Washington: The Trump administration’s decision to suspend over USD 1.1 billion security assistance to Pakistan has nothing to do with Islamabad not taking action against Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, a US official has said. “We have certainly expressed our concern about the master

China on January 3 said it had “never acknowledged” the existence of Arunachal Pradesh as it kept mum over a media report that its troops intruded into the Indian side of the border in the frontier State. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang’s response came after a media report said tha

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed "deep disappointment" over US President Donald Trump's scathing remarks against it, saying the accusations strike with "great insensitivity" at the "trust" between the two countries. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi convened a National Security Council

Washington: The proposed US Bill — Protect and Grow American Jobs — is riddled with “onerous conditions” and places “unprecedented obligations” for H-1B visa rules on both Indian IT companies and clients, software body Nasscom has cautioned. The proposal circulated in the form of an internal memo

Jerusalem: Israel’s Parliament passed an amendment on Tuesday that will make it more difficult for the government to cede parts of East Jerusalem in any future peace deal with the Palestinians. The vote was held overnight with 64 lawmakers voting in favour of the controversial bill and 51 against

Washington: In a scathing attack, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Pakistan of giving nothing to the US but "lies and deceit" in return for USD 33 billion aid and said Islamabad has provided "safe haven" to terrorists. "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion d

Syria: The worst humanitarian crisis in Syria, war, which has been going on since 2011 has completely devastated the country with millions of people displaced and nearly 400,000 people dead. There is really no hope of these displaced refugees returning back to their country, considering the curre

Jalalabad, December 31: At least 15 people were killed and 13 others were wounded after a suicide attack took place at a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The attack took place on Sunday afternoon after which a high-alert has been declared in the city, the governor’s spokesman said.

The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wants the Trump administration to not make the same mistakes as the Obama administration and fully back protesters in Iran. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen said on ABC’s “This Week” that President Obama should have backed Iranian protesters in 2009 more t

New York: The Trump administration is strongly considering to withhold USD 255 million in aid to Pakistan, reflecting dissatisfaction with Islamabad’s inaction against terror networks, a media report said. The Trump administration’s internal debate over whether to deny Pakistan the money is a tes

New Delhi: Palestine on Saturday called back its Ambassador in Pakistan after he was seen in the company of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed. “We are supporting India in its fight against terrorism and because of that my government decided to directly call our Ambassador to go back home and no

Islamabad: Reacting upon the allegation made by Bilawal Bhutto in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Former Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf, said Bilawal Zardari and Nawaz Shareef army want to build pressure on me. He said former president As

Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 28 (ANI): The Sri Lankan Government on Thursday said that it will intercede with courts for the release of 70 Indian fishermen lodged in prison as a gesture of goodwill. The appeal for release of 44 fishermen will made before the Oorkavalthurai Court, for eight fishermen

Kabul: At least 40 people were killed and many others were wounded in Kabul multiple blasts near a media outlet and mosque on Thursday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which comes days after a suicide

Pakistani authorities have sent the shoes of the wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the former Indian Navy officer sentenced to death for alleged involvement in spying, for forensic tests as they contained a “metallic substance”. India’s protest over the treatment given to Jadhav’s wife and mother during

Washington: A 1939 luxury Mercedes-Benz limousine used to carry Adolf Hitler around Germany will be auctioned in the US state of Arizona next month – one of only four such models ever built. Powered by a 7.7-litre supercharged engine capable of exceeding 160kmh, the Mercedes-Benz 770K Grosser – k

Egypt’s Prisons Authority says 15 Islamic militants convicted of staging a deadly attack on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula four years ago have been executed. Tuesday’s executions in two prisons to the west and northwest of Cairo is the largest known number of executions on a single day

BENGALURU: Its bad time for US-Indian professionals, the Department of Homeland Security is readying a proposal that will make getting an H-1B tougher. It is looking to impose stricter restrictions on the H-B petitioner’s selection process. According to TOI, International immigration firm Fragome