New York, Massachusetts and Virginia on Tuesday joined Washington state on a growing list of states challenging the travel ban that caused chaos at airports in those states and beyond at the weekend as people with valid immigration documents were detained or deported after arriving on flights from o

Kabul [Afghanistan]: A top Taliban leader in charge of recruiting members for the group has been arrested during an operation by the Afghan Police Forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the detained Taliban leader has been identified as Abdullah and was held from the vicinity of Khanabad dis

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged the international community on Tuesday to play its role in a just resolution of the Palestinian issue. Speaking at a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after their talks in Islamabad, Sharif said ensuring peace in th

Nawar al-Awlaki, 8, was among several non-combats killed in Trump’s first raid She was the daughter of American al Qaeda leader who was killed in a 2011 raid Also killed in the attack was SEAL Team 6 member Officer William Owens  Officials said that in the President’s first strike ‘almo

Washington - President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night for "refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States," the White House said. "(Yates) has betrayed the Department of Justice," the White House statement said. Dana

When President Donald Trump sat down with leaders from Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and other tech firms shortly after his election, the meeting was more of a cordial gathering than a fiery clash between government and an industry that powers the economy. Trump’s immigration order has ignited

London , PTI -- A 4-year-old Muslim girl in the UK has been banned from wearing a hijab by a Roman Catholic school under a strict uniform policy, sparking a massive row on social media. The unnamed child was told by staff at St Clare's School in Handsworth, Birmingham, that she should not wear he

Karachi: A Pakistani female lawmaker threatened to self-immolate after she was harassed by male colleagues in parliament, telling journalists the widely-publicised incident shows how laws to protect women are not being enforced. Nusrat Sahar Abbasi, an MP in Sindh province, spoke of her fury afte

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to sign several executive orders, including one on building a border wall with Mexico, this week to crack down on immigrants – one of his central campaign promises – and could suspend immigration from some Muslim nations, media reports have said. Trump

WASHINGTON: Microsoft founder Bill Gates will be world’s first trillionaire in the next 25 years, according to a new research. According to research firm Oxfam International, the world would get its first trillionaire in the next 25 years, when Bill Gates becomes around 86 years old. A report

Istanbul: Seven-year-old Syrian girl Bana al-Abed, who came to international attention with her tweets giving a tragic account of the war in Aleppo, has written an open letter to new US President Donald Trump. In her letter Bana, who was evacuated from the besieged city to Turkey in December, app

Los Angeles: Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris, says she believes her father was murdered. Opening up for the first time about her life with the ‘King of Pop’ in an interview to Rolling Stone, Paris said Jackson’s death was a “setup”. Dr Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jac

Pakistan on Tuesday conducted the first flight test of long range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Ababeel. It claimed that the missile has the capability to carry nuclear warheads and engage multiple targets with high precision, defeating the enemy’s hostile radars. An official statement by

Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif can be summoned for recording his statements in the ongoing Panamagate case. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa made these remarks in response to a plea made by Jamaat-e-Islami counsel Advocate Taufiq Asif.Justice Khosa is

Chicago: Former US President George H W Bush has been transferred from intensive care and could be released from the hospital Friday or over the weekend, doctors said on Tuesday. His wife and former first lady Barbara Bush was discharged from the hospital, Bush physicians Amy Mynderse and Clint D

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he will not tell the press what Barack Obama wrote in the “beautiful” letter the outgoing president left for him in the Oval Office. “I just went to the Oval Office and found this beautiful letter from President Obama,” Trump said, addressing senior

Islamabad [Pakistan]: Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has congratulated United States President Donald Trump on assuming office. “The people and leadership of Pakistan welcome the successful transition in the U.S. and congratulate the honourable

Sydney [Australia]: A strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake off Papua New Guinea on Sunday has triggered a tsunami alert for several Pacific islands. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake, about 47km west of Arawa on the north coast of Bougainville island, and the depth was put at 154km. P