack, a former regional newspaper editor, was elected as Australia''s new Deputy Prime Minister on ..
An international summit on the Sahel held here on Friday was "a very important moment" for Europe''s commitment ..
South Korea on Saturday welcomed fresh unilateral sanctions described as the heaviest ever adopted by the US aga..
Israel''s military has said it has begun deploying forces across the country as part of the preparations for a l..
In a move that is likely to hit Indian IT firms and their employees, the Trump administration has announced a ne..
US President Donald Trump''s daughter Ivanka Trump on Friday arrived in South Korea to reaffirm the "strong and ..
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen did "convey that mediation was not wanted at this stage" when UN Secretary-Gen..
The non-profit Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the Myanmar government to stop the demolition of villages aban..
There is no contradiction between a belief in Europe and the protection of national interests, Italy''s Prime Mi..
US President Donald Trump met survivors and families of the victims that were killed in the Florida school shoot..
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has turned down UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres'' offer to mediate betwe..
According to reports, the number of wild elephants in Myanmar has dropped due to fewer wild elephant corridors, ..
A passenger plane crashed in central Iran on Sunday killing all 66 people on board, authorities said.The ATR 72,..
US Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly med..
Citing India as a living example of peaceful co-existence of people of different religious and ethnicities, Iran..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that work on a new plan for achieving peace in the Middle ..
A French court on Wednesday discharged Jawad Bendaoud, the landlord who provided his apartment to terrorists who..
The state of Texas in southern US has the second most romance scams victims in 2016, next to the western coast s..
Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai has said that it would be dangerous to advocate confrontation and inste..
Chairman of the CPN-UML K.P. Oli will become the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal with incumbent Sher Bhahadur Deuba..
The US State Department on Tuesday lashed out at Russia on the occasion of the third anniversary of the signing ..
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned on Tuesday over lying about a 2006 meeting with Russian President..
Iran President Hassan Rouhani will come on a three-day visit to India starting Thursday at the invitation of Pri..
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on sides in Bangladesh to maintain calm in the aftermath of the ja..
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said on Thursday that the turmoil in the Arab region increases t..
A high level North Korean delegation including Kim Jong-un''s sister arrived here on Friday to attend the openin..
"China has followed closely the situation in the Maldives. China thinks that the current situation and dispute i..
The announcement came after China, with apparent reference to India, on Wednesday cautioned against outside inte..
The US has designated three Pakistanis as key "terrorist facilitators" for providing logistical support, improvi..
France has expressed concern over the situation in the Maldives where top judges and political leaders have been..
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed on Wednesday that Israel has begun to construct a controversi..
About four militants of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda branch were killed when a US drone strike hit their hideout in ..
Nations must guard against any resurgence of nationalism, xenophobia or racism, Italy''s Prime Minister Paolo Ge..
Two people were killed and 219 others injured on Wednesday after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan.
The US Department of Defence (DOD) was forced to correct several mistakes in its Nuclear Posture Review after an..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the US and Russia on successfully reducing their strateg..
Maldives police have arrested the country''s chief justice of the Supreme Court as the political crisis worsened..
US President Donald Trump has attacked Britain''s National Health Service (NHS), claiming it is "going broke and..
Cuba has described US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson''s ongoing five-nation tour as seeking a return to the Mo..
A military helicopter with six people on board was missing after taking off from Orquideas island, east of Taiwa..
South Korea will strive to hold high-level inter-Korean talks during a North Korean government delegation''s vis..
A Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) helicopter crashed near an elementary school in Saga prefecture on Monday.
Tweleve militants were killed as Afghan military warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts in the northern Badakhshan, ..
Associations representing atomic bomb survivors in Japan criticised on Saturday a change in the policy of the US..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the outcome of the intra-Syria talks in Russian Black Sea res..
US President Donald Trump has discussed over phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the situation on the ..
The US Federal Reserve has frozen the expansion of banking giant Wells Fargo until it improves its management, a..
General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has called for "shining a light on new possibilities for convergence"..
President Donald Trump has extended temporary protection for 6,900 Syrians living in the US by 18 months as war ..
Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged the court that it should not interfere..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused to speak to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi when the latter t..
