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..
The Donald Trump administration has issued its first written notification that the US intends to withdraw from t..
Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas related to Donald Trump Jr.''s..
An announcement of President Donald Trump''s trade action against China initially slated for Friday has been pos..
The US Senate has confirmed dozens of presidential appointments to senior positions, including three ambassadors..
The Congress of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has voted to extend a ban imposed ..
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of offences including bribery, fraud and breach of trust, ..
Air France will expand its no-flyover zone around North Korea after concerns a missile test crossed a plane''s f..
Brazilian superstar striker Neymar Jr. inked a five-year deal with French football giants Paris Saint-Germain, b..
The Myanmar government will not set up a trading zone on its border with India due to insufficient basic require..
Military rule has always brought the country back on track whereas civilian governments have always derailed it,..
Iranian authorities on Thursday said the US ratification of a new sanctions bill was an attempt to destroy the n..
North Korea on Thursday slammed the US for escalating military threat, the state-run KCNA news agency said.
To keep a tab on Russia''s alleged efforts to influence public opinion in the US, a US-based non-profit organisa..
A US federal court has charged a California-based businessman with smuggling military equipment to Syria.
India along with Pakistan and Bangladesh could witness deadly heat waves by the end of this century, with heat a..
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the new sanctions imposed by the US are tantamount to declaring a "f..
The Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) sponsored by India and Japan is welcome - as long as it does not try to t..
China on Wednesday said India should not make territorial claims on Bhutan''s behalf in the Doklam standoff even..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Washington does not seek to topple the Kim Jong-un regime in P..
A leading Pakistani newspaper on Wednesday urged Islamabad and Kabul to jointly fight the Islamic State terroris..
To further deepen business ties between India and the US, a new representative body called the US-India Strategi..
A "highly unusual and unprecedented levels" of North Korean submarine activity and evidence of an "ejection test..
ASEAN and Beijing are scheduled to sign a new framework agreement on the Code of Conduct (COC) for the South Chi..
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched on July 28 by North Korea may have disintegrated as it re-..
Trade between Beijing and Washington has nothing to do with the North Korean conflict, a senior Chinese official..
Ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said he was proud that his disqualification from office ..
North Korea has confirmed that it has "successfully" test fired a second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICB..
President Donald Trump has planned to sign a bill approved by Congress which will impose new sanctions on Russia..
Coming on the heels of the controversy about "Indu Sarkar", a top official of the Film and Television Producers ..
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake has spoken highly of the proposed Belt and Road Initiative, saying..
The US Senate has passed a sweeping legislation slapping new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea with an o..
Japan''s Defence Minister Tomomi Inada has stepped down from office on Friday taking responsibility for a data c..
A US expert has said that the ongoing border dispute between the Indian and Chinese troops at Dokhlam in the Sik..
Israeli authorities on Thursday removed all kinds of security measures placed outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compoun..
Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman urged Sri Lankan officials to ensure an end to impunity for crimes when ..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s security cabinet on Tuesday voted to remove metal detectors from a ..
A Chinese fighter jet performed an "unsafe" intercept of a US plane while it was flying in international airspac..
Iraq''s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Monday said he was not sure whether the 39 Indians missing in the..
Two Jordanians were killed in a shootout inside the Israeli embassy in Amman, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said ..
The new White House Communications Director, Anthony Scaramucci, whose hiring led to the resignation of Press Se..
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of "new and serious consequences" if it does not release imprisoned Am..
A double battle started against the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on both sides of the Syrian-Lebanese border on F..
The South Korean Defence Ministry on Friday cancelled plans to measure electromagnetic waves emitted from the ra..
After yet another year of Security Council reform negotiations, the General Assembly has decided again to roll i..
Palestine parliamentary committee at Jordan''s Lower House on Thursday expressed its rejection of Israeli violat..
North Korea is yet to officially respond to South Korea''s offer of military talks, Seoul''s Defence Ministry sa..
