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

October 5, Quetta, Pakistan A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's restive southwest Thursday, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20 others, officials said. The incident took place in the Gandawa area of Jhal Magsi district in the oil and gas-rich Balochistan

Dying from overwork might sound a bit unbelievable at first but when you're in Japan it is quite possible. Japanese are known for their zeal to work and be punctual but the habit is now costing them their lives. Japanese labour inspectors on Thursday ruled that the death of a 31-year-o

Cox's Bazar: Bangladesh on Thursday announced it would build one of the world's biggest refugee camps to house all the 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims who have sought asylum from violence in Myanmar. The arrival of more than half a million Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist-dominated Myanmar since 25 A

An honour bestowed on Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi by the city of Oxford has been withdrawn as a reaction to her perceived inadequate response to the plight of Rohingya Muslims in the country. The ‘Freedom of Oxford’ had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her “long struggl

A major fundraising appeal has been launched to help the hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence in Burma. The 13 member charities who make up the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) took action to step up their humanitarian relief in the wake of more than half-a-million people seeking m

Washington, Oct 4 (PTI) Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif arrived here today on a three-day visit to the US as part of efforts to rebuild bilateral ties frayed after President Donald Trump accused the country of sheltering terror groups. Asif, who will hold talks with Secretary of State Rex

As the United States struggles to come to terms with the deadliest mass shooting, it finds itself confronting questions once again about its gun control laws: the shooter had 42 firearms in all — 23 in his hotel room from where he shot and killed 59 people and wounded 527, and 19 at home. Law enf