A bomber, convicted for planting crude bombs in two places in Myanmar here in 2016, has been sentenced to 20 yea..
Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday called on Muslims around the world to withstand what he deemed..
Japan has lodged a formal protest against Seoul''s choice of dessert for Friday''s historic summit between South..
At least 24 militants were killed and 36 injured as Afghan forces targeted Taliban positions in Balkh province o..
The Taliban on Wednesday announced the start of the new spring offensive, rejecting a proposal for dialogue from..
The centre-right no longer has any hope of forming a coalition government in Italy, the populist Five Star Movem..
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would be travelling to China ne..
Israel''s Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that Israel will strike back if Syria uses Russian S..
Peace and upholding of human rights are preconditions for development and, therefore, the UN has to put a priori..
A US Senate panel has narrowly endorse Mike Pompeo as the new Secretary of State after President Donald Trump an..
Former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care after contracting an infection, a day after a funeral ..
North Korea''s nuclear test site remains fully operational despite Pyongyang''s announcement last week that it w..
Pakistan on Thursday confirmed that the US will impose restrictions on the movement of the country''s diplomats ..
Qatar announced approval of a draft law on regulating the ownership and use of properties by foreigners, media r..
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, urged the administration of US Pres..
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif will visit China to attend the meeting of the Council of Foreig..
The US Treasury announced on Wednesday it has imposed sanctions on one Syrian person and his organisation for sm..
US President Donald Trump''s administration carried out a retaliatory strike on Syria last week even though inte..
The US was considering imposing more sanctions on Russia and the decision will be made "in the near future", Whi..
Syrian air defences responded to a missile strike, believed to be carried out by Israel, that targeted two airba..
Iran''s Foreign Ministry has said that Israel will be punished for killing Iranian military advisers in Syria.
US President Donald Trump has accused Russia and China of devaluing their currencies at a time when the US was r..
South Africa will host an investment summit later this year to lure 1.2 trillion rand (about $100 billion) over ..
An estimated 16 million tonnes of mud containing massive, "semi-infinite" stores of valuable rare earth minerals..
Russia will respond resolutely to any attempts of forceful pressure from the US, Director of the Russian Foreign..
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said that she was not aware of any plans to fire or remov..
Top diplomats from Japan and China began the first round of a high level economic dialogue on Monday for the fir..
Further actions violating the UN charter such as the recent US-led strikes on Syria will result in chaos in inte..
The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on world powers to undertake international efforts to solve the Sy..
Former FBI Director James Comey in his first exclusive interview since he was fired last May said that Donald Tr..
At least 105 soldiers were killed in a military plane crash near an airfield outside the Algerian capital on Wed..
The premise itself sounds interesting. A book by an Indian human rights activist about a Pakistani politician wh..
An airbase in Syria''s Homs province was hit by "several missiles" in a "likely attack by the US" on Monday, acc..
US President Donald Trump has begun initial preparations for a potential interview with special counsel Robert M..
Texas is preparing to deploy National Guard troops and vehicles to the border with Mexico, the US state''s top m..
About 20,000 Palestinians participated in protests dubbed the "Friday of Tires" along the Israel-Gaza border.
The Queen and the Knave of "Alice in Wonderland" showed up at the UN Security Council during a tense discussion ..
The death toll in a week of Palestinian protests along the dividing fence between Israel and Gaza climbed to 22 ..
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said "the answer to today''s problems is not protectionism..
This columnist once watched a 60-minute BBC TV documentary on the railways of Lahore simply because the remote c..
President Donald Trump''s administration is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, ac..
At least four militants of the Islamic State group were killed following an air strike by the US and NATO-led co..
The Malaysian coast guard on Tuesday intercepted a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and allowed it to disembark a..
Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump in..
The UN Security Council is planning to finally visit Myanmar and Bangladesh this month to study first-hand the R..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he was suspending a plan to send thousands of African mi..
Japan said on Monday that it is paying close attention to contacts between North Korea and the International Oly..
Pakistan on Thursday reiterated its support for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani''s recent peace overture and urged..
Saudi air force intercepted on Thursday a missile shot by Houthi militia from Yemen towards border city Jazan, A..
NATO became the latest entity to dismiss Russian diplomats over Moscow''s alleged role in a nerve agent attack a..
US President Donald Trump has moved to formally ban most transgender persons from serving in the military with l..
South Korea on Saturday said that North Korea has accepted its proposal to hold high-level inter-Korean talks ne..
US President Donald Trump has signed an order imposing tariffs worth $60 billion in Chinese imports in his stron..
China on Friday welcome Maldivian President''s Abdulla Yameen''s decision to lift the state of Emergency and hop..
The finalists built innovative design prototypes for diabetes, foetal monitoring, the visually impaired, oral ca..
General John Nicholson, the head of the US forces in Afghanistan, has claimed that Russia is supporting and supp..
The Myanmar parliament is set to elect presidential candidates on Friday following U Htin Kyaw''s resignation ea..
The European Union (EU) and the US will talk about trade, including the looming metal tariffs from the US, accor..
At least 26 people were killed and 18 injured in a suicide bombing on Wednesday near a crowd celebrating Nawroz ..
Myanmar President U. Htin Kyaw has resigned, it was announced on Wednesday. First Vice President U. Myint Swe wi..
US First Lady Melania Trump has formally launched her campaign to combat cyberbullying of children and teenagers..
