Karachi: Two minor Hindu sisters were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly married after being converted to Islam in Pakistan's Sindh province, triggering protests by the minority community. The two girls, 13-year-old Raveena and 15-year-old Reena, were allegedly kidnapped by a group of "influential"

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday evening tweeted: “Received msg from PM Modi: ‘I extend my greetings & best wishes to the people of Pakistan on the National Day of Pakistan. It is time that ppl of Sub-continent work together for a democratic, peaceful, progressive & prosperous re

A U.S.-backed Syrian force says it has liberated the last area held by the Islamic State group in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz, declaring victory over the extremists and the end of their self-declared caliphate. Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic Forces, tweeted that “Ba

The death toll in an explosion in an industrial park in eastern China went up to to 44 on Friday morning as a number of people died of their injuries. The explosion occurred on Thursday following a fire in a fertilizer factory in a chemical industrial park in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, according

At least 60 people were killed on Friday in a bus collision in Ghana, West Africa, AFP quoted the police as saying. Each bus was carrying about 50 passengers at the time of the crash. The buses collided at around 2 am (local time) in the Bono East region, some 430 kilometres (270 miles) by road n

According to a report of Indian intelligence agencies, China has deployed its troops in Sindh region of Pakistan to protect the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The report noted that China has deployed the troops of People Liberation Army (PLA) for the security of coal mines in Sindh's Th

The United States has warned Pakistan that another terror attack on India will prove to be “extremely problematic” and asked Islamabad to take more “concrete and sustained” actions to rein in terror groups, including the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Tensions between India

Beijing: India on Wednesday signaled that it will boycott China’s second Belt and Road Forum for a second time, saying no country can participate in an initiative that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. India boycotted the first Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in 2017 a

Fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi was arrested in central London on Tuesday evening and was produced in the Westminster magistrates court, where the court refused him bail. Nirav Modi, 48, is the subject of an extradition request by India, where he is accused of major financial irregularitie

China on Tuesday rejected the assertion by the Dalai Lama that his successor could be found in India — a move that could undermine the legitimacy of the next in line chosen by Beijing. The 14th Dalai Lama has been living in India in exile since 1959. China has labeled him a “dangerous secessio

An arrest warrant has been issued for fugitive diamond trader Nirav Modi, by the Westminster Magistrates Court, sources have said. The sources said the warrant had been issued last week, and that India had been made aware of this on Monday. However, there is currently no indication of when precis

The simmering tension between India and Pakistan will figure in the first Sino-Pakistani strategic dialogue between the two foreign ministers to be held in Beijing on Tuesday. Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi reached Beijing on Monday to attend the first dialogues under the new mechanism in

A cricket stadium, renewable energy projects, a thousand additional slots for Maldivian students in Indian courses and the dedication of a renovated hospital were highlights of discussions during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to the Maldives on Monday, as Maldives reaffirmed its “I

A man whose wife was killed in the Christchurch attack as she rushed back into a mosque to rescue him said he harbours no hatred toward the gunman, insisting forgiveness is the best path forward. “I would say to him ‘I love him as a person’,” Farid Ahmad told AFP. “I could not accept what he did.

Terror mastermind Masood Azhar had undertaken a month-long sojourn to England to collect funds for militants operating in Jammu and Kashmir and received Rs 15 lakh (Pakistani currency), though he got a “very poor” response while travelling to Sharjah and Saudi Arabia before arriving in India in 1994

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns that the massacre by an apparent white supremacist in New Zealand indicates a dangerous trend. Trump was asked if the killing of at least 49 people in two mosques in Christchurch by a man claiming that white people are being overwhelmed in th

Harare: At least 100 people are missing in parts of eastern Zimbabwe hit by the peripheral effects of tropical cyclone Idai which has lashed Mozambique, a local lawmaker said Saturday. Thousands of people have been affected, power cut off and major bridges flooded in parts of the Manicaland provi

While the world may have been speculating whether Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan would be nominated for the Nobel peace prize or not, with him addressing these speculations further, the world missed out on another contender. 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has been