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

In a welcoming news for Indians, Pakistan on Friday announced that it would soon open the Kartarpur border corridor for Sikh pilgrims of India. Reacting to the announcement, Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu welcomed it and thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for taking the step. On the 55

Tokyo: Devastating landslides caused by a powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake in northern Japan claimed at least nine lives on Thursday, with dozens still missing as homes were engulfed. Multiple, large-scale landslides struck the sparsely populated countryside, which was also hit by the edge of a po

Pakistan on Wednesday once again raised the Kashmir issue at the United Nations and even linked it to the Palestine issue in a shoddy attempt to draw a parallel. India's response though ignored the matter with precision and instead came in the form of highlighting its rich culutral heritage and comm

India will likely tell the US that it won’t be able to cut oil imports from Iran after sanctions take effect early November and hopes to “sensitise’’ Washington to the issues faced by the country in this regard, while making it clear that no nation can dictate how its external policy can be run.

London: Some of Britain's MPs from the ruling Conservative party on Monday questioned the UK government's financial assistance programme for India, which will involve 52 million pounds for 2018-19 and 46 million pounds for 2019-20. A few weeks after the government's Department for International D

TOKYO: Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western Japan on Tuesday, believed to be the strongest tropical cyclone to come ashore in Japan in 25 years. The storm has paralyzed Japan's second-largest population center, with flights and trains canceled across the region and companies forced to temporarily c

The founder of the Haqqani network, one of Afghanistan's most effective and feared militant groups, has died after a long illness, their affiliates the Afghan Taliban announced Tuesday. Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose son Sirajuddin Haqqani now heads the brutal group and is also the Taliban's deputy le

Ten people including children were shot at an apartment complex in San Bernardino, California Sunday night, police said, with three people in dire condition. “We got a call about 10:45 p.m. for shots fired,” said San Bernardino spokesman Capt. Richard Lawhead. “We found 10 victims down at the sce

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN: At least 12 people were killed, including two Ukrainians, when a helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Sunday, Afghan and foreign officials said. The aircraft, owned by a Moldovan company, was carrying 14 people including 11 members of Afghan security forces w

KATHMANDU: A domestic aircraft of a private air service provider skidded off the runway of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, injuring five passengers on board. "The Aircraft bearing the call sign 9NAHW was carrying 21 passengers from Nepalgunj to Kathmandu. It skidded off the ru

A 41-year-old woman from Hyderabad, who was allegedly trafficked to Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, died under mysterious circumstances. The family of the victim suspects that she might have been ''murdered'' by her employer and has sought the help from the External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj in

Pakistan on Friday expressed its support to Iran on the international nuclear deal related to the Iranian nuclear issue during talks between foreign ministers of the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who arrived in Pakistan on Thursday on a t

UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed regret over the US’ decision to provide no further funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, urging other countries to help fill the financial gap. His remarks came after the US decided to stop funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestin