Kabul [Afghanistan]: Afghanistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the terror attack targetting a bus of the Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag District of Jammu and Kashmir. Condemning the terror attack, President Ghani said, “Being enemies of civilisation and humanity, terrorists don’t respect any relig

Tehran: Iran has congratulated Iraq on its declared victory over the Islamic State jihadist group in Mosul and offered its help to rebuild the devastated country. “Congratulations to brave people and Government of Iraq upon liberation of Mosul,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote late Su

London: American armed guards are likely to be stationed at the US immigration checks at British airports to screen travellers flying to the US. Edinburgh and Manchester airports are reported to be interested in a “pre-clearance facility” where passengers would be processed by US immigration offi

Lahore [Pakistan]: Showing their double speak again in regards to relations with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s advisor Sartaj Aziz has again reiterated that Islamabad would continue to support Kashmiris politically, morally and diplomatically until and unless Kashmiris achieve freedo

A joint investigation team (JIT) that is probing into allegations of tax evasion by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family will submit its findings on Monday. The Supreme Court appointed the JIT after Opposition parties demanded probe against the premier. Last year, the so-called Panama Pa

Iraq will announce imminently a final victory in the nearly nine-month offensive to retake Mosul, a US general said on Saturday, as celebrations broke out among police forces in areas they control. The Islamic State (IS) group seized Mosul in a lightning offensive on June 10, 2014 before sweeping

Washington: Two Indian-Americans on Saturday pleaded guilty to the charges of their involvement in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres. Bhavesh Patel, 47, from Arizona and Asmitaben Patel, 34, from Illinois pleade

World leaders expressed solidarity and outrage after Saturday night’s van and knife attacks on London Bridge and in nearby Borough Market killed seven people and left 48 in hospital, some in critical condition. “Today we are united across borders in horror and mourning, but also in determination,

KABUL: Kabul will host a multinational peace conference in Afghanistan on Tuesday, as the capital reels from a wave of bombings and clashes that left more than 100 people dead and hundreds wounded in the last week. Much of Kabul remains on lockdown ahead of the conference, labelled the "Kabul Pro

Kabul : Three blasts hit at a cemetery in a funeral ceremony at Khair Khana district in Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 30 more. Nearly hundreds of people attended the funeral ceremony of Salim Ayzedyar son of Alam Ayzedyar, the deputy speaker of the Upper House of parl

Manila: A masked gunman set fire to a gaming room at a casino in the Philippine capital on Friday, igniting a toxic blaze claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group that killed 37 people, authorities said. IS said its "fighters" carried out the attack, though Manila has repeatedly insisted the incid

KABUL:  At least four Afghans were killed Friday as an anti-government protest spiralled into street clashes, with the police firing live rounds to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing demonstrators incensed by a catastrophic bombing. Public anger has mounted after an explosives-laden sewage tanke

At least 13 military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Turkey's Sirnak Province, the Turkish Armed Forces said. According to the Turkish Armed Forces statement, an AS 532 Cougar-type helicopter carrying 13 personnel took off from a military command in Senoba, Sirnak on Wednesday. Sho

The death toll in Sri Lanka’s floods has climbed to 202 with 94 people still missing in the country’s worst torrential rains since 2003 that displaced nearly half a million people. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said at least 629,742 people of 163,701 families have been affected by the bad wea

COLOMBO, May 30:Indian Navy diving and medical teams joined rescue efforts of Sri Lankan authorities in flood-hit regions as the death toll in the country’s worst torrential rains since 2003 climbed today to 193. The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said the adverse weather condition had left 112 p

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security does not plan to announce an expansion of a ban on laptops in airline cabins this week after Secretary John Kelly spoke to European officials on Tuesday, a department spokesman said. The spokesman, David Lapan, confirmed that Kelly was speaking t

Rangamati, Bangladesh: Cyclone Mora enters Bangladesh killing at least six people, most of them were killed due to falling trees in Cox’s Bazaar and Rangamati. Significant damage is reported in refugee camps housing Rohingya Muslims from neighbouring Myanmar. Hundreds of houses have been fully or

Hero surgeon who had spent hours saving the lives of victims of the Manchester bombing was racially abused on his way back to hospital, it has been reported. Naveed Yasin, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon who had spent 48 hours saving lives, was driving back to the Salford royal hospital to conti