Jakarta: Skies over an Indonesian province turned red over the weekend, thanks to the widespread forest fires which have plagued huge parts of the country. One resident in Jambi province, who captured pictures of the sky, said the haze had "hurt her eyes and throat". Every year, fires in Indon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main opponent Benny Gantz agreed to explore options for a unity government on September 23 as they met for the first time since last week’s election at the request of Israel’s president. The key meeting came as the deadlocked vote results threaten

Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history. Chief Executive Peter Fankhauser said it was a matter of profound regret that the company

Hong Kong announced new curbs on rail travel on Sunday ahead of the latest in a series of planned protests targeting the airport after a night of widespread violent street clashes in the Chinese-ruled territory. Anti government protesters have targeted the airport before, occupying the arrivals h

The historic locations is expected to provide a perfect setting for a memorable photo opportunity. The historic shore temple and five rathas here are all set to get enlivened with world class lighting and a dash of fresh green with pruned trees and trimmed landscape for the summit between Pri

PORT BLAIR: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized contraband drugs worth Rs 300 crore from a Myanmar ship in the Indian Ocean region, officials said on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the ICG on Saturday for the successful operation. According to the ICG officials, the

Sydney: Children in Australia and the Pacific Islands kicked off a millions-strong global climate strike Friday -- heeding the rallying cry of teen activist Greta Thunberg and demanding adults take action to stave off environmental disaster. From Sydney to Seoul to Sao Paolo, children will shut t

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is likely to use the opportunity of discussions during the high-level UN General Assembly session next week to raise the Kashmir issue, the UN chief's spokesperson has said. Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric during th

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on his main rival, former general Benny Gantz, to join him in a broad, governing coalition after Israel’s election ended with no clear winner. A spokeswoman for Mr. Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, had no immediate res

A Taliban truck bomb killed at least 20 people and wounded 95 when it exploded near a hospital in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, a provincial official said, with casualties expected to rise as rescuers sift the rubble. The Taliban, who have been carrying out nearly daily attacks since the coll

Police have booked more than 200 people in connection with the violent anti-Hindu riots in Ghotki district of Sindh, Pakistan. Officials said three separate cases were filed in which a total of 218 people have been booked. Sukkur additional inspector general of police Jamil Ahmed said all three c

In yet another diplomatic win for India, the European Union Parliament supported New Delhi's stance on Kashmir and called Pakistan an “ambiguous” nation. Calling India "the greatest democracy of the world," the EU pointed out that one needs to look at the number of terrorist acts that the country

Sindh, Pakistan: A Pakistani Hindu girl from Sindh was found dead in her hostel room on Tuesday. While the police has said she killed herself, the girl's family claimed she was murdered. First-year medical student, Namrita Chandani, who belonged to Ghotki town where a Hindu temple was ransacked r

An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed 24 people and injured 31 others, a health official said, but Mr. Ghani was unhurt according to an aide. Mr. Ghani had been due to address the rally in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, north of Kabul, when th

Taliban's Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen on Saturday confirmed that representatives from Taliban met Russian officials in Moscow, just days after US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that the peace talks between Washington and Taliban were dead. Shaheen said a Taliban delegation m

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has continued with his shrill pitch on Kashmir saying that a nuclear war with India is a possibility after New Delhi revoked the special status for Jammu and Kashmir. Imran Khan, in an interview with Al Jazeera, said that Pakistan could lose in a conventional wa

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed a veteran Indian Army official as the head of the world body's observer mission in Yemen's port city of Hodeidah. Lieutenant General (retired) Abhijit Guha has been appointed as the Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Co

Pakistan should have taken a neutral stance instead of backing America’s campaign against the Soviet rule in Afghanistan, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday. This comes days ahead of his trip to the US and his address to the UNGA. “I strongly felt Pakistan should have been neutral because