The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to impose sanction measures on two armed groups, tw..
The US has commented on Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s demonetisation move, saying that while one of the purpos..
Flying in the face of Pakistani denials, the US has not minced words in saying how numerous terrorist groups, in..
The head of the French armed forces, General Pierre de Villiers, tendered his resignation on Wednesday after a c..
A well-known North Korean defector who used to appear regularly on South Korean television has returned under my..
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Wednesday urged the Myanmar authorities to release three journ..
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang has said economic cooperation between China and the US holds out a promising futu..
The new sanctions against Iran by the US are damaging already frayed Tehran-Washington ties, and violate the 201..
North Korea has yet to respond to South Korea''s offer to hold talks on military affairs to ease tensions on the..
The US military confirmed on Friday its special forces conducted airstrikes in southern Somalia early Thursday b..
A small "homebuilt" plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the San Gabriel Valley Airport, Southern California..
Constant cultural and religious exchanges between India and the US would showcase the two countries'' common com..
The Commission on Constitution, Justice and Citizenship (CCJ) of Brazil''s Chamber of Deputies voted on Thursday..
The Australian government said on Friday that it will introduce new laws requiring internet giants such as Googl..
The US special envoy for the Middle East announced on Thursday that an agreement has been signed between Israeli..
At least 10 Indians were among 11 people killed in a fire that broke out in a Saudi Arabian city on Wednesday as..
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson left Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after talks with Foreign Ministers of the fou..
The only power plant in Gaza stopped operation on Wednesday night due to severe shortage of fuel, causing a comp..
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday reiterated his country''s stance against the support and fi..
The President of the United States departed the White House for a two-day trip to Paris on Wednesday to meet wit..
A federal grand jury indicted Brendt Christensen on one count of kidnapping in connection with the disappearance..
Condemnation of the terror attack on the Amarnath Yatra has come in from several countries, including Russia, Fr..
China on Wednesday said the "situation" in Jammu and Kashmir has attracted international attention and urged Ind..
Taiwan''s Ministry of National Defence on Wednesday urged its population to be calm as China''s aircraft carrier..
The US Secretary of State and his Qatari counterpart signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding against the..
"Karstic regions cover almost 20 percent of the continents'' surface, and we know actually that speleologists in..
The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed s..
At least 12 people were killed when a US Marine Corps plane crashed in Mississippi, officials said, adding the s..
While industrial robots have already displaced hundreds of thousands of jobs in the US since 1990, they are abou..
A 15-20 member team, led by Ravi Shankar Sainju, Joint Secretary in the Commerce Ministry, will be visiting Indi..
US President Donald Trump said that he discussed creating an "impenetrable cybersecurity unit" with his Russian ..
In addition, some individuals allegedly carried out sabotage actions against train tracks and attempted to block..
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, on Thursday witn..
The two leaders were expected to meet at the Hamburg summit in a bid to resolve the simmering border dispute in ..
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said on Wednesday that Qatar''s response to the demands of Egypt and Gul..
In the face of the current crisis in the Gulf where four countries led by Saudi Arabia have snapped diplomatic t..
"I will work with Prime Minister Netenyahu to craft and build a clear action agenda to realise these objectives...
Senanayake was also promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, reports Xinhua news agency. Senanayake will take..
"A meeting of BRICS leaders will take place in Hamburg on the sidelines of the G20 Summit on July 7," a source h..
The Washington-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) breached a wall surrounding the Old City of Raqqa, the last..
North Korea on Tuesday launched a ballistic missile into the East Sea, according to South Korea''s Joint Chiefs ..
Israel is preparing for "a historic visit" by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Israeli Prime Minister Benjam..
Though India and Israel share strong cooperation in the defence sector, it is areas like agriculture, water mana..
Chinese President Xi Jinping touted the relationship between China and Russia at "best time in history", saying ..
