Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Turkish police released German journalist Deniz Yücel on Friday after a year in custody, a sign of a thaw in German-Turkish relations. Yücel was arrested in 2016 on charges of promoting "propaganda for a terrorist organization" and "incitement of the people to hatred and hostilit

National security advisers of India and Canada met this week, ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's seven-day visit to India starting tomorrow aimed at intensifying defence and counter-terror cooperation besides expanding trade and investment ties. In their meeting a couple of days ag

Even as Pakistan started taking over all the moveable and immovable assets of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed said on Thursday that he would move court against the government order that was issued to “please America and India

Iran President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Hyderabad on a three-day India visit on Thursday. The Iranian leader landed at the Begumpet Airport where Union Minister of State for Power R K Singh welcomed him. Rouhani’s tour comes a month after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited India.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that India has not only wasted the opportunity for normalisation of ties with Islamabad but also restricted the space for peace through its “hostile” stance, according to a media report. The defence minister made the comments on Wednesday whi

In a setback to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the police today recommended his indictment in two cases of alleged corruption and breach of trust even as the beleaguered leader remained defiant and refused to step down. After a 14-month-long investigation, police announced that it fou

At least one person was shot and wounded at the U.S. National Security Agencys headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, on Wednesday and one person was in custody, but officials have secured the area and there was no continuing threat, local media reported. A Fort Meade spokesman confirmed one perso

Washington: America's intelligence chief has warned that Pakistan-supported terrorist groups would continue to carry out attacks inside India, thus risking escalation of tension between the two neighbours. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats' remarks came days after a group of Pakistan-ba

China on Tuesday condemned the killing of its national in Pakistan and asked the government to protect its citizens in the country. The Chinese national working with a shipping company was shot dead in Karachi on Monday. The police have described it as a targeted attack.   "On Monday,

An oil tanker with 22 Indians on board that went missing off the coast of Benin in West Africa on February 1 has been found, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday. All the crew members, released by pirates after four days, are safe and the ship has resumed sailing, officials sai

BEIJING: China today announced that it has successfully carried out a mid-course ground-based missile interception test within its own territory, on a day when India test fired its short-range nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile. The test of interception technology was conducted yesterday wi

At least 20 civilians were killed after air strikes hit Syria's rebel-held eastern Ghouta district, just outside Damascus according a war monitor. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported that warplanes struck the towns of Zamalka, Arbaeen, Hazza and Beitu Soua. "Doz

At least 800 Indian-origin people participated in a march outside the White House on Saturday, raising slogans in support of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to implement a “merit-based” immigration system, and demanding discontinuation of country quotas for green card approvals. Indian app

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency Sunday arrested four alleged human traffickers linked with the migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya that killed 90 people, including 16 Pakistanis. Most of the deceased Pakistani migrants hail from Punjab’s districts, including

PESHAWAR:  At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban. Attacks have decreased sharply in the picturesque Swat Valley but can cause al

xternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that the ministry along with Nigerian and Benin naval authorities has set up a 24-hour helpline as part of search operations for Marine Express, a merchant vessel oil tanker carrying 22 Indian nationals, that went missing on Friday. The Indian mis

MT Marine Express, a tanker with 22 Indians on board, has reportedly gone missing off the coast of Benin in West Africa. The ship has been missing for the last 48 hours, triggering fears of a hijacking. It is carrying 13,500 tonnes of gasoline worth approximately $8.1 million. The ship is owned b

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Friday announced it will continue much of the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policy, but take a more aggressive stance toward Russia. It said Russia must be convinced it would face "unacceptably dire costs" if it were to threaten even a limited nuclear