Former president Barack Obama is to serve the US again, this time by doing jury duty. The ex-president has been called for jury service in Chicago and a judge there has been quoted as saying he plans to show up at court rather than excuse himself. Tim Evans, chief judge in Chicago’s Cook Count

New Delhi: India has “very strongly” raised the issue of H-1B visa and L1 visa with the U.S., Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said on October 27, asserting that the American economy will find it difficult to cope with the reality as it has been immensely benefited by Indian IT professionals. The U.S

Kabul: An Afghan official says at least nine police officers have been killed in separate attacks by Taliban insurgents on police checkpoints in eastern Ghazni province. Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor, says two police checkpoints came under attack by Taliban fighters in the ear

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has firmly told Pakistan that if it fails to take "decisive" actions against terror groups, the US will "adjust" its tactics and strategies to achieve the objective in a "different way", a State Department official on Friday said. Secretary of State Rex Tiller

Catalonia’s regional parliament declared independence from Spain on Friday in a disputed vote that is now likely to be declared illegal by Spain’s constitutional court. The independence motion was passed in the 135-strong Assembly with 70 votes in favour, 10 against and 2 blank ballots, the Assem

China once again came out in defence of good friend Pakistan against criticism by India and the US for not doing enough to wipe out terrorist outfits from the country and praised Islamabad's efforts in combatting terrorism. A day after India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secret

Pakistan’s election commission on Thursday warned Opposition leader Imran Khan to be careful in his choice of words in future after accepting an apology from him for his scandalous remarks against the top poll body. Cricketer-turned-politician Mr. Khan appeared before the Election Commission of P

SINGAPORE:  Singapore has the world's "most powerful" passport, according to a global ranking topped for the first time by an Asian country with India figuring at 75th position, three notches better than its previous ranking. According to the 'Global Passport Power Rank 2017' by global financial

Los Angeles: Actress Heather Lind says former US President George H.W. Bush groped her from his wheelchair at a screening of a film. Lind, who starred in “Turn: Washington’s Spies”, detailed her accusations in a lengthy Instagram post on Tuesday. She said she was “disturbed” after seeing a photog

SEOUL:  South Korea, Japan and the US on Tuesday began a joint missile warning exercise, which would help bolster their ability to track and detect missiles in the event of attacks by North Korea. The two-day trilateral manoeuver began in waters off the South Korean and Japanese coasts, with four

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday arrived in Pakistan on a whirlwind visit to normalise bilateral ties strained after President Donald Trump accused the country of providing safe havens to terrorist groups. Mr. Tillerson’s crucial visit to Islamabad comes days after he made a major p

COX’S BAZAR: Queen Rania of Jordan visited Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia and Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh on Monday. As a board member of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and an advocate of the work of UN humanitarian agencies, Queen Rania made the trip to highlight the urgent need for gre

Bangladesh on Monday sent a high-level delegation to Myanmar for talks on the deepening Rohingya crisis as Dhaka sought to increase pressure on Naypyidaw to take back 600,000 members of the minority Muslim community who have fled Rakhine state to escape persecution. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

Texas: To get hurricane aid in the city of Dickinson, one has to take a pledge not to boycott Israel. The law, known as the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions) bill, got signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in May. “Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies, and we will not tol

Maiduguri (Nigeria): Three female suicide bombers killed 13 people and wounded 16 in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, security sources said. The first bomber detonated her explosive belt around 9:45 pm (local time) yesterday in front of a small restaurant in the capital of Borno state “when pe

Kabul [Afghanistan]: The death toll from suicide bomb attacks on two mosques in Afghanistan has risen to at least 89 people. A RadioFreeEuropeRadioLiberty web site report said the two attacks took place yesterday on a Shi’ite mosque in Kabul and on a Sunni mosque in the central Afghan province of

Beijing: A professor who is close to the Chinese government said that China can wage a war against North Korea. According to the news published in Express, Professor of International Relations at Renmin University, Chong Sho-Hu said that Chinese President, Xi Jinping is irritated with the behavio

LAHORE: A Pakistani journalist who was allegedly kidnapped two years ago while pursuing the case of an Indian engineer jailed in Peshawar on espionage charges has been rescued, officials said. Zeenat Shahzadi, a 26-year-old reporter of Daily Nai Khaber and Metro News TV channel, was allegedly kid