The visiting US Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain here has urged both India and Pakistan to re..
China''s President Xi Jinping warned that efforts "to challenge the power of the central government" in Hong Kon..
He came, he saw, he hugged and hugged again, but he couldn''t conquer the Russia obsessed Yankee media. Narendra..
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a visiting ..
The German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) on Friday passed a bill which will require social media networks, such..
The Israeli army bombed a Syrian military position from which it claims a rocket was fired from the Golan Height..
US President Donald Trump has backed his visiting South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in''s policy to resume dialo..
Pitching for a ''strong collaboration'' with India in nuclear power, former Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission ..
North Korea said it would impose the death penalty on those involved in an assassination plot against its top le..
Iranian Foreign Ministry warned against any possible US military attack on Syria, the media reported.
US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has announced the toughening of security controls for passengers flyin..
Venezuela''s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolas Mad..
The automatic radiation monitoring system at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant here has been hit by a cyber atta..
Three journalists of American news channel CNN, including the head of the investigative unit, resigned after wri..
At least 57 people were killed in airstrikes allegedly carried out by the US-led coalition against a prison run ..
The municipality of Mesetas in the department of Meta saw the final act of the disarmament of the Revolutionary ..
New Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar held separate phone talks with US President Donald Trump and British Prim..
India and the Netherlands are on the same page on several global issues, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sai..
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday bombarded two Hamas positions, the governing authority in the Gaza S..
Hours before the Modi-Trump meet, the US on Monday declared the Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Sal..
The Vatican expressed "grave concern" over the fate of a Chinese bishop arrested in May, Peter Shao Zh..
Belgium is to spend 6.8 million euros ($7.6 billion) on a so-called supersoftware to identify terrorists who bro..
The White House said that there were "potential preparations" for another chemical weapons attack by the Syrian ..
North Korea on Tuesday criticised US President Donald Trump''s "America First" policy calling this ideology "Naz..
India and the US on Monday reiterated their commitment to cooperate in the fight against international terrorism..
Projecting his government''s success in the areas of fighting terror and graft, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has..
North Koreans marked the Day of Anti-US Struggle with a mass rally in the capital city, state-media reported on ..
Australia will deploy military reconnaissance aircraft in the Philippines to assist it in its fight against mili..
Thailand''s parliament on Friday passed a bill that will determine the governments'' policies over the next two ..
At least 20 people were killed and 55 injured in a suicide car bomb attack on a bank branch in the southern Afgh..
Thousands of people from all walks of life on Wednesday joined the International Yoga Day celebrations in Dhaka.
Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday appealed to the people to adopt a healthy lifestyle by mak..
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Jayathma Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka as his next envoy on yo..
Vouching for the full safety of the equipment that it was supplying for the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP..
France''s newly-appointed Defence Minister and former MEP Sylvie Goulard on Tuesday resigned from Emmanuel Macro..
The UN Children''s Fund (UNICEF) announced the appointment of Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as its newest and..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday condoled the death of a US student who was released by North Korea..
India on Monday said Brics needs to cooperate on counter-terrorism as the Foreign Ministers meet of the five-mem..
A North Korean man defected to South Korea by crossing the border, the South Korean army said. This is the secon..
Iran''s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced here that its aerospace units have targeted the ''''ter..
China on Thursday said India and Pakistan will have to play by the rules of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisatio..
The US has agreed to sell $12 billion worth of American F-15 fighters to Qatar amid an ongoing diplomatic crisis..
The number of people killed in landslides following torrential downpour in southeastern Bangladesh has risen to ..
Democratic senators on Tuesday were left infuriated as Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeatedly thwarted their ..
China has offered to mediate between Pakistan and Afghanistan and help organise a meeting so that the two countr..
Twice in two weeks the US has taken steps that will have dire repercussions on a global scale. First, it was the..
