According to the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation's Radio Pakistan report, Sharif, while talking to the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, said that Pakistan invited India for talks but India did not respond. As expected, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has chosen not to ans

The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May. She had been scheduled to be released in 2045. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the move set a "dangerous precedent". But at his final news conference, Mr Obama said: "Justice has been served." Chelsea M

The number of dead has risen to at least 76 people in the accidental Nigerian air force strike on a camp for displaced people, according to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRC). ICRC said on Wednesday that six Nigeria Red Cross members were among the dead and 13 more were

Houston-area media are quoting former President George H.W. Bush’s chief of staff as saying that Mr. Bush has been hospitalised in Houston. The Houston Chronicle and KHOU-TV reported on Wednesday that Mr. Bush’s chief of staff Jean Becker says the 41st President was recently admitted to Houston M

The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has officially ended, nearly three years after the plane mysteriously disappeared. Transport ministers from Malaysia, Australia and China announced Tuesday the search had officially been suspended. The Boeing 777 plane disappeared March 8, 2014 while

CAIRO: A group of terrorists attacked a security checkpoint at Al-Naqb in southwestern Egypt's New Valley Governorate, 70 km from Kharga city, killing eight police officials and injuring three others. The attack took place last night in which two of the attackers were killed during the gunbattle

BISHKEK: A Turkish cargo jet crashed near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing747 as it tried to land in dense fog, Kyrgyz officials said. According to the airport administration, the plane was supposed to make

The main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul has been arrested, Turkish media report. Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the attack on the Reina club in which 39 people were killed. The Uzbek national is said to have been caught in Istanbul's

US President Barack Obama on Monday marked the first anniversary of the nuclear deal with Iran by emphasizing its “significant and concrete results” and warning the incoming Trump administration against undoing a pact supported by the world’s major powers. In language clearly directed at Donald T

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN:  Pakistan has cautioned members of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a 35-member elite grouping that includes India and controls export in high-end missile technologies, that introduction of "destabilising systems" like "missile defence programmes" and "inter-continental

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Prime Minister on Wednesday asked Myanmar to take back tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in the Buddhist majority nation’s Rakhine state, an official said. According to the UN, at least 65,000 people belonging to the Muslim minority have

If President Barack Obama is still wondering what to do when he leaves office next week, he has a ready job offer — from Spotify. The world’s leading streaming service on Monday advertised an opening for “President of Playlists” — and said it was looking for someone with “at least eight years exp

United Nations: Ban Ki-Moon joked to hundreds of diplomats and UN staff as he left United Nations headquarters for the last time as secretary-general that he feels “like Cinderella” tomorrow at midnight, everything changes.” Flanked by the presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Counc

New York police officers will be allowed to wear beards and turbans while in uniform in accordance with their religion, a measure long demanded by Sikh and Muslim officers. Sikh policemen in New York who request to do so will now be able to wear standard-length turbans, provided they are blue. Th

Sarajevo,December 30, 2016: Bosnia’s main university will not hold classes during Muslim Friday prayers, prompting criticism from some that it represents a step towards Islamisation. The University of Sarajevo this week adopted a plan to halt activities for about an-hour-and-a-half each Friday duri

Tokyo [Japan]: An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude has struck north of Tokyo, Japan, reports United States Geological Survey (USGS). However, according to Japan Meteorological Agency, the intensity of the earthquake is measured to be 6.3 on the Richter Scale. The quake struck the city of Takahagi,

DAMASCUS, SYRIA: Syrian authorities have accused rebel fighters of executing 21 civilians, including women and children, at close range as they quit second city Aleppo last week, state media reported. The bodies were found in two neighbourhoods in east Aleppo, state news agency SANA said late Sun

Santiago [Chile]: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale has hit the coast of southern Chile. Officials have ordered an evacuation of the coastal area after a Tsunami threat was issued for parts of the Pacific Ocean close to the earthquake, reports The Independent. According