Tokyo: Missing: A tiny island in northern Japan. Or so authorities fear, prompting plans for a survey to determine if the outcrop has been washed away, ever-so-slightly shrinking the country's territorial waters. The island, known as Esambe Hanakita Kojima was only officially surveyed and registe

Imran Khan arrived here Friday in what is termed as the most significant visit to China by a Pakistani Prime Minister in recent years as the all-weather allies grapple to iron out differences over the multi-billion CPEC and Islamabad approaching 'friendly nations' to avoid a tough IMF bailout packag

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned that soldiers deployed to the Mexican border could shoot Central American migrants who throw stones at them while attempting to cross illegally. Trump told journalists at the White House that a group of several thousand migrants attempting to walk from Ce

India on Wednesday said it has lodged strong protests with Pakistan and China over a proposed bus service between the two countries that runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), calling it a violation of “India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” According to reports, the bus service w

A 53-year-old woman survived six days in the Arizona desert on grass and water after crashing her car, before being rescued by a rancher and highway workers who were chasing a cow, police and local media said on Wednesday. The woman, whose name was not disclosed, lost control of her car on Oct. 1

Colombo: Tens of thousands of supporters of sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe blocked roads in Sri Lanka's capital on Tuesday, stepping up a showdown with a former strongman accused of rights abuses -- who also claims to head the country's government. Wickremesinghe left his official reside

A suicide bomber targeting a bus of government employees near Kabul's biggest prison has killed at least seven people on Wednesday. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said the attacker detonated explosives near a vehicle of the employees from Pul-e-Charkhi prison on the outskirts of the Afg

The Indian troops on Monday targeted Pakistan Army’s administrative headquarters across the Line of Control (LoC) to avenge the recent shelling on its camps in the border district of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. “The Army action was successful. It was a good strike,” a senior officer told TNIE an

PAKISJAYA: Fishermen Budi and Gauk left home an hour before dawn on Monday and, with prawn nets stowed on their shallow teak boat, they headed out in a becalmed sea off the coast northeast of Jakarta in clear weather. About the same time, on the other side of the Indonesian capital, passengers we

A special court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to seven years in jail involving a charity fund named after her late husband. Judge Md Akhtaruzaman on Monday found her guilty of misuse of power as prime minister in collecting $375,000 for the Zia Charitable

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Sunday nabbed two Pakistani nationals in Punjab's Ferozepur. The Pakistani nationals were approaching to the Indian side at around 6.30 pm, BSF sources confirmed. Some cash, two IDs of Pakistan Army, one Pakistani SIM card, four photographs and two

The Pakistan government on Saturday strongly rejected reports that an Israeli aircraft carrying some officials secretly landed in Islamabad and flew away after several hours at the airport here. It all started when Israeli journalist Avi Scharf said in a tweet on October 25 that an Israeli busine

The Pakistan Supreme Court Saturday reinstated the ban on the broadcast of Indian content on television channels in the country, setting aside a July judgement by the Lahore High Court (LHC) which lifted the ban imposed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), Dawn reported. The de

Maithripala Sirisena installed Sri Lanka's controversial former strongman leader Mahinda Rajapakse as the country's new prime minister Friday, in a shock move that plunged the island into an unprecedented constitutional crisis. Sirisena's office announced the surprise decision after the president

London: Pakistan remains a breeding ground and supporter of global terrorism and is responsible for three times the terror risk to humanity that Syria poses, says a study. The report titled "Humanity at Risk - Global Terror Threat Indicant (GTTI)" was published by Oxford University and Strategic

Pakistan would send a human to space for the first time in 2022 with China's help, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced today, ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to Beijing. Pakistan's first space mission has been planned for 2022 and the federal Cabinet meeting chaired by

India has asked the Security Council to impose sanctions against terrorists involved in sexual violence in armed conflicts after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had reported a huge increase in such brutalities. “Sexual violence, abductions and human trafficking continue to be used as weapons o

London: An emerald and seed-pearl necklace owned by Maharani Jindan Kaur, the wife of Sikh emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh, has sold for 187,000 pounds at a London auction after triggering a fierce bidding war, an official has said. The necklace worn by Kaur, the final and the only one of Maharaja'