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

NEW DELHI: In order to boost its anti-tank capability against arch-rival Pakistan, the Government of India is reportedly keen on buying 'Spike' missiles from Israel. According to a Bloomberg report, the Government of India (GoI) may soon place an order for buying the Spike anti-tank guided missil

Moscow, Russia: A Russian pilot who was missing presumed dead after his plane was shot down three decades ago during the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan has been found alive and wants to come home, Russian military veterans said Friday. "He is still alive. It's very astonishing. Now he needs h

A day after being granted a full pardon by US President Donald Trump, Indian American political commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza Thursday targeted former attorney Preet Bharara — who had indicted him in 2014 for violating federal campaign law — for wanting to “destroy a fellow Indian America

A man killed two policewomen and a bystander in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday before being shot dead in a gun battle at a school in what prosecutors are treating as a terrorist attack. The man was named by public broadcaster RTBF as a 36-year-old petty criminal who had been let out on day-

A senior North Korean official made a rare visit to the United States on Wednesday for talks about a possible summit between the leaders of the two countries but the sides appeared far apart on the central issue of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. Kim Yong Chol, a close aide of North Korean leader Kim J

The family of the young boy saved by “Spiderman” Mamoudou Gassama in a daring rescue that won him global acclaim and a promise of French citizenship has thanked the Malian youth for his quick thinking. Gassama, 22, scaled four storeys of an apartment bloc in France on Saturday to rescue the four-

Peshawar: A renowned Sikh religious leader and rights activist was today gunned down here in Pakistan's northwestern city, according to a media report. Charnjit Singh, 52, was killed inside his shop in Scheme Chowk area in the outskirts of the city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Express Tribune

Canberra: Australia said it held out hope Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 would one day be found as the last search of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean where it was believed to have been lost was scheduled to end today. Malaysia said last week the search by Texas-based company Ocean Infinity wo

Johannesburg: A nine-year-old Indian-origin girl was on Monday killed in a botched car hijacking, leading to angry protests by the community members in the Indian township of Chatsworth in Durban. The girl, Sadia Sukhraj, was on her way to school with her father when three armed men allegedly acc

Egypt's top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube for one month over a video that denigrates the Prophet Mohammad, a lawyer who filed the case told Reuters. A lower administrative court had ordered that the Ministry of Communications an