BEIJING:  Interpol President Meng Hongwei has been detained in China for questioning as part of an investigation against him, a media report said Saturday, a day after he was reported missing in his native country. Meng, 64, the first Chinese head of the international law enforcement agency he

Human rights campaigner Nadia Murad won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work against sexual violence in conflicts around the world. Born and raised in Kocho, a village Northen Iraq, Murad was enslaved and tortured by Islamic State militants in 2014, and lost 18 members of her family. Mu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday invited Russia to set up a dedicated defence industrial park in India as he looked to expand ties with New Delhi's traditional ally. Speaking at a business meeting where visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin was also present, Modi said the trade between the

Washington: The Trump Administration in its meetings with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi this week talked about the suspension of security assistance since early this year and the importance that they place on them renewing an effective campaign against terrorists, the White House s

NEW DELHI: With over a month and a half to go before he demits office, outgoing Maldives’ President, Abdulla Yameen, is trying every trick in the book to discredit the recent elections and is trying to stay in power. On Wednesday, even as former president Mohamed Nasheed tweeted that he would land

Islamabad is seeking an American role in facilitating talks between India and Pakistan because the two South Asian neighbours are not engaging bilaterally, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said, warning that absence of such a facilitation could lead to escalation of tension. B

Washington: There is unlikely to be any changes in America's policy on suspension of aid to Pakistan until it makes substantial progress against terrorists and their safe havens, the Trump administration has told Islamabad as the two countries try to reset their strained ties. Secretary of State

India has launched a massive operation to provide assistance to the earthquake and tsunami victims in Indonesia, dispatching two aircraft and three naval ships carrying relief material to the country, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday. 'Operation Samudra Maitri' for humanit

Former chief justice of Bangladesh Surendra Kumar Sinha, who has sought political asylum in the US, has urged India to support the rule of law and democracy in his country, saying the Indian government should not ignore the will of people by backing the "autocratic" Awami League-led government. M

Indian-origin Harvard University professor Gita Gopinath has been appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund or IMF, the international organisation tweeted. She replaces outgoing chief economist Maury Obstfeld, who will retire in December, IMF said. Gita Gopinath is the John Zwa

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that India wants to have a trade deal with the US because it does not want him to impose tariffs on their products. Trump's remarks, for the second time in recent weeks, comes days after Assistant US Trade Representative Mark Linscott returned from India wh

Iran has fired missiles at militants in Syria blamed for an attack in southwestern Iran on Sept. 22, the Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, in what it called a sign of Tehran’s readiness to punish its enemies’ “wickedness”. The strike took place at 2 a.m. local time and targeted the bases of “takf

The death toll in Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster nearly doubled to more than 800 Sunday, as ill-equipped rescuers struggled to reach scores of trapped victims, health officials resorted to mass burials and desperate residents looted shops for food and water. "The casualties will keep increasi

Indian Army on Sunday said Pakistani Army violated airspace along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pir Panjal's Valley’s Poonch district. A Jammu-based defence spokesman Lt. Col. Devendra Anand said the air violation was noted at 12:10 p.m. by a Pakistani helicopter in Poonch Sector. Preliminary

NEW DELHI: India on Friday signed two loan agreements with Japan for construction of a Metro project in Kolkata and a high-speed rail project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, said an official. As per the agreements, the Japan International Cooperation Agency would provide a loan worth Rs. 5,591 cror

PALU, INDONESIA: Nearly 400 people were killed when a powerful quake sent a tsunami barrelling into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. The national disaster agency

Canada’s parliament has voted unanimously to effectively strip Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship over the Rohingya crisis. Ottawa had given the long-detained democracy advocate and Nobel laureate the rare honour in 2007. But her international reputation has b

US President Donald Trump “looks forward” to visiting India but the timing will depend on his other commitments, according to a senior State Department official. “I am certain that President Trump looks forward to being able to visit India at an appropriate time,” Alice Wells, the principal deput