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

The body of a missing man, who was murdered in 1974, has finally been found after a fig seed in his stomach grew into a tree. In 2011, a researcher spotted a fig tree growing in an unusual place in the mountains. He dug the area around the tree and was horrified to find the remains of a human body t

The Antigua government Thursday said it would cooperate with India in the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who is a prime accused along with his nephew Nirav Modi in the Rs 13,600-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case. The assurance was confirmed during a meeting between External Af

Hyderabad: An 11-month-old baby boy died on board a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday. The baby, identified as Arnav Varma, was travelling with his parents from Doha to Hyderabad when he reportedly developed breathing troubles. As soon as the flight la

Saudi Arabia has launched a high-speed railway connecting Islam’s two holiest cities in a bid to improve traffic congestion for the millions of Muslim pilgrims that visit the country annually. King Salman launched the 450km Haramain High-Speed Rail System linking Mecca and Medina via the Red Sea

A 22-year-old Sikh soldier, who created history by becoming the first to wear a turban during an annual parade to mark British Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday ceremony, could be kicked out from his post after he was tested positive for cocaine, according to a media report. Charanpreet Singh Lall ma

The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and journalist Cyril Almeida to appear before it in a treason case on October 8, Dawn reported. The court was responding to a plea filed by a person called Amina Malik, who has sought action against Sharif for defami