Britain: Peter Scotter, 55, of Beach Street, Roker, Sunderland, appeared at Newcastle Crown Court and admitted to have racially assaulted a Muslim Woman after beating her and pulling off her Niqab. Peter pulled off the Niqab of a woman in a shopping centre and yelled – “You are in our country now,

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that the country's court system will be to blame if "something bad" happens after his temporary immigration ban was suspended, media reports said. "Just cannot believe a judge would put our country in such peril. If something happens blame him and court

At least 15 people were killed after an avalanche hit Pakistan’s Chitral district on Sunday, Dawn reported. The bodies of six women, six children and two men were pulled out of the debris in the Sher Shal area, Chitral Scouts Commandant Colonel Nizamuddin Shah said. A Frontier Constabulary soldier w

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Sunday detained hundreds of suspected members of the Islamic State extremist group in nationwide raids, just over a month after an attack on an Istanbul nightclub claimed by the jihadists. Over 400 suspects were rounded up in Turkey's biggest police operation so far ag

KABUL: More than a 100 people have been killed in a series of avalanches triggered by days of heavy snowfall around Afghanistan, including 50 in one village, officials said Sunday, warning the death toll could rise still further. The avalanches struck after three days of heavy snow, which has des

Damascus: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday extended an amnesty, announced last year, till the end of next June, for all rebels who surrender themselves to the Syrian army, state news agency SANA reported. The presidential pardon covers all those who have held weapons in the face of the

The US appeals court has denied the justice department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban. The ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco made the ruling early on Sunday morning, and asked those challenging the ban to respond to the appeal

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday chided business executives that leave President Trump’s business advisory council, saying doing so “would be wrong.” In a pair of tweets on Saturday, Musk remarked on the influence that sitting on the advisory council allowed him to have, saying he was able to make a

Avalanches and freezing weather have killed more than 20 people in Afghanistan, officials said Saturday, as rescuers worked to save scores still trapped under the snow. The avalanches, which followed three days of heavy snow, destroyed homes and blocked roads in central and northeastern provinces.

BEIJING: Warning Trump administration of "endless trouble and burden" if it uses the Dalai Lama against it, China on Saturday sharply criticised the new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for his "amateurish" suggestion that he would encourage talks between Beijing and Dharmsala-based Tibetan gover

United Nations: At least 92,000 people have been displaced since the last October attacks on police posts in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State, UN officials told reporters here. N spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday made the remarks by citing information from the UN Office for the Coordination

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh’s government is moving forward with a plan to relocate Rohingya refugees staying in camps near the country’s largest tourist resort towns to a remote island that is underwater for much of the year. A cabinet order on Thursday directed officials to have the refugees

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