Washington, United States : Washington approved the $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan Tuesday, following close behind a series of new ballistic missile tests by North Korea that could threaten the US ally. Japan will buy up to 73 of the Raytheon-made SM-3 Block IIA missiles, w

NORMAN, Oklahoma: A judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson responsible for fueling Oklahoma's opioid crisis, ordering the pharmaceutical company to pay $572 million to remedy the devastation wrought by the epidemic on the state and its residents. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman'

Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies.” “We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe,” Onyx Lorenzoni,

The head of Hezbollah on Sunday threatened Israel after a “drone attack” on the Lebanese Shiite movement’s Beirut stronghold, vowing to “do everything” to thwart future attacks. Hezbollah, considered a terrorist organisation by Israel and the United States, is a major political actor in Lebanon and

LAHORE : Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that Pakistan was effectively highlighting the Kashmir issue at internationally, but it was unfortunate that some Islamic countries due to their selfish interests were ignoring its ef

Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed a question that several viewers of the Man vs Wild episode featuring the Prime Minister had been left pondering about — how he and Bear Grylls managed to effortlessly converse despite speaking in different languages. "There is no mystery to this," Modi said. "Tec

After roiling markets with tweets lashing out against new Chinese tariffs and urging American companies — saying they are “hereby ordered” — to leave China, US president Donald Trump on Friday slapped an additional 5% levy on existing and planned duties on Chinese goods. “Starting on October 1st,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday used the Pakistani airspace, the first time since the Balakot airstrike in February, to travel to France for a bilateral meet. The airspace was shut following the airstrike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on February 26. IAF planes had destroyed terror camps

Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that will spend 10 days learning to assist astronauts on the International Space Station. Named Fedor, short for Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research, the robot is the first ever sent up by Russia. F

Clearing its stance on Jammu and Kashmir, Bangladesh Wednesday said the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution — which gave Jammu and Kashmir special status — was India’s “internal matter”. “Bangladesh maintains that the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian Government is

Washington: A 27-year-old Indian student has drowned after jumping off from a recreation spot into the Crater Lake in the US state of Oregon, authorities said. Sumedh Mannar jumped off the "Jumping Rock" - a popular recreation spot at the lake - on Sunday around 4:40 pm (local time) and did not r

Three officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) who were probing a terror funding case have been removed for allegedly asking for bribe, the NIA Tuesday said. Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed, the globally designated terrorist, is an accused in this case. The NIA, the country’s federal an

New York: Navneeth Murali, an Indian-American teenager from New Jersey, has won the 2019 South Asian Spelling Bee contest by correctly spelling "flipe" to earn the annual title and USD 3,000 grand prize. The South Asian Spelling Bee (SASB) is an annual spelling bee platform in the US for children

Another door slammed shut on controversial preacher Zakir Naik as Melaka recently became the seventh Malaysian state to ban his religious speeches. Malaysian media reported that Melaka's Chief Minister Adly Zahari ordered the ban and stated that he did not wish for any development that could pote

Washington: Afghanistan has come down heavily on Pakistan for trying to link the Kashmir issue with the Afghan peace process, calling it a ‘poor excuse’. Rejecting Islamabad’s claim that the Kashmir issue could likely have an impact on the ongoing Afghan-Taliban peace process, Kabul said it was a "r

Kabul: At least 63 people were killed and 182 wounded in an explosion targeting a wedding in the Afghan capital, authorities said Sunday. "Among the wounded are women and children," interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said, hours after a massive blast tore through a wedding hall in Kabul la

Thousands of teachers join anti-government protests in Hong Kong The unrest began in June in opposition to a now-suspended extradition bill, and have since grown to include broader demands. Thousands of school teachers joined an 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Saturday

The rare closed-door consultations on Kashmir by the Security Council ended without any outcome or statement from the powerful 15-nation UN organ, dealing a huge snub to Pakistan and its all-weather ally China to internationalise the issue, which an overwhelming majority stressed is a bilateral matt