The United States (US) on Monday called on the Taliban to consider an offer for peace talks extended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Ghani at an international conference in Kabul last week unveiled a plan to open talks with the Taliban, including eventually recognising them as a political party

Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria today killing all 32 people on board, Russian news agencies quoted the Russian Defence Ministry as saying, an incident that sharply raises the death toll from the Kremlin's Syria operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is running for re-e

DANANG: For the first time since the Vietnam War, a US Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea. Monday's visit by the USS Carl Vinson brings more than 5,000 crew-members to the ce

The United States has once again asked Pakistan to step up its efforts against terrorism with Pentagon saying there are 'new opportunities' that the country should make use of in battling terror outfits. Relations between the two countries have soured in recent months with the Trump administration a

The Trump administration has delayed its decision on termination of work authorisation for spouses of the H-1B visa holders, in a big relief to a significantly large number of Indian workers and their families. The working professionals who could be affected include the H-4 visa holders, or the spou

KARACHI:  Kirshna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistan's Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report today. Ms Kolhi, 39, from Thar is a member of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan People s Party (PPP). She won the elec

LONDON: A British supporter of ISIS was found guilty on Friday of trying to recruit children he was teaching into an "army" of jihadists to help carry out a wave of attacks across London. Umar Haque, 25, showed the children beheading videos and other violent terror propaganda, forced them to re-e

A journalist was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a high-security zone in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi, according to a media report. Anjum Muneer Raja, 40, was returning home on a motorcycle late on Thursday night when the bike-borne attackers waylaid him and opened fire, the police said. The

Couples in China should be allowed to have a third child, a lawmaker has proposed, arguing it is the only way to stem a worrying slide in the birth rate despite the scrapping of the one-child policy two years ago. The number of births fell sharply in 2017 after an increase in 2016, a year after t

Turkish air force hit two positions of pro-government Syrian fighters deployed last week in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin, killing and wounding a number of fighters in an escalation of violence in a region where Turkey has been on the offensive for more than a month, Syrian activists said Friday. Tur

Israeli police questioned Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife as part of an investigation into a corruption case involving the country’s telecom giant on Friday, casting a shadow on the prime minister’s upcoming visit to Washington. Police investigators entered Netanyahu’s residence Friday morning. An A

Pakistan has received another rap from from the US as the Pentagon said that it can do more to combat terrorism, clearly suggesting that the country with terrorist hotbeds on its very soil isn't doing anything to curb the menace. USA has said repeatedly that Pakistan isn't doing much to take acti

Turkey on Thursday accused the US of a double standard by specifying which "terrorist" groups can be fought in Syria and which cannot be. Several Turkish government officials criticized earlier US remarks that implied that Turkey's operations in Afrin are in violation of the UN's Syria ceasefire

In a major gaffe, a map of India displayed at the Canadian High Commission dinner reception during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's visit here omitted Jammu and Kashmir. Trudeau was on a week-long State visit to India from February 18 to 24. Journalist Terry Glavin, in an opinion piece written

NEW DELHI: President Vladimir Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons on Thursday, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and not be intercepted. Speaking weeks before an election he is expected to win, Putin also said that a nuc

At least 14 people are feared drowned after two overcrowded, rickety boats sank in the River Congo, Henri Mova, Interior Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo told AFP on Wednesday, though local sources fear the toll could be much higher. “Fourteen missing, 108 survived,” Mr. Mova, said in

After days of ambiguity Pakistan on Wednesday confirmed that it will be on the grey list of Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) in June but disputed claims of being put on a black list. “At the outset I would like to state that the lead Ministry for dealing with FATF/ICRG is th

Some 40 previously unreported shipments were made between 2012 and 2017, the report found. Materials included acid-resistant tiles, valves and pipes. The leaked report says North Korean missile specialists have been seen at Syrian weapon-making centres. The allegations follow new reports of ch