"The allegation that the CPEC - a flagship project under the Belt and Road initiative - would be a new form of c..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold his first ever meeting with US President Donald Trump when he visits Wash..
North Korea test-fired multiple projectiles believed to be ground-to-ship cruise missiles Thursday morning into ..
At least seven persons were killed in twin attacks on Iran''s Parliament building and the mausoleum of former su..
The aeroboat is designed to access difficult terrain, such as flooded or marshy areas where the use of regular b..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday accused Pakistan of waging an "undeclared war of aggression" against hi..
A rocket crashed into the tennis court of Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra''s house here on Tuesday.
"We were in a festive mood just after the celebrations for the Bengali new year. All preparations were made to h..
Six people were killed and 48 others injured in two terror strikes in London in which three male attackers were ..
Overcoming hiccups, India and Russia on Thursday signed an agreement on construction of units 5 and 6 of the Kud..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin headed the 18th India-Russia annual bilateral ..
The UN General Assembly''s (UNGA) President-elect Miroslav Lajcak has promised to give new impetus to the stalle..
Ahead of talks with his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said I..
At least 20 people were killed and over 300 wounded when a truck loaded with explosives went off in downtown Kab..
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Tuesday ordered a thorough investigation into the unauthorised delivery of..
There is a new reality in clean energy. The world''s major emerging economies - including China, India, and seve..
Iraqi forces are in the last stages of defeating the Islamic State (IS) militant group in the remaining neighbou..
The US intelligence community has informed Congress that Pakistan does not want heavy Indian influence in Afghan..
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile from its eastern coast on Monday morning, its third test in a ..
"The ship, with around 125 personnel on board, arrived at Colombo port in the morning of May 27 and offloaded re..
On May 29, the United States and the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of John F. Kennedy''s birth.
North Korea on Saturday accused South Korea of violating its airspace with an unmanned vehicle, Pyongyang''s sta..
An Indian ship loaded with relief material and rescue and medical teams reached Sri Lanka on Saturday after the ..
Calling it "a battle between good and evil" he had without mincing words asked leaders of 50 Muslim nations to c..
The UN Security Council condemned the terrorist attack, which took place earlier Friday in Minya of Egypt, with ..
Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth arrived here on Friday on a three-day state visit to India.
The two-day G7 summit, that will focus on issues surrounding security and growth, began on Friday in Italy.
The House Intelligence Committee will subpoena former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump Mic..
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ''Prachanda'' will resign on Wednesday evening, paving way for Nepali Co..
Sri Lanka on Monday announced key changes to its cabinet, including the appointment of a new Foreign and Finance..
The Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday confirmed it test-fired another medium-range ballist..
The US, Japan and South Korea have called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting - to be held on Tuesday - to..
US President Donald Trump had a brief encounter with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday and said he..
Pakistan will handle the case of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death, "accordi..
North Korea has accused the UN and the US of "double dealing" for condemning Pyongyang''s Intercontinental Balli..
A stray dog snoozes under a red boat lying next to a rickety teashop at Sur Bandars quay. It is Friday, and the ..
China on Friday said it does not oppose the joint naval exercise by India and Singapore in the disputed South Ch..
North Korea has feted the scientists and technicians behind its latest missile launch with a parade on the stree..
Beijing and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have adopted a draft of a multilateral code of co..
Israel will maintain strong military ties with the US, the country''s Defense Minister said on Wednesday.
A dispute erupted on Tuesday between Israel and the US over comments by US officials describing the in east Jeru..
North Korea on Tuesday rejected a United Nations Security Council press statement issued on Monday condemning it..
The US on Tuesday slapped sanctions on five individuals and five entities linked to the Syrian government for pr..
The defence team of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday said they will lodge a new c..
The Afghan security forces on Tuesday took control of Qala-e-Zal district in Kunduz province after clashes with ..
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that Iran does not seek any "tension" with Riyadh, Tehran Times..
Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State militants liberated on Monday a neighbourhood from the group after heavy..