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has entered Taiwan''s Air Defence Identification Zone, the Defence Minister sa..
The UK is willing to provide its expert knowledge in nuclear nonproliferation and power generation to assist in ..
Following the unauthorised use of personal data of Facebook users, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday he would like ..
Cuba is set to continue expanding internet access despite the US'' new "political programme" aimed at carrying o..
The German government on Monday rejected a call to impose European Union (EU) sanctions on former chancellor Ger..
The White House on Monday announced that former Microsoft executive Christopher Liddell will be the Deputy Chief..
Envoys from North and South Korea on Tuesday began a new working-level meeting on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) t..
The Pentagon has announced that the annual military drills between the US and South Korea will start from April ..
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday visited a frontline area in Damascus'' Eastern Ghouta area, meeting w..
Russia on Saturday announced expulsion of 23 British diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack on an e..
Iran and the US may hold talks on 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCP..
Famous for its pursuit of Gross National Happiness, Bhutan has a new cause for joy: In recognition of its Gross ..
There has been a surge in cyber attacks on the US engineering and maritime industries - especially those connect..
The UN Security Council has welcomed the Afghan government's offer to engage the Taliban in direct peace tal..
A US military HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, a Black Hawk variant, has crashed in Iraq near the border with Syria, ..
The UN Security Council has called on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow and facilitate safe, rapid a..
US President Donald Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his National Security Adviser and was actively ..
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization to turn over documents, including some rel..
North Korea has begun preliminary testing of one of its nuclear reactors at the Yongbyon research facility, acco..
Music lovers in the national capital have an exciting event coming up this weekend where Grammy-nominated percus..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the alleged use of nerve agent in the poisoning of a former ..
The US has said it believes Russia is responsible for a high-profile poison attack in Britain, fuelling anti-Mos..
Expressing solidarity with the UK, US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, has warned that if concrete measures we..
The Egyptian and French navies have started a joint drill in the Red Sea, the Egyptian Armed Forces has said.
German contractor Rheinmetall has won a $4.08 billion contract to build 211 light armoured vehicles for the Aust..
Japan''s Taro Daniel, ranked 109th in the world, created a major upset at the Indian Wells tennis tournament, be..
US Defence Secretary James Mattis has warned Syria against using chemical weapons, implying it would prompt mili..
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in Pakistan on a three-day visit for talks on regional..
China on Friday called on the US to withdraw the new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, warning of a seriou..
Secretary-General of the Council for Arab Interior Ministers Mohammed Ali Kouman on Wednesday warned against for..
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s recent claim..
A terminal at the Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, was briefly evacuated after a bomb dog detect..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in''s envoys who had visited North Korea earlier this week, left for Washington ..
Afghanistan''s President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday called for patience on the progress of peace talks without an..
A leading US military academic has called on the Donald Trump Administration to step up and "keep the momentum g..
The UN has demanded that all parties involved in the conflict in Syria allow new humanitarian convoys access to ..
A door fell off an Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) transport helicopter and landed on a remote island in the south..
An explosion followed by a massive fire ripped through a container ship with several Indian crew on board, off t..
France and Britain have called for an emergency meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Syria given ..
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday said the US will not gain anything by imposing tariffs o..
UN Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman is to visit the Sri Lankan city of Kandy, at the centre of incidents ..
The presidents of Pacific Alliance countries Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru have announced their plan to allow..
A 10-day state of emergency was declared in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after sectarian violence between Buddhists and ..
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may travel to Jerusalem in May for the official opening of the new..
The North Korean leader and South Korean high-level envoys have reached an "satisfactory" agreement during their..
One of the two people critically ill at a UK hospital after "suspected exposure to an unknown substance" is a Ru..
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has slammed the UN saying that the international body has bullied Israel, th..
Nepal and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to revitalise the Saarc process for "greater peace, security and prosperity..
The wreckage of a US aircraft carrier that was sunk during the World War Two has been found off the east coast o..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he wants to "vigorously advance" relations with South Korea, telli..
For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, a US aircraft carrier made a port call in Vietnam on Monday..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in''s special envoys left for Pyongyang on Monday, a trip aimed at persuading No..
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call from his US counterpart Donald Trump where the lat..
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday that the chemical attacks allegations against the Syrian governm..
The centre-right coalition uniting former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with other ultra-rightist parties is ..
White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trumps longest-serving and closest aides..
Italy''s state-run energy giant Eni and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have signed an agreement ..
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told the lawmakers on Tuesday that the central bank would continue to ..
The UN special envoy for Yemen on Tuesday called for the political will of the decision-makers in Yemen to end t..
US stocks reversed early gains to end sharply lower on Tuesday as Wall Street eyed the testimony from Federal Re..
North Korea has been sending equipment to Syria that could be used in chemical weapons manufacturing, the US med..
Officials of four countries discussed ways they could use US President Donald Trump''s son-in-law and senior Whi..
Saudi Arabia has for the very first time opened applications for women to enlist in the military as the kingdom ..
The Saudi King has sacked the country''s top military officers, including the Chief of Staff, and several deputy..
Israel''s Shin Bet security agency announced on Monday that it has arrested three Israeli Arabs over allegedly s..
The US State Department''s top diplomat in charge of North Korea policy is set to retire this week, a media repo..
