CHENNAI: Nine-year-old Arjun who was travelling from United States to Chennai became the billionth passenger to land in Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Airports and representatives from across th

Washington: US President Donald Trump has decided to pull about 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, a US official said Friday, but the Afghan presidency brushed off concerns the drawdown would affect security. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the US official told AFP that "roughly half" of the 14,000

Washington DC: The US and China renewed hostilities at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday, with Washington accusing Beijing of expecting impunity despite countless violations. The world's top two economies exchanged harsh words at the US Trade Policy Review, where the WTO's 164-members are gi

Washington: Former US president Barack Obama took on a new high-profile role as Father Christmas on Wednesday for a surprise visit to sick children in Washington. Sporting a festive Santa hat and armed with a sack of gifts, he delighted young patients at Children's National hospital with gifts and h

A new report by the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows there has been an increase in the number of journalists killed this year, with a total of 80 killed so far. Of these, 63 were professional journalists, compared with 55 professional journalists killed last year. RSF said 348 others were detai

Facebook says it has removed hundreds of pages and accounts in Myanmar with hidden links to the country's military, as the social media giant scrambles to respond to criticism over failures to control hate speech and misinformation. The online platform, Myanmar's most popular and influential site

Germany recently agreed to a one-time compensation to all those who fled the Nazis as children during the late 1930s and the 1940s. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced that Berlin had agreed to pay 2,500 Euros to all the victims who had to flee Nazi Germany and are

The Taliban held a meeting on Monday with American officials in the latest attempt to bring a negotiated end to Afghanistan's 17-year war. The meeting was held in the United Arab Emirates and involved Saudi, Pakistani, and Emirati representatives, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a

India has declared a financial aid of $1.4 billion to the Maldives. The financial package that was being prepared over the last month was formally declared during the press conference attended by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Maldives and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Announcin

Pakistan on Monday released Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, who was detained by the country’s intelligence agencies in 2012 and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a military court in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident,

A Bangladeshi parliamentarian Quazi Rosy observed on Saturday that Bangladesh became an independent country quickly courtesy to the Indian armed forces' tremendous contribution in the Liberation War in 1971. She even compared that the people of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) were treated during

Lahore: Two prime suspects facing charges of murdering Indian national Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani jail were acquitted by a district and sessions in Pakistan court on Saturday. Amir Tandba and Mudasir Munir who were Singh’s fellow inmates at Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore allegedly tortured him to dea

A four-year-old boy drowned after he got trapped in a washing machine filled with hot water at his home in Ajman, the police said. The boy was with his grandmother and uncle at their family villa in Al Rawda when he sneaked his way into the laundry room. He got inside the front-load washing ma

Colombo: Ending the power tussle in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed as Prime Minister by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move, resigned on Saturday and Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to take oath as the island nation's Premier on Sunday. Rajapaksa resigned after

Washington: An Indian techie in the US was sentenced to nine years of prison time on Friday for sexually assaulting a woman on board a plane earlier this year. The accused Prabhu Ramamoorthy (35), who came to the US on an H-1 B visa in 2015, hails from Tamil Nadu. Ramamoorthy, who was travelling on

A Hamas official in the occupied West Bank says Israeli forces have arrested dozens of Hamas supporters, including legislators, in overnight raids. Palestinian media also reported on Friday that scores of Palestinians, including two legislators, have been arrested across the West Bank in overnigh

he Nepal government has declared the use of Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations illegal in the country. The decision, which will affect middle and low-income Indian tourists, was taken at the last Cabinet meeting, Minister of Information Gokul Baskota announced Thursda

Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured when a high-speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and overpass in a suburb of Turkey capital Ankara early on Thursday, officials said. Rescuers worked to free people trapped under the mangled wreckage at the Marsan