Nepal expects to enhance cooperation with China within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, Nepal''s F..
The European Union on Sunday condemned North Korea''s latest test launch of a ballistic missile, slamming it, as..
Only 29 per cent of Americans say they approve of US President Donald Trump''s firing of FBI Director James Come..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the US to move its embassy to Jerusalem, responding to..
US President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to send additional American troops to Afghanist..
Like Henry Kissinger, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman belongs to a growing tribe of strategists who ..
Nepal is yet to work out how to reap benefits from the South Asia Satellite that India launched as a ''gift to i..
In the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the Tamil-dominated tea plantation area in Sri Lanka, Prime Mi..
The US intelligence chief has slammed Pakistan for its failure to curb support to anti-India militants and warne..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated a multi-specialty hospital built with Indian aid at Dickoya i..
North Korea''s nuclear programme poses as a ''potentially existential threat'' to Washington, US National Intell..
The CIA has established a Korea Mission Centre to address "the nuclear and ballistic missile threat posed by" No..
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged Washington would "reverse" its decision to arm a Syria..
US President Donald Trump invited newly-elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Washington at an ear..
Iran will increase its missile capability despite the enemies'' propaganda against it, country''s top leader Aya..
Turkey and Pakistan on Wednesday agreed to buy each other''s warships and training planes.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday named the country''s Armed Forces Chief as the next Secretary..
China on Wednesday slammed the US after senior Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi met the Dalai Lama, saying the dev..
A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in the Tibetan Plateau, threatening the abilit..
At least seven civilians, including two women and three children, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghan..
US President Donald Trump will receive Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov here on Wednesday, according to th..
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph F Dunford met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu..
South Korea''s newly elected President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday said he will visit North Korea under the right c..
All three missing Cambodian UN peacekeepers ambushed in the Central African Republic (CAR) were found dead, a De..
Global credit rating agency Moody''s Investors Service has predicted that Pakistans external debt will grow to $..
The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's pick Heather Wilson as Air Force Secretary, officials s..
Former US president Barack Obama met privately with former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi in Milan on Monda..
At least five people, among them a senior Somali military commander, were confirmed killed in a car bomb explosi..
A day ahead of South Korea''s presidential election, Pyongyang on Monday called for an end to the history of int..
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has slammed calls for a black flag protest during Indian Prime Ministe..
Saying that there is hardly a Swedish firm that is not interested in India, a visiting minister said that, after..
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi''s visit to Israel, an Indian delegation, including Congress leader Manish..
Electoral eruptions are taking place everywhere almost in defiance of American will. In some instances it is dif..
On June 15, 1947, the New York Herald Tribune ran a headline that said "Joliot-Curie Rips America for an Atomic ..
North Korea condemned the US test launch of an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, med..
South Korea, Japan and China, at a trilateral meeting on Friday, vowed to fight against "all forms of protection..
The UN owes India $55 million for its participation in peacekeeping operations, which is more than the annual ma..
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has declined invitations by top Pakistani civil and military officials to visit Is..
At least eight civilians and an attacker were killed here on Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack on a convoy of t..
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli met with UAE''s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan..
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to destroy USS Michigan, an American naval submarine, if it gets ..
Japan on Monday sent one of its largest warships to escort a US vessel amid heightened tensions between Washingt..
In his first public appearance after 20 years, former Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Saturday called on t..
The much-talked about pact on the Kathmandu-Kerung rail project, a cross-border rail network between Nepal and C..
The missile test was, however, a failure and it blew up within North Korean territory, according to US and South..
Ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan''s visit to India this month-end, a senior Turkish official has ..
Both Russia and China have stepped up military movements on land, air and sea, particularly around US allies lik..
Long Xingchun, Director at the Centre for Indian Studies at China West Normal University, said Beijing was magna..
Afghan Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and the army chief, General Qadam Shah Shahim, resigned on Monday in the..