North Korea has warned the US of its "own way of counteraction" if a maritime blockade and more sanctions are im..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked US President Donald Trump for deciding to move the US emba..
France and Germany have said they are ready to work with Russia and their European partners to realise the cessa..
The UN Security Council''s ceasefire decision in Syria would not have impact on Turkey''s ongoing military opera..
US President Donald Trump''s daughter and senior White House advisor Ivanka Trump wrapped up her four-day visit ..
An AirAsia flight made an emergency landing on Monday in Japan''s Okinawa prefecture due to problems in the engi..
Michael McCormack, a former regional newspaper editor, was elected as Australia''s new Deputy Prime Minister on ..
An international summit on the Sahel held here on Friday was "a very important moment" for Europe''s commitment ..
South Korea on Saturday welcomed fresh unilateral sanctions described as the heaviest ever adopted by the US aga..
Israel''s military has said it has begun deploying forces across the country as part of the preparations for a l..
In a move that is likely to hit Indian IT firms and their employees, the Trump administration has announced a ne..
US President Donald Trump''s daughter Ivanka Trump on Friday arrived in South Korea to reaffirm the "strong and ..
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen did "convey that mediation was not wanted at this stage" when UN Secretary-Gen..
The non-profit Human Rights Watch on Friday urged the Myanmar government to stop the demolition of villages aban..
There is no contradiction between a belief in Europe and the protection of national interests, Italy''s Prime Mi..
US President Donald Trump met survivors and families of the victims that were killed in the Florida school shoot..
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has turned down UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres'' offer to mediate betwe..
According to reports, the number of wild elephants in Myanmar has dropped due to fewer wild elephant corridors, ..
A passenger plane crashed in central Iran on Sunday killing all 66 people on board, authorities said.The ATR 72,..
US Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for allegedly med..
Citing India as a living example of peaceful co-existence of people of different religious and ethnicities, Iran..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday that work on a new plan for achieving peace in the Middle ..
A French court on Wednesday discharged Jawad Bendaoud, the landlord who provided his apartment to terrorists who..
The state of Texas in southern US has the second most romance scams victims in 2016, next to the western coast s..
Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai has said that it would be dangerous to advocate confrontation and inste..
Chairman of the CPN-UML K.P. Oli will become the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal with incumbent Sher Bhahadur Deuba..
The US State Department on Tuesday lashed out at Russia on the occasion of the third anniversary of the signing ..
Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned on Tuesday over lying about a 2006 meeting with Russian President..
Iran President Hassan Rouhani will come on a three-day visit to India starting Thursday at the invitation of Pri..
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on sides in Bangladesh to maintain calm in the aftermath of the ja..
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said on Thursday that the turmoil in the Arab region increases t..
A high level North Korean delegation including Kim Jong-un''s sister arrived here on Friday to attend the openin..
"China has followed closely the situation in the Maldives. China thinks that the current situation and dispute i..
The announcement came after China, with apparent reference to India, on Wednesday cautioned against outside inte..
The US has designated three Pakistanis as key "terrorist facilitators" for providing logistical support, improvi..
France has expressed concern over the situation in the Maldives where top judges and political leaders have been..
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed on Wednesday that Israel has begun to construct a controversi..
About four militants of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda branch were killed when a US drone strike hit their hideout in ..
Nations must guard against any resurgence of nationalism, xenophobia or racism, Italy''s Prime Minister Paolo Ge..
Two people were killed and 219 others injured on Wednesday after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan.
The US Department of Defence (DOD) was forced to correct several mistakes in its Nuclear Posture Review after an..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated the US and Russia on successfully reducing their strateg..
Maldives police have arrested the country''s chief justice of the Supreme Court as the political crisis worsened..
US President Donald Trump has attacked Britain''s National Health Service (NHS), claiming it is "going broke and..
Cuba has described US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson''s ongoing five-nation tour as seeking a return to the Mo..
A military helicopter with six people on board was missing after taking off from Orquideas island, east of Taiwa..
South Korea will strive to hold high-level inter-Korean talks during a North Korean government delegation''s vis..
A Japanese Self-Defence Force (SDF) helicopter crashed near an elementary school in Saga prefecture on Monday.
Tweleve militants were killed as Afghan military warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts in the northern Badakhshan, ..
Associations representing atomic bomb survivors in Japan criticised on Saturday a change in the policy of the US..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the outcome of the intra-Syria talks in Russian Black Sea res..
US President Donald Trump has discussed over phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the situation on the ..
The US Federal Reserve has frozen the expansion of banking giant Wells Fargo until it improves its management, a..
General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has called for "shining a light on new possibilities for convergence"..
President Donald Trump has extended temporary protection for 6,900 Syrians living in the US by 18 months as war ..
Appearing for the Centre, Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged the court that it should not interfere..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused to speak to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi when the latter t..
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said that holding of timely elections is a constitution..
The US State Department has said a Russian SU-27 engaged in an "unsafe interaction" with a US EP-3 aircraft in t..
The US State Department has said its special envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea and Japan from Februar..
Chinese efforts to exert covert influence over the West are just as worrying as Russian subversion, the Director..
Pyongyang has cancelled one of the joint events it had agreed to hold with Seoul following a "historic" meeting ..
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to make public a Republican memo that reportedly shows abuses by the ..
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) expects that Russia will target the US mid-term elections ..
