JERUSALEM: Al-Jazeera has denounced Israel’s decision to close the Jerusalem bureau of Qatar’s flagship satellite network, saying that the measure is “undemocratic” and that it will take legal action. Israel’s move follows in the footsteps of four Arab countries that are aligned against Qatar as

Islamabad: Internet services in Pakistan were disrupted as a result of a fault in the India-Middle East-Western Europe submarine cable. This affected the flight services and other activities in the country. The internet services got restored back in Pakistan today, after the interruption caused b

Washington: US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In today agreed that North Korea poses a “grave and growing direct threat” to most of the world as the two leaders in a telephone call welcomed the new sanctions imposed on Pyongyang by the UNSC. The phone call comes

Sydney: Police in the Australian state of New South Wales charged a third man in the terror plot to bring down a plane on Sunday, after last week’s raids saw two men charged with terrorism related offences. Khaled Merhi, 39, was charged with possessing a prohibited weapon but police have yet to s

Raja Ram: The rape of a teenage girl in revenge for a crime committed by her brother has left residents of Raja Ram in central Pakistan shaken and questioning a deeply entrenched system of village justice. In July, a council of village elders ordered the rape of the 16-year-old victim after her b

Gaza: Navy of Israel opened fire at the Palestinian fisherman who was on fishing boats off al-Sudaniya shore, Gaza Strip today morning. According to the news published WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency, due to the attack, boats got damaged. However, no casualties were reported as fishermen es

NEW DELHI: The United States has formally submitted a communication to the United Nations (UN) regarding its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change, but said that the country would still take part in negotiations under the global deal to keep open its future policy options.

Tehran: Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran’s President for a second term in a ceremony at the country’s Parliament on Saturday. The 68-year-old cleric kissed the Quran and took the oath of office before lawmakers, foreign dignitaries and senior Iranian politicians, IRNA news agency reported. The

Lahore [Pakistan]: A seven member high level Afghan military delegation led by Lt Gen Muhammad Zaman Waziri, Commander 201 Corps,met with Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Nazir Ahmed Butt in Peshawar on Friday. Both sides reaffirmed their resolve to continue their fight against terrorism and delib

Kandahar [Aghanistan]: Two U.S. service members were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy near Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, on Wednesday. The service members were part of an international force referred to as the Train, Advise and Assist Command South, a reference to their locat

New Delhi: China is threatening India with consequences if the Indian Government does not decide on withdrawing its troops from the six weeks long Sikkim stand-off. A senior Chinese diplomat on Thursday reportedly said India must withdraw troops on the Doklam plateau or “face consequences”. Th

Kabul [Afghanistan]: An explosion in front of Jawadia Mosque in Dehr Abad area in Herat city has killed around 20 people. Security sources say the bombing was carried out by two attackers and one of them opened fire inside the mosque, reports TOLO news. Head of Herat hospital Mohammad Rafiq Sh

Beijing: China on Wednesday said it had informed India in advance about its road building activity in Doklam on the border and reiterated its demanded that New Delhi must withdraw its troops immediately from the area. In a document, Beijing has dismissed India’s claims that China was attempting t

Baghdad: Violence, terrorist acts and armed conflicts across Iraq killed a total of 239 civilians and left wounded 273 others in July, a UN mission said on Tuesday. “Figures of casualties do not include security members, as the Iraqi military declined to give information about casualties among th

Brentwood: Several officers from Police department across the region cheered as Trump made a remark which was criticized by many others. During a speech to police officers in Brentwood, Long Island, on Friday, US President Donald Trump advocated police brutality in dealing with the suspects. Mean

Konstanz: Identified as an Iraqi national, a man armed with M16 automatic US made rifle opened fire in a packed nightclub in southern Germany on Sunday. He killed a bouncer and injured 4 people before getting shot by the police. The 34-year-old attacker “was critically injured in a shootout with

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul Monday and militants breached the compound, Afghan officials said, in an unfolding attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Three of the attackers were still loose in the compound, but all embassy staff had been swiftly evacuat

The Sri Lanka Ports Authority signed the deal for operations at the Hambantota port with Chinese authorities on Saturday. Sri Lanka agreed to sell 70 percent of the stakes in the port to China Merchants Ports Holdings. The Chinese state-run firm will now gain control over the port operations o