At least 135 Afghan soldiers were killed and 60 injured in a deadly attack by Taliban militants on an Afghan arm..
A senior Taliban militant and six others were killed in a military raid in Baghlan province of Afghanistan, an o..
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari was accorded a ceremonial welcome on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here..
Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Monday began his maiden visit to India during which he will mee..
The US can defuse the tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the Kashmir issue as Washington has good rela..
An Afghan Army General was killed and another person injured in an attack in Kunduz province on Monday, authorit..
North Korea on Saturday displayed a new intercontinental missile, during the grand military parade here to celeb..
The death toll of Islamic State (IS) militants killed when the US military dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb or the ..
The Afghanistan government has said that it was in the loop when the US forces dropped the "mother of all bombs"..
A relic hunter has found more than 14,000 dog tags buried in Britain, of soldiers who fought and died during the..
The Stockholm truck attack suspect has confessed to deliberately driving the stolen vehicle into crowds in the S..
G7 foreign ministers, along with their counterparts from Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Qatar on Tuesd..
Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, has broken another age barrier and become the youngest UN Messeng..
North Korea on Tuesday condemned the deployment of a US nuclear aircraft carrier and its strike group near the K..
President Xi arrived at Trump''s Mar-a-Lago Florida resort on Thursday.According to Spicer, Xi and Trump "reaffi..
The US fired 59 Tomahawk missiles on a Syrian airbase in response to a chemicals weapons attack which killed doz..
The report said given the recent comments made by companies, it would be safe to assume that applications from l..
The Hasina visit would also be the first summit-level meeting for Modi after the spectacular electoral victory t..
Afghanistan and Australia share a "strong connection" for more than a century, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm..
South Korea, US and Japan will hold a combined naval exercise this week against Pyongyang''s growing submarine t..
Military operations have killed nine civilians in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, a local security..
Even as China is firmly entrenched in Sri Lanka''s Hambantota port, the island nation has three other major port..
Anand Prasad Dhungana, an MP of the Nepali Congress, which is part of the ruling coalition, says "Oli is doing m..
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Monday partially opened the only passageway between the Gaza Strip an..
The family of a Pakistani man, allegedly murdered by 10 Indians in Abu Dhabi in 2015, has pardoned the convicts ..
The outgoing head of peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, has praised the quality of troops from India and ot..
President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday denounced the terror attack outside Brit..
Afghanistan''s Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani has accused Pakistan of supporting terrorist organisations an..
Three soldiers and 11 militants were killed during a clash at a military base in Afghanistan''s Uruzgan province..
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abu Dhabi summoned on Sunday the Swiss Ambassador "to di..
A suspected militant was shot dead in Dhaka on Saturday after Bangladesh police foiled an attack on a security c..
Paris'' Orly airport has been evacuated amid unconfirmed reports of shots being fired inside the terminal on Fri..
The plans need to be approved by US President Donald Trump, since Washington is practically the only supplier of..
German President-elect Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will be assuming office on Sunday, has an Indian connection ..
Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday categorically rejected reports about deployment of Pakistani..
A South Korean court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Friday, removing her from office after..
At least two persons were killed and 12 injured when three explosions rocked a military hospital here on Wednesd..
The Pentagon has announced that Iranian vessels came dangerously close to a US Navy surveillance ship in the Str..
The injured pilot of Syrian fighter jet, which crashed near Syrian-Turkish border, was found by Turkish rescue t..
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said she has spoken to the father of a Sikh man who was injure..
The Ministry of Industry (MoI), during the two-day event which concluded on Friday, signed Letters of Intent (Lo..
North Korea has warned the US that it will face serious repercussions after reported calls to re-list Pyongyang ..
With the nation still in shock from the killing of an Indian engineer last week, an Indian-origin businessman wa..
Australia''s opposition leader Bill Shorten on Friday said he has held constructive talks with visiting Israeli ..