US President Donald Trump''s "nationalist and protectionist" foreign policy has caused America''s international ..
A white supremacist group claimed responsibility on Sunday for an anti-immigration stunt in San Francisco in US.
Bruno Mars and Kendrick Lamar emerged as big winners at the 60th Grammy Awards, which was dotted by surprises, s..
The UN has been accused of putting peacekeepers at risk through "lack of will, determination, and accountability..
North Korea on Tuesday criticized the burning of its national flag and photos of its leader Kim Jong-un during a..
Aamir Khan on Tuesday said he was "overwhelmed" by the success of his movie "Secret Superstar" in China.Aamir is..
The US has urged Pakistan to immediately take action against the Taliban, after the militant group claimed last ..
White House is preparing for a government shutdown, as the chances of a short-term government funding bill passe..
The US State Department has approved a sale of 34 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take-off and Landing (C..
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka''s largest dendro power pl..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the importance of an international deal on Iran''s nuclear is..
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said establishing a Palestinian state through the two-state solution..
Afghanistan is making progress in education, health and the empowerment of women while security remains a matter..
South Korea is all set to conduct defence drills on Thursday around PyeongChang county, site of the upcoming Win..
Leading Indian American tax consultant and certified public accountant Neeraj Bhatia has been conferred with the..
A former CIA officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle Washington''s spying operations and i..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that UN peacekeeping "is facing unprecedented challenges..
While warning about the risk of "potential nuclear catastrophe on the Korean Peninsula," Secretary-General Anton..
The Japanese state broadcaster NHK apologized for mistakenly issuing a news alert claiming that North Korea had ..
Kuwait will host the ministerial meeting of the US-led International Coalition against the Islamic State on Febr..
Myanmar''s Foreign Ministry has informed Bangladesh of its possible extradition of some members of the Arakan Ro..
The Security Council has concluded a secret fact-finding mission to Afghanistan in a show of support for the war..
The UN on Monday expressed concern over press reports that the US government may significantly cut financial aid..
At least five security personnel were killed and six others injured in a gun attack in Pakistan''s Balochistan p..
The Central Council of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) on Monday recommended suspending the recogn..
At least 26 persons were killed and 75 others injured in twin suicide attacks in Baghdad early on Monday, police..
The track-laying commencement of the first phase of the China-built Matara-Kataragama railway extension project ..
US President Donald Trump has signalled that he has developed a "good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim..
Twenty journalists and media workers were killed in violence in Afghanistan in 2017, the Afghan Journalists Safe..
There is a huge buzz throughout Saudi Arabia as the hitherto conservative Kingdom - seen as the religious font o..
India''s Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale met scholars of China''s influential think tanks and held a "candi..
Tibetan "Prime Minister-in-exile" Lobsang Sangay on Thursday cautioned New Delhi against China''s deceptive poli..
North Korea asked the South on Thursday to abandon its military manoeuvers with the US, saying that these exerci..
US President Donald Trump has said that he saw "a lot of good energy" from the inter-Korean talks that happened ..
In an emerging strategic transformation, India is now considering itself as maritime power and building up its n..
Iran''s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will meet the European Union''s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini her..
Nigeria on Tuesday commenced a three-day mourning ahead of the mass burial of 71 people killed in violence alleg..
Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the ambassadors of Russia and Iran to protest the Syria government'..
Some 169 suspected members of the Italian ''Ndrangheta gang have been arrested in Italy and Germany as part of a..
Thailand''s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country to avoid being jailed over her role ..
Comedian Seth Meyers opened his stint as host of the 75th Golden Globe Awards with a political undertone and jok..
CIA Director Mike Pompeo has come to US President Donald Trump''s rescue, defending his mental abilities in the ..
Palestinian officials on Sunday said they had been making an effort to gain European Union''s (EU) recognition o..
Mexican marines exchanged gunfire with a group of gunmen in Mexico''s Baja California Sur state, leaving seven d..
The Malaysian government has agreed to an offer by a US exploration firm to resume the search for the missing Ma..
Sidestepping once again whether Donald Trump''s tweets violates its terms of service, the micro-blogging platfor..
Two Hindu grain traders were shot dead by robbers in Sindh province of Pakistan on Friday.The victims were broth..
North Korea on Friday accepted South Korea''s proposal for official talks, in what will be the first high-level ..
The Syrian government forces have captured as many as 70 towns and villages in key rebel-strongholds in northern..
Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said on Wednesday that there are Israeli intentions to escalate aggression ag..
Israeli Knesset (parliament) vote on the "unified Jerusalem law" breaches the international resolutions relating..
The modern ocean''s average temperature is 3.5 degrees Celsius, says a study that identified a new way to measur..
A day after the Trump administration confirmed suspending $255 million of military aid to Pakistan for "harbouri..
More than 445,000 Afghans were displaced in 2017 by conflicts and the dragging insurgency, the UN Office for the..
Israeli warplanes launched on Tuesday a raid on the Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, according to Palestin..
The Security Council is to hold a high-level meeting on Afghanistan, Council President Kairat Umarov said Tuesd..
The US may stop aid payments to Palestinians who are "no long willing to talk peace", President Donald Trump has..
An US domestic flight was forced to be canceled after a rat was spotted jumping into the aircraft, its passenger..
A new German law that demands social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube posts containing hate spe..