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that holding of timely elections is a constitution..
The US State Department has said a Russian SU-27 engaged in an "unsafe interaction" with a US EP-3 aircraft in t..
The US State Department has said its special envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea and Japan from Februar..
Chinese efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as worrying as Russian subversion, the Director..
Pyongyang has cancelled one of the joint events it had agreed to hold with Seoul following a "historic" meeting ..
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to make public a Republican memo that reportedly shows abuses by the ..
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) expects that Russia will target the US mid-term elections ..
US President Donald Trump''s "nationalist and protectionist" foreign policy has caused America''s international ..
A white supremacist group claimed responsibility on Sunday for an anti-immigration stunt in San Francisco in US.
Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar emerged as big winners at the 60th Grammy Awards, which was dotted by surprises, s..
The UN has been accused of putting peacekeepers at risk through "lack of will, determination, and accountability..
North Korea on Tuesday criticized the burning of its national flag and photos of its leader Kim Jong-un during a..
Aamir Khan on Tuesday said he was "overwhelmed" by the success of his movie "Secret Superstar" in China.Aamir is..
The US has urged Pakistan to immediately take action against the Taliban, after the militant group claimed last ..
White House is preparing for a government shutdown, as the chances of a short-term government funding bill passe..
The US State Department has approved a sale of 34 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-off and Landing (C..
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka''s largest dendro power pl..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the importance of an international deal on Iran''s nuclear is..
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said establishing a Palestinian state through the two-state solution..
Afghanistan is making progress in education, health and the empowerment of women while security remains a matter..
South Korea is all set to conduct defence drills on Thursday around PyeongChang county, site of the upcoming Win..
Leading Indian American tax consultant and certified public accountant Neeraj Bhatia has been conferred with the..
A former CIA officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle Washington''s spying operations and i..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that UN peacekeeping "is facing unprecedented challenges..
While warning about the risk of "potential nuclear catastrophe on the Korean Peninsula," Secretary-General Anton..
The Japanese state broadcaster NHK apologized for mistakenly issuing a news alert claiming that North Korea had ..
Kuwait will host the ministerial meeting of the US-led International Coalition against the Islamic State on Febr..
Myanmar''s Foreign Ministry has informed Bangladesh of its possible extradition of some members of the Arakan Ro..
The Security Council has concluded a secret fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in a show of support for the war..
The UN on Monday expressed concern over press reports that the US government may significantly cut financial aid..
At least five security personnel were killed and six others injured in a gun attack in Pakistan''s Balochistan p..
The Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) on Monday recommended suspending the recogn..
At least 26 persons were killed and 75 others injured in twin suicide attacks in Baghdad early on Monday, police..
The track-laying commencement of the first phase of the China-built Matara-Kataragama railway extension project ..
US President Donald Trump has signalled that he has developed a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim..
Twenty journalists and media workers were killed in violence in Afghanistan in 2017, the Afghan Journalists Safe..
There is a huge buzz throughout Saudi Arabia as the hitherto conservative Kingdom - seen as the religious font o..
India''s Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale met scholars of China''s influential think tanks and held a "candi..
Tibetan "Prime Minister-in-exile" Lobsang Sangay on Thursday cautioned New Delhi against China''s deceptive poli..
North Korea asked the South on Thursday to abandon its military manoeuvers with the US, saying that these exerci..
US President Donald Trump has said that he saw "a lot of good energy" from the inter-Korean talks that happened ..
In an emerging strategic transformation, India is now considering itself as maritime power and building up its n..
Iran''s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will meet the European Union''s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini her..
Nigeria on Tuesday commenced a three-day mourning ahead of the mass burial of 71 people killed in violence alleg..
Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the ambassadors of Russia and Iran to protest the Syria government'..
Some 169 suspected members of the Italian ''Ndrangheta gang have been arrested in Italy and Germany as part of a..
Thailand''s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country to avoid being jailed over her role ..
Comedian Seth Meyers opened his stint as host of the 75th Golden Globe Awards with a political undertone and jok..
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has come to US President Donald Trump''s rescue, defending his mental abilities in the ..
Palestinian officials on Sunday said they had been making an effort to gain European Union''s (EU) recognition o..