KABUL: A suicide blast in a mainly Shi'ite area of Kabul killed at least 34 people on Wednesday, the latest in a wave of attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, soldiers and policemen over recent days. The explosion, targeting an educational centre in the west of the Afghan capital, tore

A ‘priceless’ 12th century bronze Buddha statue that was stolen from Bihar 57 years ago has been returned by British police to the Indian High Commission in London. The statue that was stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India site museum in Nalanda, along with 13 others in 1961, was identif

An Indian shipping company says one of its crude oil tankers suffered an explosion off the coast of Oman and three of its sailors are missing. The Shipping Corporation of India says the explosion struck the MT Desh Vaibhav on Tuesday in the Gulf of Oman while it was en route to Fujairah on the ea

Kathmandu: In a freak accident, an Indian Kailash Mansarovar pilgrim died on Tuesday after being hit by the rear blade of a helicopter at a remote helipad in Nepal's Hilsa region, an Indian embassy official said. The deceased, identified as 42-year-old Kartik Nagendra Kumar Mehta, a resident of M

London: Several persons were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians and later smashed into security barriers outside the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament in Westminster on Tuesday morning. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, informed the Scotland Yard. The incident reportedly too

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday celebrated its 72nd Independence Day with commemorative ceremonies held in cities across the country. The day-long festivities began with special prayers in mosques and the hoisting of the national flag at all important public buildings in the country, which have be

Pro-India and pro-Khalistan groups were engaged in a noisy face-off during an event to call for a so-called “referendum” for the independence of Punjab at London’s Trafalgar Square on Sunday. More than 2,500 pro-Khalistan supporters gathered to issue what the organiser, US-based Sikhs for Justice

Karachi: Pakistan today released 26 Indian fishermen from jail as a goodwill gesture, a day before newly-elected Parliament's maiden meeting to start the process of handing over powers to the new government, media reports said. The fishermen had been arrested by the authorities for allegedly trespa

A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.” Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrim

London: The British writer and Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, died at his home in London at the age of 85, family sources said on Saturday. His wife, Lady Naipaul, who described the author as a giant in everything he achieved, said in a statement that "he died s

QUETTA: Five people were wounded, including three Chinese nationals, in a suicide bombing on a bus carrying Chinese workers in Pakistan on Saturday, a police official said, in an attack claimed by Baloch separatists. "A suicide bomber used an explosives laden pick-up for the attack. He exploded t

President Donald Trump’s administration has quietly started cutting scores of Pakistani officers from coveted training and educational programmes that have been a hallmark of bilateral military relations for more than a decade, U.S. officials say. The move, which has not been previously reported,

Ghazni (Afghanistan): US forces launched airstrikes on Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces fought to beat the insurgents back. Officials said Afghan special force

WASHINGTON DC: The US has announced that it would impose fresh sanctions against Russia from the end of August. The move comes after intense debate in US circles over the effects of the sanctions, and subsequent measures to ensure the blowback among other things does not affect countries like India.

New York: Son of a police chief in California is among two teenagers arrested and charged with attempted robbery and abuse in the brutal attack on a 71-year-old Sikh man this week. The investigators are trying to determine if the attack was a hate crime. Police arrested 18-year-old Tyrone McAllis

For the first time, Pakistani soldiers will undergo training at Russian military institutes after the two countries signed an agreement related to it, in a sign of further strengthening their defence ties. The agreement was signed on Tuesday at the conclusion of the first meeting of Russia-Pakist

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that sanctions reimposed on Iran were the "most biting ever" as he warned other countries from doing business with Tehran. "The Iran sanctions have officially been cast. These are the most biting sanctions ever imposed, and in November they ra

Struggling to address the problem of an ageing population, China has signalled the possible scrapping of its two-child policy and relaxing birth restrictions. And it started with the unveiling of a new postage stamp — showing a happy family of pigs with three piglets. China Post unveiled the Year