North Korea on Wednesday said that it will reopen a suspended inter-Korean communication line after leader Kim J..
US President Donald Trump will go all out to cut off aid to Pakistan if it continues to back terrorists, US Perm..
Saudi Arabia, the US and Britain are major players behind the anti-government protests in Iran, an official said..
A day after US President Donald Trump blasted Pakistan for squandering billions of American aid meant to flush o..
The Pakistan civil and military leadership is to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday over US President Donald T..
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted President Mohamed Morsi to three years in jail for insulting the ..
North Korea will remain committed to the country''s nuclear development in 2018, according to a report released ..
The Pentagon has said it will begin accepting transgender military recruits on Monday, after President Donald Tr..
South Korea has seized a Hong Kong-registered ship that allegedly transferred oil to a North Korean vessel in vi..
Two foreign journalists, an interpreter and a driver jailed for flying a drone near Myanmar''s parliament have b..
The United States, while maintaining "a poor relationship" with Russia, still needs to work with Russia in areas..
US President Donald Trump has said that he believes Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigat..
Ukraine and separatist rebels in the east of the country have exchanged hundreds of prisoners, in one of the big..
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country has the strongest air force against threats, with ..
Israel''s Transport Minister wants to dig a railway tunnel under Jerusalem''s Old City and name a station next t..
The Philippines government on Thursday said that it will abolish the state agency responsible for aerospace deve..
Pakistan''s powerful Army would be shifting its General Headquarters from Rawalpindi to the capital city with th..
Bhutto, the PPP chief and a two-time Prime Minister, was killed along with 21 people in a gun-and-bomb attack ou..
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have reached an unprecedented level this year as North Korea launched a nuclear..
Italian prosecutors are investigating a Moroccan-Italian woman, who was arrested by its anti-terrorism unit, med..
Myanmar extended curfew orders in northern Rakhine state for two more months to ensure further security, stabili..
In talks with his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi, Kono on Tuesday said that Tokyo considers Jerusalem as one..
At least 15 militants, involved in interruption of electricity cables and damaging power pylons, were killed fol..
Two Palestinians were killed on Friday in clashes with the Israeli army in Gaza amid another round of protests a..
A total of 12 fighters of the Shiite Houthi group were killed in airstrikes conducted by Saudi-led warplanes nea..
In an aid programme that confounds the US policy in the region, India is partnering with Iran to send Afghanista..
The number of Bangladeshis living in India has come down by 800,000 since 2000 and now stands at 3.1 million, a ..
At least 136 civilians and non-combatants have been killed in air strikes led by the Saudi-led coalition in Yeme..
Unveiling his "America First National Strategy," US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Washington will s..
The Naivasha wetlands, nestled amidst the volcanic mountains of Kenya''s Great Rift Valley, are dying a slow dea..
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday reported the burning of 40 additional Rohingya villages in Myanmar in a m..
In a challenge to the global order, North Korea has issued a threat that it will become "world''s most powerful ..
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono has called to urgently revitalise the long-stalled Security Council reform p..
The Japanese government on Friday imposed new unilateral sanctions on North Korea, which include freezing the as..
The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has said the eighth round of the Intra-Syrian peace talks ende..
Oxford Dictionaries has declared "Youthquake" as 2017''s Word of the Year, reflecting what it calls a "political..
Global humanitarian NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced on Thursday that at least 6,700 Rohingya were k..
Kim Jong-un, the top leader of North Korea has asked for further strengthening of his country''s nuclear force, ..
A delegation of the Russian Defence Ministry is visiting North Korea amid efforts "to revise the policy of mutua..
Several women who last year accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct before he was elected the US President hav..
China is quietly building a network of refugee camps along its border with North Korea, the Guardian reported on..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday said the final status of Jerusalem would be decided by Israeli and..
The Red Cross is faced with a "real challenge" following the Rohingya refugee crisis triggered by violence in My..
Israel has targeted a number of sites of militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for earlier rocke..
Pakistan has agreed to allow the rupee to depreciate after holding talks with the International MoneÂtary Fund (..
After the cryptocurrency mining market NiceHash revealed this week that hackers wiped out its entire Bitcoin wal..
South Korea and the US on Friday concluded the Vigilant ACE exercises, the largest joint air drill, meant to ser..
Even as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow was trying to persuade China to let Indi..
Pakistan''s anti-drug minister said on Tuesday that the country is facing threats of narcotics and the governmen..
Bangladesh is moving ahead with a controversial plan to move Rohingya refugees to a low-lying, flood-prone islan..
Israeli security forces were preparing for clashes with Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank ahead o..
The US Air Force flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday as part of a massive joint..
China and Japan have agreed to more communication between their defence authorities, and have made positive prog..
The German government has been accused of breaking its own rules on removing Afghan asylum seekers with a decisi..
At least 40 persons, including civilians, died and dozens were wounded on Saturday here in the fighting between ..
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis will visit Pakistan for talks on bilateral and regional matters, Pakistan F..
Fourteen persons, mostly students, were killed as burqa-clad militants stormed and opened fire at the hostel of ..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday said Kabul is desirous of holding negotiations with Islamabad directly f..
North Korea on Wednesday fired a ballistic missile that landed into the Sea of Japan, the media reported citing ..
Pope Francis, who is on a state visit to Myanmar, met a group of 17 leaders from various religious faiths here o..
