Amidst reports of negotiations for a deal with china hitting a bump, President Donald Trump has said that he will enter into a trade deal with Beijing only if he is confident that it is good for the US. But he also told reporters at the White House on Friday that he is confident of entering into

Islamabad: Pakistan`s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Saturday said the country`s airspace will remain closed for all transit flights till March 11. The CAA in its new notification said the opening of Pakistan`s airspace has been delayed till 3 p.m. on March 11 (Monday). On Friday, the aviation

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday lodged an FIR against "unidentified pilots" of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for bombing and destroying 19 trees in the Balakot area, according to a media report, days after New Delhi launched a pre-emptive strike against the Jaish-e-Mohammed's largest training camp in the

Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan's first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women's Day. "Chairman Senate of Pakistan decided to make our colleague Krishna Kumari Kohli aka Kishoo Bai to Chair th

Huawei said on Thursday it was suing the United States for barring government agencies from buying the Chinese telecom giant's products, opening a legal front in its battle against American warnings that they could serve as a tool for Chinese intelligence services. Huawei said the suit was filed

New Delhi: A day after an international news agency released images indicating that there was no damage to buildings targeted by the Indian Air Force in Balakot, the IAF has submitted radar and satellite images of the strike to the government. According to sources, the IAF images show 'significant d

Jalalabad: At least 16 people were killed in a suicide attack early Wednesday on a construction company in eastern Afghanistan, an official said, the latest bloody assault in the war-torn country. The hours-long assault in Jalalabad began early Wednesday when at least two blasts were heard, an AF

Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Ministry has formally banned terror organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and its subsidiary, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), news agency ANI reported. The organisations that belong to Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack, have reportedly been ba

Beijing: China, the world's second largest military spender after the US, Tuesday announced a 7.5 per cent increase in its defence budget for this year, hiking it to a whopping USD 177.61 billion, over three times that of India. The 2019 defence budget will be 1.19 trillion yuan (about USD 177.61

Islamabad: Punjab Information and Culture Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan became a target of intense criticism by senior members of his party, the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf following his castigating remarks on the Hindus. The minister was quoted by Samaa news agency, during a press conferen

French police have arrested 44 migrants who had climbed aboard a ferry while it was docked at the port of Calais in the night of Saturday to Sunday, a Pas-de-Calais prefecture official told Reuters. The migrants entered the highly protected port area on Saturday night and used ladders to climb ab

New Delhi/Islamabad: A day after speculations and rumours about the death of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, Pakistan’s Punjab minister Fayyaz ul Hassan Chohan on Monday clarified that the terrorist was alive. Chohan claimed that the government had no information about his death,

London: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) organisation on Saturday announced that it will organise protests and awareness campaigns in different cities of the world on March 27 against the forcible and illegal occupation of Balochistan by Pakistan. In a statement issued to media, the FBM said,

New Delhi: India on Saturday gave a befitting rebuttal to the debate on the territorial authority of Jammu and Kashmir, with the Centre categorically stating that the state is “an integral part of India”, putting all discourse to rest. The External Affairs Ministry was responding to a resolution

Washington: The US is seeking more information on the potential misuse of American-made F-16 fighter jets by Pakistan against India in violation of the end-user agreement, the State Department has said. The Indian Air Force on Thursday displayed parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air m

New Delhi/London: Britain stands shoulder-to-shoulder with India in outrage over the Pulwama terror attack, and in determination to work towards defeating terrorism that threatens both the countries, British MP and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said Saturday. Speaking at a India Today Co

Islamabad: Pakistan was not under "pressure" or "any compulsion" to release Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday, a day after the IAF Wing Commander returned home. India has been maintaining that the Pakistani decision is in consonance with the

Jakarta: Rescuers at a collapsed Indonesian gold mine brought in a heavy excavator to the perilous site Friday as they ramped up efforts to reach more than 30 miners still trapped underground. Search teams had been forced to use spades and even bare hands following the collapse at the remote site on