Virginia State University in on lockdown after a shooting on campus. University police tweeted on Saturday night, "Shooting on Campus - VSU is on lockdown. Avoid the area. Updates to follow." A second tweet said police were still on the scene, the campus remains on lockdown and to continue to

London [UK]: The 2017 Nobel Prize winner foundation, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) said by holding certification of the Iran nuclear deal United States President Donald Trump is ‘igniting new conflict rather than reducing the risk of nuclear war’. The Independent re

Islamabad [Pakistan]: The government of Pakistan’s Punjab Province has withdrawn a request to extend the house arrest of banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four of his associates under the Anti-Terrorism Act. However, all the five will continue to be kept under house arrest but und

Geneva: Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar‘s Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser said showed her determination to fix the country’s refugee crisis. Suu Kyi said in a televised address on Thursday evenin

Russia on Saturday launched an unmanned Progress space freighter carrying supplies to the International Space Station from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz 2.1a rocket carrying the ship successfully reached orbit eight minutes after taking off at 11:47am Moscow time (0846 GMT), a

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he is open to the possibility of negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme. “We’re going to see what happens with North Korea. That’s all I can say. We’re going to see what happens. We’re totally prepared for numerous things,”

Hyderabad: Accusing it of anti-Israeli bias, the United States followed by Israel announced to quit UNESCO, on Thursday, 12 October. The withdrawal of the United States is seen as a major blow for United Nation’s cultural agency, as United States provides a fifth of UNESCO’s funding. The Paris-ba

Sana’a: Yemeni police have arrested 10 members of the Islamist Al-Islah party, the group said Wednesday, following a roadside bombing that killed a cleric with ties to the United Arab Emirates. Imam Yassin al-Adani, a Yemeni cleric who serves as spiritual advisor to UAE troops allied with the gov

Kabul: At least 23 militants belonging to Afghanistan’s insurgent group Taliban were killed and 28 other injured during the operations in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan. Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD), confirming the casualties, said in a statement that the operations were conducted in

6 October 2017 – United Nations agencies are seeking more funds to cope with the mass exodus of people fleeing violence in Myanmar into Bangladesh, which the top UN aid official described the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock told reporters in Ge

WASHINGTON: Hilary Clinton admitted in public that the American Government and Intelligence Agencies created and funded Al-Qaeda in order to fight the Soviet Union. United States doesn’t actually fight terrorists but funds and trains them and equip them with arms and is actually responsible for d

Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh: At least 14 Rohingya refugees, most of them children, drowned and scores more were missing Monday after their overloaded boat capsized, the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Myanmar. Authorities in Bangladesh said the boat was carrying 60 to 100 peopl

The daughter and son-in-law of ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif were on Monday granted bail by the country’s anti-graft court in the Panama Papers scandal as they appeared before it following their return from London. Maryam Nawaz, 43, along with her spouse, former army captain Muhamma

The U.S. Embassy in Ankara on Oct. 8 announced that it had suspended all non-immigrant visa services at its diplomatic facilities in Turkey. "Recent events have forced the United States Government to reassess the commitment of the Government of Turkey to the security of US Mission facilities and

Tehran [Iran]: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned the United States against blacklisting their force, saying that Tehran would treat US troops like Daesh terrorists. Chief Commander of the IRGC Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari’s warning came after the White House said on

A British teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into computers belonging to top US government officials, including the ex-CIA director and former President Barack Obama’s intelligence officer. Kane Gamble, 18, from Coalville, north-west Leicestershire, has been warned he could face jail after

Washington: Former United States Vice President Joe Biden has lambasted President Donald Trump and his administration, stating that the President is leading the US “down a very dark path”. Biden, in his acceptance speech after receiving the Zbigniew Brzezinski annual prize at the Center for Strat

Aden, Yemen: A US drone killed a “commander” of Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen in a strike on the central province of Baida, security sources said on Thursday. Shroum al-Sanaani, a leading figure with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula group, was travelling on a motorbike along with an unidentified m