WASHINGTON: Expressing concern over Islamabad's lack of commitment to America's objectives in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, a US Congressional committee has called for meeting 'benchmarks' in combating terrorism. Appropriations committees in the Senate as well as in the House have propos

Bagram [Afghanistan]: A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Afghanistan’s Parwan Province on Monday. At least three civilians, along with an undisclosed number of foreign troops, were injured after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into a convoy of for

Washington, Sep 11 (PTI) President Donald Trump today said America "cannot be intimidated" and vowed to eliminate terrorist safe havens in any part of the world as he led the nation in mourning the death of nearly 3,000 people in the worst terror attack on the US soil 16 years ago. "The terrorist

Kabul [Afghanistan]: Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on Monday. Rabbani is expected to renew Afghanistan’s demand for greater Indian involvement in the war-ravaged n

Damascus [Syria]: The Syrian Army captured a key oil field of Teym from the Islamic State (IS) in the countryside of Deir al-Zour province. According to reports, the Army has progressively covered over the past 24 hours in reaching Deir al-Zour city from its main desert road. Earlier this week

Extraordinary footage from the Bahamas shows the shoreline receded much farther than normal, exposing what is usually the ocean floor. Twitter user @Kaydi_K from Long Island, Bahamas wrote on Friday: 'I am in disbelief right now... This is Long Island, Bahamas and the ocean water is

Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over “extremist violence” in Rakhine but did not mention the persecution of the minority Rohingya Muslim community, Dhaka, in an unusual move on Saturday, asked New Delhi to put pressure on the Myanmar government to take steps for peace

FORT MYERS: Hurricane Irma was set to make landfall in Florida on Sunday with devastating winds and life-threatening storm surges, prompting one of the largest evacuations in US history, after a destructive march up Cuba's northern coast. The storm was a Category 4 hurricane about 70 miles (115 k

Deep within Antarctica’s ice caves, a group of scientists may have discovered a secret ecosystem of plants and animals being supported by the warmth of an active volcano. Although average year-long temperatures on Ross Island hover around -17C, including six months between April and September whe

Thousands of Irma victims across the Caribbean fought desperately to find shelter or escape their storm-blasted islands altogether on Friday as another hurricane following close behind threatened to add to their misery. Irma regained Category 5 status late Friday, and with its 160 mph (260 kph) w

Kabul [Afghanistan]: Afghanistan’s Military officials in the northeast zone on Friday said that at least 120 Taliban fighters, including their 20 commanders, have been killed in the last one month in airstrikes and land operations by the security forces in Afghanistan. Kunduz Police Chief General

Seoul, September 8: More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, mostly members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, a senior United Nations representative said today. This is around twice the government’s figure. “Perhaps about a thousand or more are already dead,”

Mexico city, September 8: A massive earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico late Thursday and was felt as far away as Mexico City, where residents fled violently swaying buildings and electrical transformers exploded. The Mexican Seismological Institute said the earthquake measured 8.4

Dhaka: Bangladesh is set to launch complaint against its neighboring state Burma over placement of explosives on its border with the intention to keep out 125,000 members of Muslim minority fleeing state-sponsored violence. Burma has been laying landmines across a section of its border with Bangl

Bagram [Afghnaistan]: Three civilians were injured in a suicide bomb attack at the southern gate of Bagram Airbase in Parwan province on Wednesday evening. Tolo News quoted Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish as saying that the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber ridi

Madrid: Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested five Moroccans and one Spaniard suspected of belonging to an Islamist militant cell that simulated decapitations, the Spanish interior ministry said on Wednesday. The arrests mark the first big raids since a double Islamist attack in Catalonia in

China said today it has invited Pakistan’s Foreign Minister for talks, in an apparent move to assuage Islamabad’s concerns after the BRICS countries for the first time named Pakistan-based terrorist groups like LeT and JeM in the grouping’s declaration. Foreign Minister Mohammed Asif will pay an off

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday told her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the “rock solid” friendship between the two countries cannot be weakened by anyone. Swaraj met Lavrov on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum being held in Vladivostok. She said the ties bet