Australian police have arrested a man they allege was planning to carry out a terror attack during New Year''s E..
An American soldier has been killed in a non-combat-related incident in Iraq, the US Department of Defense has s..
However, the authorities said that at the moment no satellite has detected the deployment of any launching platf..
The Japanese Coast Guard on Monday said the eight corpses found in a boat drifting near the coast of Akita prefe..
Reporters working inside Myanmars Rakhine state to document the Rohingya crisis have gone missing, raising fears..
North Korea has fortified a part of its border with South Korea from where one of its soldiers defected to Seoul..
The President of the US denounced on Friday''s attack on a Sufi mosque in Egypt that killed around 270 people an..
Following the success stories of Indian-owned educational institutions Bluecrest University (formerly NIIT) and ..
Iraqi forces on Thursday launched an offensive to retake the desert areas bordering Syria from the Islamic State..
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday denounced the continuation of virginity tests for female applicants in the..
A second federal judge has blocked the US administrations proposed ban on transgender troops, saying President D..
The Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday announced that the wedding of Japan''s Princess Mako will take place ..
The morning after ecstatic celebrations over the resignation of the long ruling President Robert Mugabe, the peo..
A US Navy aircraft with 11 people on board crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan on Wednesday while on its..
Cancer therapy a la paintball? Three teams from BRICS countries, including Russia and India, plan to embark on a..
A total of 51 countries will participate in the 13th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers'' Meeting, opening on Monday ..
Pakistan needs to shed its "security-centric approach" in restive Balochistan if the government sincerely desire..
Votel''s trip, which was his fourth to Islamabad, was believed to be a preparatory visit for the upcoming trip o..
The Asia-Pacific economies account for more than 50 per cent of global emissions. And if the nations maintain di..
The so-called Islamic State has lost control of 95 percent of the land it overran in Syria and Iraq in 2014, the..
The South Korean government on Thursday called for the Chinese envoy scheduled to visit North Korea to pressure ..
Zimbabwe remained in political limbo a day-and-a-half after the military takeover that appears to have put an en..
Italy has donated 4.5 million euros ($5 million) towards efforts to vaccinate every child under the age of five ..
The Zimbabwe Army on Wednesday took control of the state broadcaster here, denying reports of a coup and insiste..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi here on Wednesday to disc..
The Myanmar Army on Tuesday again denied having committed any abuses against the Rohingya Muslim minority, inclu..
Pyongyang''s ruling Workers'' Party of Korea on Monday pushed for improved production in various sectors, includ..
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived in Barcelona for the first time after the central government applie..
Morocco and Qatar vowed to enhance bilateral cooperation, while hailing the ''''excellent relations'''' between ..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India and the US were working together "for the future interests of ..
At least 207 people were killed after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck an area ne..
The BRICS bloc of emerging economies has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting competition and combating monopo..
South Korea and the US started large-scale military manoeuvers on Saturday off the Korean peninsula in which thr..
Ahead of the next round of border talks with India, China on Friday said both sides have "made great efforts" in..
Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for Catalonias ousted President Carles Puigdemont a day after e..
Four NATO ships made a port call in Batumi on Georgia''s Black Sea coast, the Interior Ministry said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Myanmar to push for an end to the violence that has plagued the c..
North Korea on Friday condemned two US bombers flying near the Korean peninsula claiming that the exercise was a..
The UN has called for voluntary repatriation of thousands of Rohingya refugees that have fled to Bangladesh and ..
North Korean state media on Thursday said Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter to Kim Jong-un urging him t..
The CIA has released a thousands of files seized during the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden''s compound in Abbo..
At least five people were killed with transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as typhoon Lan la..
Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling coalition won a resounding victory in Sundays snap election, securing two-thir..
Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday announced the ''termination of all combat operations'' i..
Senior diplomats from South Korea, Japan and the US met in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss and take a coordinated ..
US President Donald Trump has said his administration had informed the Congress of a potential arms sale to Gree..
The UAE Armed Forces has announced the death of two pilots after their aircraft crashed during an operation in Y..
Libya''s national defence and security committee has called for an urgent investigation into allegations about F..
Two men were killed when an ultralight plane crashed near Holbaek, around 70 km west of Danish capital city of C..
Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency as a white nationalist is set to give a speech later t..
A journalist who led the Panama Papers probe into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near he..
Stargazers are in for a treat as Google has announced that one can now virtually visit all planets and moons in ..
The South Korean and US navies will kick off high-profile joint drills off the coast of the Korean peninsula nex..
Myanmar''s de factor leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for speeding up measures for humanitarian aid, rehabilit..
A California student injured in the Las Vegas massacre has filed a lawsuit against a hotel, concert promoter and..
The US House Intelligence Committee leaders have announced to make some of the 3,000 Russian ads public that app..
Some 122,000 people have been evacuated in view of a possible eruption of Mount Agung, a large volcano on the In..
China has put into service its radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter which is said be on par with US Lockheed Marti..
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in the US in connection with the 72nd UN General Assembly session, has ..
Pakistan has told the US that it can''t be blamed for terrorists like Hafiz Saeed, who masterminded the Mumbai t..
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved signing and ratification of the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) betwee..
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country last month, was on Wednesday found guilty o..
At least 20 rockets landed near the Kabul international airport on Wednesday hours after US Defence Secretary Ji..
