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

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