At least 30 persons were killed in a suicide bombing in Syria''s Susian town on Friday, a monitor group reported..
Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal on Thursday called for reopening of the border that Pakistan closed a week ago ..
Afghanistan''s government warned Pakistan that it would respond to any attack on its sovereignty, with the warni..
Turkey''s Defence Ministry lifted the ban on female officers wearing the veil, local media reported.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday released detailed policies on crack downs of illegal imm..
The international community should not take peace and prosperity in Europe for granted, UN Secretary-General Ant..
US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley has said the US will not compromise on its support for the European Union and NA..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived here on Wednesday amid controversy over his policies towards P..
China on Tuesday said it will announce more sanctions against North Korea to implement in its entirety the lates..
The Iraq Museum of Baghdad is to display 40 ancient artefacts at the Venice Biennale art exhibition this year, i..
Within days of the Pakistan Army summoning Afghan diplomats to demand action against militants sheltering in Afg..
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in jail for killing an injured Palestinian..
The Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security officials said on ..
The Pakistani authorities also closed its border with Afghanistan. Reports suggest troops of the two countries h..
The former Pakistan military chief said that operation Zarb-e-Azb had no shortcomings as it was specifically for..
Iranian forces fired four mortar shells across the border into Pakistan''s Balochistan province on Friday, offic..
As Taiwan adopts a new foreign policy, a women's parliamentary delegation from that country will visit India..
North Korea could own up to 45 nuclear arms by 2020 owing to an anticipated rise in its reserves of plutonium an..
"India, as the lead country in the areas of counter-terrorism and trans-national crime, environment, transport a..
At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in t..
Sri Lanka''s Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi on Tuesday called on members of the South Asian Associat..
More Indian visitors are expected in this year''s edition of Taiwan''s leading information and communication tec..
Despite a general agreement on enlarging the Council, as part of the UN reform process, member states remain sha..
The number of children killed and maimed in the Afghan war increased dramatically last year, the UN said in a re..
An official of the Afghan consulate in this Pakistani city was shot and killed by a guard on Monday, Dawn report..
They said he wouldn''t or couldn''t do it. He did it and is doing it with a vengeance, roiling foes and friends ..
The US ambassador to the UN made a strong condemnation of Russia at the UN Security Council, calling on Moscow t..
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that he has decided to lift the ceasefire with the Communis..
The Islamic State may be defeated soon on the battlefield but this in itself is unlikely to bring peace to the M..
Kuwait has suspended the issuance of visas for nationals of Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
They also expressed the hope that it will pave the way for meetings at higher levels. One diplomat participatin..
Saeed was detained on Monday night under Section 11-EEE (1) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1977, a notification issu..
Kumar was the prime mover of the RHC rally in October at which Trump campaigned on a promise of being a friend o..
Japan has been paying 10,000 pounds per month to a British think tank to hype up ''China threat'' among British ..
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended his country''s welcome to refugees after US President Donald..
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed to work together to fight the Islami..
Nepal has formally recognised migration of its countrymen to India for employment purpose as "foreign employment..
Afghanistan remains one of the main challenges for the Trump administration with analysts suggesting that the ne..
US President Donald Trump, who has virulently called the nuclear agreement with Iran the "worst deal ever negoti..
Six police officers were injured and 217 protesters arrested after they smashed windows, damaged cars and threw ..
South Korea, the US and Japan will hold joint maritime drills from Friday to enhance their capability to detect ..
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of t..
Modi in turn thanked Obama, who leaves the White House on Friday, "for his strong support and contribution to st..
Ukraine''s President said he hoped United States President-elect Donald Trump would maintain his support for Kie..
With Donald Trump set to be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, will his presi..
Ghani''s allegations came during a phone call with Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Bajwa, who telephoned the A..
Nepal''s Foreign Affairs Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat is scheduled to arrive India on Monday on a two-day visit..