Unesco on Tuesday deplored the killing in Istanbul of Syrian opposition activist, writer, journalist and filmmak..
General Assembly President Miroslav Lacjak says he wants a "credible" negotiating process for Security Council r..
Taliban militants have been using the den for planning and conducting terrorist attacks against security forces ..
The largest philanthropic gift in the history of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in the US will significantly..
A female photo journalist from Nepal on Tuesday scaled the world''s eighth highest peak Mount Manaslu in Gorkha ..
India hit out at Pakistan on Monday saying it has callously exploited the picture of an injured Palestinian girl..
The US has made clear its new policy on Afghanistan looks to the whole region to bring stability to that nation ..
Security situation in the South Asian region including Afghanistan and terrorism, and high ticket defence deals ..
China on Monday said it is worried about the escalating war of words between the US and North Korea and urged bo..
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Sunday said that they wanted to avoid nuclear war with the Democratic Peo..
Three Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed during an attack on a UN convoy in Mali, according to the internation..
The Pakistan and Russian militaries are currently holding a two-week long joint exercise, the Pakistani Army sai..
The move comes one year before scheduled elections and amid a stronger showing in opinion polls for Abe who''s s..
A military plane of the Italian Air Force crashed while taking part in an air show in central Italy on Sunday, k..
Iran said on Saturday that it had successfully tested a new medium-range missile in defiance of warnings from th..
US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have discussed issues concerning Iran and North..
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has stressed on the importance of preserving the international agreement ..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to take the "highest-level" of action against "mentally deranged" US P..
The Japanese government on Friday said that it was prepared to face North Korea''s threat to launch a hydrogen b..
Rohingya jihadi groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba-backed Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) are "the common ene..
South Korea on Thursday decided to offer $8 million of humanitarian aid to North Korea through UN organisations.
Member states of the G4, including India, have reaffirmed the need for early reform in the UN Security Council (..
Military representatives from South Korea, Japan and the US on Wednesday laid emphasis on maintaining pressure ..
Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called for international action and a long-term strategy to coun..
Israel is supporting the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government''s call for independence vote, a senior advisor to ..
Israeli and US military officers inaugurated the first permanent American military base in Israel, media reports..
US Defense Secretary James Mattis said that the Pentagon plans to send another 3,000 troops to strengthen his co..
US President Donald Trump said that ''''very soon'''' he will reveal his plans regarding the nuclear deal signed..
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said her country "does not fear international scrutiny" ove..
Pakistan has urged the Swiss authorities to take action against "Free Balochistan" posters that have been put up..
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to amend its constitution at the upcoming national congress.
A US aircraft carrier will conduct a joint exercise with South Korean forces next month amid rising geopolitical..
South Africa will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons next week during the 72nd Session of the..
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned that the world body has "exhausted" its options on the Korean Peninsu..
Iraqi forces on Saturday launched an operation to clear the desert area near the border with Syria from the Isla..
China on Friday said no third party should get involved in the India-China boundary dispute, an apparent referen..
In a major show of defiance to the international community, North Korea fired another ballistic missile over Jap..
By strengthening all-round cooperation with Myanmar, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to contain Chinas ..
Trucks loaded with supplies including soap, diapers, towels and slippers were headed to Bangladeshi refugee camp..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the Colombian capital here has said that Iran''s "terrorist l..
North Korea said on Wednesday that it will redouble its efforts to strengthen its nuclear and missile programmes..
Myanmar''s de facto leader and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembl..
India and Belarus have condemned terrorism in all its forms while calling for an early adoption of the India-ini..
North Korea on Wednesday criticised the latest set of sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council o..
Former US House Speaker John Boehner has defended the free trade deal between the US and South Korea on Tuesday,..
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox''s Bazar district to di..
The Security Council on Monday unanimously voted a fresh round of sanctions to punish North Korea for its nuclea..
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously approved a fresh round of tougher sanctions against North Korea f..
Pakistan''s Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday urged regional countries to reach a consensus that ..
The security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", the..
Australia''s Green Party on Monday said it has asked Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to take in 20,000 Rohingya ..
The Egyptian-US joint military exercise, known as "The Bright Star," kicked off on Sunday at a militar..
The Syrian army on Sunday captured the Tharda Mountains in the southern rim of Deir al-Zour province in eastern ..
North Korea on Monday threatened to "inflict pain and suffering" on the US, after Washington pushed for new sanc..
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met his Turkish counterpart Recap Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of an O..
Some 290,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape the ongoing violence in Myanmar''s Rakhine state..
The Israeli army declined to confirm responsibility for a missile attack on a Syrian military facility that kill..
China announced that it had lodged a formal complaint against the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence anti-missi..
North Korea on Thursday warned the US, Japan and South Korea against seeking additional UN sanctions for its nuc..
The eye of the devastating category-5 hurricane Irma was moving near the Turks and Caicos Islands on Friday and ..
India has accused Pakistan of subverting a UN forum on peace and children to further its territorial ambitions a..
Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday to meet..
While encouraging members of the BRICS alliance to continue playing a constructive role in global stabilisation,..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help bring ba..
In a related development, the White House said on Wednesday that Trump spoke with British and Australian leaders..
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned North Korea against continuing its current missile and nuclear weapons..
Dozens of South Korean protesters and police were injured in clashes on Thursday during a rally against the full..
