Billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, who is accused of a $2 billion fraud involving several banks in India, has fled to the United Kingdom seeking political asylum citing persecution by Indian authorities, reports the Financial Times. Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are alleged to have defrauded P

President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at India along with the world's other top economies and accused New Delhi of charging 100 percent tariff on some of the US' goods, as he threatened to cut trade ties with countries who are robbing America. Trump made the remarks in Canada's Quebec City whe

Riyadh: A Frenchman has committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca, Saudi and French officials said Saturday. "A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Mecca" to the courtyard below, "resulting in his instant death

Green Card is issued to immigrants for legally residing and working in the USA permanently. While this is not the same as holding an American Passport, which is one of the most powerful in the world, it is definitely a step closer to get one. Among all the Green card applicants in USA, India take

Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a US Navy contractor, stealing highly sensitive data related to undersea warfare, including secret plans to develop a supersonic anti-ship missile. The Navy is leading the investigation into the breach–that occurred in January and February

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban on Saturday announced a three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday at the end of this week, their first offer of its kind, following a ceasefire announced by the government on Thursday. The terror group said foreign forces would be excluded from the ceasefire and that oper

LAHORE: Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah is fielding more than 200 candidates in the July 25 general elections on national and provincial Assembly seats across the country even as the Mumbai terror attack mastermind has decided not to run for parliament. Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the Lashka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here tomorrow on a two-day visit to attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit where India is likely to pitch for concerted regional and global action against terror networks and favour effective connectivity links to boost trade. Ind

PAHOA, Hawaii: An ever-creeping wall of lava from Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside housing tracts at the eastern tip of Hawaii's Big Island, government scientists reported on Wednesday, an area where civil defense officials said nearly 280 homes once stood. The obliteration of the

Washington: Several Muslim organizations have decided to boycott US President Donald Trump's first Iftar dinner at the White House, citing his alleged anti-Muslim rhetoric. Last year, Trump broke with decades of precedent by forgoing the annual Iftar dinner, a bipartisan tradition that formally b

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents until June 20, coinciding with the end of the Muslim fasting season, but said fighting against other militant groups, such as Islamic State, would continue. The Taliban are seeking to reimpose strict Is

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has asked Pakistan to stop pursuing the Kishanganga dam dispute in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) and instead accept India’s offer of appointing a “neutral expert”. The Pakistani daily Dawn reported on Tuesday that the World Bank president Jim Yong Kim

In what is being seen as a snub to the US, India has made it clear that it will go ahead with the Rs 39,000-crore deal with Russia for the S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems for the IAF despite US sanctions hanging like a Damocles sword over its head. Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on

Washington D.C. [USA]: United States President Donald Trump is set to host an iftar dinner at the White House next week to celebrate the holy month of Ramzan. According to a White House official, the iftar dinner is scheduled to be held on June 13. A guest list was, however, not made available by

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Nepal on charges of slaughtering cows, the Hindu majority nation's national animal. Information Officer Tek Raj Gaire of District Court Arghakhanchi said that a single bench of judge Ram Chandra Poudel issued the verdict against Yam Bahadur Khatri

An Iraqi court sentenced a French woman to life in prison today for membership in the Islamic State group. Melina Boughedir(28), was initially sentenced to six months in jail for entering the country illegally, but the court imposed a tougher sentence after prosecutors presented new evidence, inc

Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian football boss Jibril Rajoub on Sunday called on Barcelona star Lionel Messi not to play in an Argentina-Israel game in Jerusalem and urged fans to burn their shirts if he does. Rajoub, head of the Palestinian Football Association, has long demanded s

Cairo: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in at the Egyptian parliament for a second term on Saturday after winning an election by a landslide in March. A 63-year-old former intelligence chief and defence minister, Sisi overthrew Islamist Mohamed Mursi - Egypt's first freely-elected preside