A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in Barcelona on Friday, leaving 54 people injured, emergency services said. One person was seriously injured, 19 were injured “less seriously” including the driver, and 34 were lightly injured in

Jerusalem: Israeli police said they would bar men under 50 from Friday Muslim prayers at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after clashes erupted as Palestinians ended a boycott of the compound the previous day. “Security assessments were made and there are indications that disturbances and demons

Jerusalem: Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site Thursday as thousands of Muslim worshippers entered to end a boycott of the compound over new Israeli security measures. An AFP correspondent witnessed the clashes erupt shortly after the worsh

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has blamed India for harming the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and undermining the spirit of the regional forum. Sharif currently on a three-day official visit to the Maldives, was referring to the postponement of the 19th

Beijing [China], July 26 (ANI): China on Wednesday categorically stated that the withdrawal of the Indian troops from the Doklam border would be a “precondition” for any “meaningful” talks to take place between New Delhi and Beijing. Rerating Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi remarks holding Ind

At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Kandahar province, the defence ministry said Wednesday, the latest blow to the country’s struggling security forces. The Afghan air force said it carried out strikes backing up soldiers on the ground

Jerusalem: Israel has decided to replace metal detectors with more advanced surveillance cameras at the entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet voted to remove the metal detector gates after a meeting lasting several hours

Kabul [Afghanistan]: More than 20 people were killed in an explosion in western Kabul on Monday. The explosion occurred after a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in Kabul’s Gulaee Dawa Khana near the house of Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy of Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdull

Washington: The US has announced resuming faster processing of H-1B work visas, popular with Indian techies, for high skilled foreign professionals in categories exempt from Congress-mandated limit, which are mostly for higher education and scientific research institutions. The H1-B visa is a n

LAHORE: A powerful suicide blast near residence-cum-office of Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore today killed at least 20 people, including policemen, and wounded 30 others. Lahore police chief Capt (R) Amin Wains said the “target of blast was police”. He also c

Colombo : Condemning the shooting attack aimed at the Jaffna High Court Judge M. Illanchelian, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to initiate a special program to strengthen the security of judges. Expressing his condolences over the death of

A Cairo criminal court on Saturday sentenced to death 28 people over the 2015 killing of Egypt’s top prosecutor and handed 15 others jail sentences of 25 years each. The court had in June recommended passing the death penalty to Egypt’s top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, who can approve or re

A US airstrike killed 16 Afghan police and wounded two others in Helmand province, officials said Saturday. The incident took place Friday 5 pm as Afghan security forces were clearing a village of Taliban elements, Salam Afghan, Helmand police spokesman, told AFP. “In the strike, 16 Afghan pol

Washington: Embattled US Attorney General Jeff Sessions discussed campaign-related issues with the Russian ambassador to Washington during the presidential race — something Sessions has insisted he did not do, The Washington Post reported late Friday. The paper quoted current and former administr

Zhukovsky (Russia): India and Russia will soon sign a contract for jointly developing the much-delayed fifth-generation fighter aircraft, a top Russian official has said. Sergei Chemezov, the CEO of Rostec State Corporation, said that all decisions over the multi-billion dollar project to joint

For modern Olympic host cities, the twin threats of terrorism and financial ruin constantly loom. But spare a thought for Tokyo 2020 organisers, who face the added risk of a devastating earthquake or tsunami. Japan is already stepping up efforts to reassure top athletes and hundreds of thousan

Kabul [Afghanistan]: Around 18 Taliban insurgents killed in a massive air and ground operations by Afghanistan security forces in the Helmand province of Afghanistan early Thursday. The security forces started the operation after six policemen wounded in the explosions carried out by three Taliban

Sanaa’: According to a UK-based rights group, Yemen has been named the country where the risk of genocide or mass killing rose the most last year. In its annual “Peoples Under Threat” index released on Thursday, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) placed Syria at the top of the list for the