A Chinese research vessel, carrying an underwater robot and an unmanned submersible, on Tuesday completed a mont..
A Myanmar military fighter jet was reported missing while on a training mission in the Ayeyarwady region on Tues..
North Korea may fire an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards the North Pacific following its sixth ..
Seismological data from the US Geological Survey (USGS) showed that an explosion caused the tremor in the countr..
The events commemorating 78th anniversary of World War II outbreak were held on Friday in the Polish city of Wie..
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he will meet his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the..
The Spanish government has summoned North Korean Ambassador Kim Hyok Chol to inform him of its decision to reduc..
Israeli forces shut down a Palestinian radio station in the West Bank on Thursday over charges of "incitement to..
The US military on Thursday sent strategic bombers and stealth fighter jets to South Korea for a joint bomb-drop..
China on Thursday said India''s concerns over terrorism emanating from Pakistan will not be discussed at the BRI..
China''s armed forces will strengthen patrolling and defence of Doklam area on the border where Indian and Chine..
Japan''s Defence Ministry announced on Thursday a record-high budget request for fiscal 2018
North Korea halved the real range of their ballistic missile in its latest test earlier this week, which fell in..
North Korea has said its launch of a missile over Japan was a prelude to more military operations directed at th..
Russia warned on Tuesday that new sanctions and the use of force against North Korea''s regime would be a path t..
North Korea has said its firing of a missile over Japan was "the first step" of military operations in the Pacif..
At least six persons were killed and nine injured on Tuesday in a suicide attack near a bank in Kabul, Afghan po..
China and Russia are set to sign a milestone agreement on joint space exploration from 2018 to 2022, the media r..
Israel signed a deal to buy additional 17 stealth F-35 US-made fighter jets, the Defence Ministry said in a stat..
North Korea launched at least three short-range ballistic missiles that landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korean..
Pakistan on Thursday strongly rejected US President Donald Trump''s accusation that Pakistan has been underminin..
Iraqi security forces battling Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Thursday extended their grip in the city of Tal ..
Chinese scientists said on Thursday they have developed a super steel that has a high level of both strength and..
Japan on Friday approved the freezing of assets of additional foreign firms, due to their links with North Korea..
Russia, Turkey agreed to step up efforts to coordinate on building the fourth de-escalation zone in Syria''s Idl..
In possibly the sternest warning to Pakistan by an American leader, US President Donald Trump has put Islamabad ..
North Korea has warned Australia that it has committed a "suicidal act" by committing its troops to help the US ..
Afghanistan on Saturday marked the 98th anniversary of its independence from British occupation. Afghan Presiden..
US President Donald Trump pledged the full support of the United States in investing the attacks in Spain''s Bar..
North Korea on Friday warned that the controversial joint military exercises of South Korea and the US, which ar..
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has instructed the military to prepare to "shoulder arms," in case of a US i..
The US military confirmed that its special forces conducted three precision airstrikes in Somalia on Wednesday n..
Spanish police on Friday said that they killed five people in the town of Cambrils to stop a second attempted va..
Around 1,500 delegates from over 160 countries will participate in the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) to b..
Israeli authorities have cancelled the press credentials of an Al Jazeera reporter, after he said his journalism..
Stepping up action against terrorists attacking India, President Donald Trump''s Administration has declared Hiz..
Warning that military action to deal with North Korean nuclear and missile threats will be "too horrific to cont..
A US government report on religious freedom lists attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, Pakistan and elsewhere as wel..
The US Marine Corps on Friday announced a 24-hour operational pause for all of its aircrafts after two major dea..
US President Donald Trump has warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that he "will truly regret" if he issues an..
China''s largest social media platforms - Weibo, WeChat and Baidu Tieba - are under investigation for alleged vi..
Numbers of the immigrants arrested in Chicago surged in the first six months of the Trump administration, compar..
Australia is ready to support the US if North Korea decides to attack Washington in the wake of escalating tensi..
If North Korea launches missiles on Guam, it would take only about 14 minutes for the rockets to reach the US te..
Islamabad and Kabul have decided to resume talks at a high level by convening a meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanis..
An unarmed Russian Air Force jet flew over the US Capitol, the Pentagon, CIA headquarters and Joint Base Andrews..
North Korea''s military said on Thursday that it is working on a plan to fire four intermediate-range ballistic ..
Myanmar''s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will inaugurate a three-day international conference here on Friday..
If the US violates the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, it will be the "loser" as Iran will keep all options on the ..
Azerbaijan and Pakistan will continue to expand their cooperation in defense area, Pakistani Ambassador to Baku ..
The Japanese city Nagasaki on Wednesday marked the 72nd anniversary of the US atomic bombing during World War II..
North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, the Washi..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday named seven new military commanders in the first major reshuffle o..
The Arab League on Monday condemned the repeated incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by Israelis as an a..
North Korea on Tuesday threatened to take physical action after a new package of sanctions was imposed against t..
Former US President Barack Obama called for calm in Tuesday''s general elections in Kenya, where there are conce..
Hiroshima, the city that suffered US atomic bombing in 1945 during World War II, commemorated on Sunday the 72th..
The US Department of Justice has stepped up crackdown on leaks as the White House grows angrier over unauthorize..
Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that he did not want to see an economic border between his country and ..
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played down his former aide''s decision to become a state witness again..