Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he is open to the possibility of negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. “We’re going to see what happens with North Korea. That’s all I can say. We’re going to see what happens. We’re totally prepared for numerous things,”

Hyderabad: Accusing it of anti-Israeli bias, the United States followed by Israel announced to quit UNESCO, on Thursday, 12 October. The withdrawal of the United States is seen as a major blow for United Nation’s cultural agency, as United States provides a fifth of UNESCO’s funding. The Paris-ba

Sana’a: Yemeni police have arrested 10 members of the Islamist Al-Islah party, the group said Wednesday, following a roadside bombing that killed a cleric with ties to the United Arab Emirates. Imam Yassin al-Adani, a Yemeni cleric who serves as spiritual advisor to UAE troops allied with the gov

Kabul: At least 23 militants belonging to Afghanistan’s insurgent group Taliban were killed and 28 other injured during the operations in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD), confirming the casualties, said in a statement that the operations were conducted in

6 October 2017 – United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told reporters in Ge

WASHINGTON: Hilary Clinton admitted in public that the American Government and Intelligence Agencies created and funded Al-Qaeda in order to fight the Soviet Union. United States doesn’t actually fight terrorists but funds and trains them and equip them with arms and is actually responsible for d

Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh: At least 14 Rohingya refugees, most of them children, drowned and scores more were missing Monday after their overloaded boat capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar. Authorities in Bangladesh said the boat was carrying 60 to 100 peopl

The daughter and son-in-law of ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif were on Monday granted bail by the country’s anti-graft court in the Panama Papers scandal as they appeared before it following their return from London. Maryam Nawaz, 43, along with her spouse, former army captain Muhamma

The U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Oct. 8 announced that it had suspended all non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in Turkey. "Recent events have forced the United States Government to reassess the commitment of the Government of Turkey to the security of US Mission facilities and

Tehran [Iran]: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned the United States against blacklisting their force, saying that Tehran would treat US troops like Daesh terrorists. Chief Commander of the IRGC Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari’s warning came after the White House said on

A British teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into computers belonging to top US government officials, including the ex-CIA director and former President Barack Obama’s intelligence officer. Kane Gamble, 18, from Coalville, north-west Leicestershire, has been warned he could face jail after

Washington: Former United States Vice President Joe Biden has lambasted President Donald Trump and his administration, stating that the President is leading the US “down a very dark path”. Biden, in his acceptance speech after receiving the Zbigniew Brzezinski annual prize at the Center for Strat

Aden, Yemen: A US drone killed a “commander” of Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen in a strike on the central province of Baida, security sources said on Thursday. Shroum al-Sanaani, a leading figure with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group, was travelling on a motorbike along with an unidentified m

Washington [United States]: The U.S. State Department has approved the likelihood of the sale of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), a U.S. missile defence system, to Saudi Arabia’s Government for an estimated cost of 15 billion dollars. “This potential sale will substantially increa

October 6, Denmark Denmark looks set to become the next European country to restrict the burqa and the niqab, worn by some Muslim women, after most parties in the Danish parliament backed some sort of ban on facial coverings. Full and partial face veils such as burqas and niqabs divide opinion

Washington: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has warned India against carrying out surgical strike or targeting its nuclear installations, saying if that happens nobody should expect restraint from his country. Referring to the statement of India's Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa that the In

MOSCOW:  At least 16 people were killed on Friday when a train slammed into a passenger bus that had broken down on a level crossing east of Moscow, authorities said Friday. The head of the regional health service earlier said 19 people had been killed but Russia's Investigative Committee reporte

The death toll from a suicide attack at a crowded Shia shrine claimed by the Islamic State group in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province has risen to 20, officials said on Friday. The attacker tried to enter the Dargah Fatehpur in the Jhal Magsi district of Balochistan last evening and detona