US president Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration’s decision to cut aid to Pakistan saying the latter doesn’t do “a damn thing for us” despite receiving a billions of dollars from America. The US suspended nearly $2 billion in military aid to Pakistan early this year for not taking

A city in China's far-western Xinjiang region has ordered people who are "poisoned by extremism, terrorism and separatism", in contact with overseas terror groups or behaving in a "conservative" Islamic manner, to turn themselves in. Those who surrender to authorities within 30 days and confess t

NEW YORK: A 61-year old Indian-origin man in New Jersey was shot dead by a 16-year old boy, who is facing charges in connection to the murder, prosecutors said. Sunil Edla was shot to death Thursday evening outside his apartment in Ventnor city , Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said in a s

Islamabad: Comparing himself with Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is smarter than the Nazi and Fascist leaders. Khan's statement came after he was criticised for constant U-turns on several issues. "Adolf Hitler and Napoleon Bonaparte would

India has sought from the US 24 multi-role MH-60 ‘Romeo’ anti-submarine helicopters for its Navy at an estimated cost of USD 2 billion, defence industry sources in Washington said on Friday. India has been in need of these formidable anti-submarine hunter helicopters for more than a decade now. T

Sri Lanka’s Parliament witnessed chaos for a second day Friday as MPs loyal to disputed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa occupied the seat of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and shouted slogans, forcing him to summon police inside the House and adjourning the session until Monday. The brawl occurred a da

SYDNEY: Australia announced on Friday it was taking legal action against India at the WTO over sugar subsidies it said caused a "significant downturn" in world prices and hurt domestic producers. India, the world's second-largest sugar producer, has been giving help to its cane growers, who repor

A pregnant Indian-origin woman has been killed after an arrow pierced through her abdomen in a crossbow attack in London, but her baby survived following an emergency Caesarean section. Sana Mohammad, 35, was injured in the abdomen during the attack on Monday in Ilford area of east London. She di

US president Donald Trump on Tuesday called ties with India a “bulwark for freedom, prosperity, and peace”, spoke of his friendship with prime minister Narendra Modi and, trying to lighten up the trade negotiations between the two countries, he said Indians are “very good negotiators”. The presid

New Delhi: Amnesty International on Monday stripped Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest award, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, in light of her “shameful betrayal of the values she once stood for” and her failure to protect human rights in the Buddhist country and prevent the persecution of

ISTANBUL: Turkey on Monday lashed out at "unacceptable" and "impertinent" comments by the French foreign minister who accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of playing a "political game" over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey had shared recordings linked to the S

HODEIDA: At least 149 people including civilians were killed in 24 hours of clashes between government loyalists and rebels in Yemen's flashpoint city of Hodeida, medics and military sources said Monday. A military source in Hodeida confirmed seven civilians had died in the key port city, without

KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested 12 Indian fishermen for allegedly straying into the country's territorial waters off the coast of Sindh province, a security official said today. They were arrested over the weekend by personnel of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) during an operation.

Turkey has given recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Turkish sources have said previously that authorities have an audio recording purportedly documenting

Baghdad: Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed on Saturday to work together to stabilise oil markets, Iraq’s Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said, without giving further details. During a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq and Saudi Arabia’s oil ministers also discussed an electricity grid connection between the

Jakarta: Indonesia authorities said on Saturday they had stopped the search for victims of a plane crash that killed all 189 people on board, but would keep looking for the Lion Air flight`s second black box, the cockpit voice recorder. "There is nowhere left to search and we have stopped finding

Four Indian-origin men were charged by a Singapore court on Saturday for lighting fireworks on Diwali. Lighting of fireworks has been banned in the country since 1972. The four men were involved in three separate incidents -- illegal fireworks in the housing estates of Yishun, Bukit Batok West an

The Pentagon is moving to stop refueling Saudi Arabian aircraft fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, but it wasn’t clear Friday if a final decision was made or if Congress had been notified, US officials said. Other U.S. officials said the refueling change does not affect the U.S. military assistance an