A former journalist who worked for the Afghan parliament was shot and killed in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, in the latest brazen attack to rock Afghanistan’s capital. Mena Mangal was well known in Kabul circles for her work presenting shows on several television networks, before she left

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a Saudi-educated scholar for what they claim are links with Zahran Hashim, the suspected ringleader of the Easter Sunday bombings, throwing a spotlight on the rising influence of Salafi-Wahhabi Islam on the island’s Muslims. Mohamed Aliyar, 60, is the founder

ISLAMABAD: Admitting that the people of Pakistan were facing the brunt of rising inflation, Prime Minister Imran Khan urged them to "stay strong" until his government fixed the debt-ridden economy. His comments came as Pakistani media reported that Khan's government was close to clinching a bailo

Boeing Co.’s 737 Max is about to join the list of brands trying to come back from ignominy. Analysts are digging into decades-old safety scares for clues to the future of the jetliner -- and Boeing’s finances. There’s the Chevrolet Corvair rollovers that launched Ralph Nader as a consumer advocat

TOKYO, JAPAN: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Japanese authorities said there was no tsunami threat. The Japan earthquake struck at 8:48 am (2348 GMT Thursday) in Pacific waters nearly 40 kilometres (25 miles) east-southeast of Miyaz

In a horrifying incident, a Hyderabad man working at a supermarket in London was stabbed to death in the outlet's parking lot on Wednesday, in full public view. The deceased has been identified as Mohd Nadeemuddin. He was working at Tesco Supermarket in a mall and had been living in London for the p

China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip has removed from its platform products offering travel and accommodation services to Arunachal Pradesh following objections raised by Chinese netizens. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet. India firmly maintains that the state is int

The U.S. on Wednesday threatened to impose more sanctions on Iran “very soon” and warned Europe against doing business with Tehran via a system of non-dollar trade to circumvent U.S. sanctions. The Iranian government announced earlier on Wednesday that it was reducing curbs to its nuclear program

Lahore: A bomb targeting security forces guarding a Sufi shrine in the city of Lahore killed nine and wounded 26 people. Geo News reported that the blast took place outside Data Darbar shrine in Lahore. A vehicle carrying personnel of elite Punjab Police was targetted, agencies reported citing sourc

In what may be a damper for those aspiring to work in the US under the H-1B visa, the American government is proposing a hike in the application fee in order to increase funding for the expansion of a program to train American youth in technology-related services, reports PTI. The H-1B visa, whic

A plane crash in a remote mountain region in northern Mexico claimed the lives of all 13 people on board, including a family of five that were flying back from watching a boxing match in Las Vegas, authorities and local media said on Monday. The wreckage of the plane that took off from Las Vegas

All the Islamic extremists involved in the Easter suicide bombings are either killed or arrested, Sri Lankan police and military chiefs have claimed, assuring that the country is now safe and can get back to normalcy. The tri-forces commanders and the police chief, addressing a press conference o

A high-security prison in China has stationed a high-tech guard in every cell. The Yancheng prison, a facility directly run by the country's Ministry of Justice, has installed cameras in every cell in an attempt to use AI or artificial intelligence to monitor inmates. The "smart jail" system involve

MOSCOW: The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing. Investigators were on Monday working to understand the causes of the blaze after the Sukhoi Superjet-100 had to re

NEW DELHI: India has raised concerns with Pakistan over harassment of two of its diplomats by intelligence personnel last month and asked it to conduct an inquiry and prevent recurrence of such incidents, sources said in Delhi on Saturday. It also conveyed its concerns regarding security of the Ind

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has paid tribute to Tipu Sultan, praising the 18th century ruler of Mysore for preferring to die for freedom rather than “live a life of enslavement“. Mr. Khan took to twitter to express his admiration for the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom a

Twenty-four US members of Congress sent a letter on Friday to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, urging him not to end a vital trade concession for India, a day before the Trump administration is likely to announce a decision on it. Ending the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), whic

An Indian national in Singapore has been jailed for six weeks for giving bribe to two officials of a pest control company and compromising the health security of employees at the construction site where he was working, according to a media report. Muthukaruppan Periyasamy, 52, who worked as a con