London: Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, out on a 650,000-pound bail bond following his arrest by Scotland Yard over fraud and money laundering charges earlier this year, will return to Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Monday as his extradition trial begins. The 61-year-old busines

Dhaka: Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of Catholics, asked forgiveness from refugees in Bangladesh for all the hurt and indifference they have endured. He met the community in Bangladesh on Friday and used the term ‘Rohingya’ (politically sensitive name for the persecuted minority) for the first

Tel Aviv: Tens of thousands of people have protested in Tel Aviv against what they say is corruption within the government and the slow pace of investigations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu is suspected of receiving luxury gifts from wealthy supporters and has also faced pol

Qatar: Israel has launched missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Two missiles were intercepted in response. The “blatant assault” led to material losses at the site in the countryside around the capital, the Syrian state media reported. The Israeli militar

A strong quake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Iran near the city of Kerman on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.3, was centered 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Kerman, which has a population of more than 821,000. It struck at 6:32 a.m.

PESHAWAR: Three burqa-clad Taliban militants on Friday stormed an agriculture training institute in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar and opened indiscriminate fire, killing at least 12 people, half of them students, before being shot dead by security forces. The heavily-armed militants, w

The U.S. on Thursday warned Kim Jong-Un’s regime that North Korea would be “utterly destroyed” if a standoff over its missile tests leads to a war and asked all countries to sever economic and diplomatic ties with Pyongyang to punish it for its “acts of aggression”. Speaking at an emergency meeti

Myanmar: Pope Francis was on a visit to Violence-hit Myanmar and shared the stage with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital city Naypyidaw. Though in his speech, Francis did not directly mention the name of Rohingya or alleged cleansing of minorities in the Buddhist dominated State, he

Pakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has called himself the “biggest supporter” of the Lashkar-e- Taiba and its founder Hafiz Saeed and asserted that he backs the terror group’s role in “suppressing” the Indian Army in Kashmir. Musharraf, the 74-year-old retired General who is on self-exi

Kabul: At least five prisoners, who were sentenced to death over kidnapping charges, have been hanged to death at Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul. The General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centers of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) confirmed this in a statement. The men were also found gui

Denpasar: Bali’s international airport will re-open Wednesday afternoon after a nearly three-day shutdown, Indonesian airport authorities said, as ash from a rumbling volcano that looms over the island paradise shifted direction. The eagerly awaited decision opens up a window of hope for some of

NEW YORK: A 21-year-old Indian man has been shot dead in front of his house during a robbery in the US state of Mississippi, according to a media report, days after another Indian student was killed by four armed robbers. Sandeep Singh was shot in the stomach during a robbery reported on Sunday i

Karangasem, Indonesia: A volcano with a deadly history continued to erupt Tuesday on Bali, one of the world’s most popular resort islands, spitting ash 4,000 metres high and stranding tens of thousands of tourists for a second day. Lava was welling in its crater, but it remained unclear how bad the

Kabul: At least seven militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were killed in a drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday afternoon. The drone targeted a hideout in Haska Mena district of the province, Afghanistan‘s news channel Tolo News on Tuesday quoted a spokesperson for the p

Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar to meet with the civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Francis will address Suu Kyi and other Myanmar authorities and the diplomatic corps in Naypyitaw. It remains to be seen, how Francis bridges the local Catholic concerns with his legacy of speaking out for oppress

Martin Strid, a Swedish democrat, spewed venom on Muslims exposing his anti-Islam attitude. The comments were made while addressing party faithful gathered for Swedish democrats National conference. His party members have distanced themselves from the comments made and Martin is now likely to face P

Kabul : At least 13 militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) were killed in an airstrike by the United States forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the Khaama Press, the 201st Silab Corps in the East, confirming the attack, said the hideout of the terror group was

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday hailed his country’s “fruitful cooperation” with Arab nations, as fears over Iranian influence appear to drive one-time adversaries closer together. “Our fruitful cooperation with Arab countries is in general secret, but I am confid