Israel attacked Damascus International Airport with missiles Saturday night, Syrian state media said, adding that air defenses shot down some of them. A war monitoring group said the attack targeted an arms depot for Iranian forces or Lebanon’s Hezbollah group. Explosions during the attack were h

The Spanish government reversed its decision to scrap a deal to sell 400 laser-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia, despite earlier reservations the hi-tech weapons may kill civilians in Yemen's devastating war. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said on Thursday the deal will now go ahead, a week after

The United States has called an urgent meeting of the U.N. Security Council for Monday in response to what it says are efforts by some countries “to undermine and obstruct” sanctions against North Korea. The U.S. Mission announced on Friday evening that the meeting will “discuss the implementatio

At least one person died and 12 were injured after dozens of fires and suspected gas explosions erupted leading to mass evacuations from US towns north of Boston, police said. Massachusetts State Police said they had responded to 70 reports of fires, explosions and the smell of gas in a widesprea

Khan was briefed on Wednesday in detail on various strategic intelligence and national security matters by senior ISI officials. Pakistan PM Imran Khan told ISI officials that his govt and people of country firmly stood behind the armed forces and intelligence agencies. Pakistan PM Imran Khan

An SUV crashed into a crowd at a public square in central China on Wednesday evening, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 40 others, the city government said. Police arrested the suspected driver of a red SUV that plowed into a large group of people at the square in the seat of He

Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu said Wednesday his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh. With joint efforts of India and China, a high-speed rail link could be established between the two cities, Zhanwu said at

Colombo: Sri Lanka's national airline said Wednesday it has stopped serving cashews after the country's president flew into a rage over nuts served to him on a flight to Colombo. "Returning from Kathmandu, I was served some cashews on board a SriLankan flight, but it was so bad even a dog wouldn'

Ludhiana-born Anshdeep Singh Bhatia became the first turbaned Sikh to be inducted into the security team of US President Donald Trump, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. Anshdeep, whose family had moved from Kanpur to Ludhiana during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots,

WASHINGTON: The United States threatened Monday to arrest and sanction judges and other officials of the International Criminal Court if it moves to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes. White House National Security Advisor John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz passed away Tuesday in London, Pakistan media reported. Sharif and his daughter Maryam Sharif are at present imprisoned in Rawalpindi jail. According to Pakistan media Geo TV, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif an

A Hyderabad woman was allegedly cheated by her husband who forcefully kept her child in Dubai and sent her back to India. The woman, Amreen Ruhi has now, requested the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to look into the matter and help get back her son, Abdulla. Ms Ruhi filed a complaint

Paris: Seven persons, including two British tourists, were injured in a knife attack by a man in downtown Paris late on Sunday. According to the latest update, French police have detained the suspect. Any link to terrorism has also been ruled out. Four of the victims suffered severe wounds and

ISLAMABAD: Arif Alvi, a close ally of Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of the founding members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was sworn in as Pakistan's new president on Sunday.| The 69-year-old dentist was administered the oath of office as Pakistan's 13th President by Chief Just

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN: A small plane crashed into a lake in the centre of South Sudan on Sunday, a regional official told AFP, adding "many on board are feared dead". "We have not yet established full details of the airline but what we know it is a 19-seater plane coming from Juba to Yirol this morni

Kathmandu, Nepal: A helicopter crashed into a hillside in central Nepal on Saturday, killing six on board, including a Japanese tourist, officials said. One woman survived the crash with injuries and has been airlifted to the capital. Rescuers travelled on foot to reach the chopper's wreckage,

Islamabad: Succumbing to pressure from the hardliners, the Pakistan government on Friday withdrew the nomination of noted economist Atif Mian, a member of the minority Ahmadi community, from a newly-constituted economic panel, according to media reports. The move came three days after the Pakista

A 25-year-old Indian man was among three people killed when a gunman opened fire in a bank building in the US city of Cincinnati before police shot the attacker dead on Thursday. Pruthviraj Kandepi, who hailed from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, was killed when 29-year-old Omar Enrique Santa