All five Indian American lawmakers have been nominated to key Congressional panels, the media here reported.
An international peace conference held in Paris to kick-start the stalled peace talks between Israel and Palesti..
At least 28 people were killed on Monday when a Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashed into a residential area clo..
Bangladesh Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested Neo-JMB terrorist Jahangir Alam, one of the key figures b..
Sri Lanka and Pakistan on Friday inaugurated a mega trade expo in capital Colombo to strengthen economic and tra..
At least 11 people were killed in an explosion at a provincial government guest house in Kandahar city of Afghan..
The Donald would not buy it! All of Uncle Sam''s spymasters could not convince PEOTUS who would soon be POTUS th..
State-run media in Pakistan including Radio Pakistan had reported that the $5 billion deal has been detailed by ..
The US has signalled that it will not be drawn into the role of a mediator between India and Pakistan, saying bo..
A guard was killed and 158 inmates escaped when gunmen attacked a prison facility in southern Philippines on Wed..
A 17-hour uprising at a prison in Brazil claimed the lives of at least 56 prisoners over the weekend, authoritie..
A former Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Jerusalem who was convicted of smuggling arms for Palestinian mili..
At least 35 persons were killed and 61 wounded in a car bomb explosion in eastern Baghdad on Monday, the media r..
The 35 Russian diplomats declared "persona non grata" by the US government arrived in Moscow early Monday mornin..
Islamist terrorism is the biggest challenge Germany is currently facing, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her Ne..
India will start supplying an additional 80MW electricity to Nepal from January 1, 2017, through the Dhalkebar-M..
US President Barack Obama ejected 35 Russian diplomats from the country as a punishment over the alleged hacking..
A group of activists has requested US President Barack Obama to reject asylum application of Afghanistan''s firs..
A year of momentous changes at the UN and around the world sets the stage for a year of uncertainties at the wor..
The automated control systems for two nuclear power plants in Tamil Nadu''s Kudankulam will start arriving to In..
A Russian military plane, reported missing on Sunday shortly after takeoff from the city of Sochi with 92 people..
As many as 28 suspected militants linked to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have re..
The outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again called for India and Pakistan to resolve their differenc..
In his message, the President said: "On behalf of the government and the people of India as well as on my own be..
German police on Tuesday said they were probing a suspected terrorist attack after a man ploughed a lorry into a..
India has renewed its demand for international action against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (Je..
People are accused of being "anti-Pakistan" and "agents" of foreign powers because they dared to criticise holy ..
Aden witnessed several assassinations and attacks after Saudi-backed forces drove the Shia Houthi rebels out fro..
India and Tajikistan on Saturday signed four agreements, including one on exchange of financial intelligence, fo..
Former Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said her defeat in the November 8 election was due to a..
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said the world needs to press ahead in the struggle against climate change.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said the isles row between Russia and Japan can not be solved soon.
The White House said on Thursday a bill renewing the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) was becoming law without US Presid..
When the Indian government awarded scholarships to two African mediapersons, one from Ghana and the other from t..
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said it is time to try those who had sided with and rehabilitated th..
Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government was raising the Agusta..
The Australian government remains committed to the contentious Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme despite crit..
India and Indonesia on Monday affirmed their commitment to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos).
The UN top envoy in Somalia on Sunday condemned a suicide car bombing at the Mogadishu seaport, which left at le..
India is in talks with Russia to swap natural gas with China and Myanmar as an alternative to building a propose..
Australia must be relentless against the threat of terrorism, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Thursday.
US Vice President-elect Mike Pence has stated that Donald Trump could use his extraordinary deal-making skills t..
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Beijing, saying China will..
At least 31,500 civilians have been displaced within Aleppo since fighting between warring factions escalated th..
Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shinzo Abe formally met for the annual India-Japan bilateral summit here on Fr..
Tokyo:Wooing Japanese investors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that stable, predictable and transp..
"Made in India'' and ''Made by Japan'' combination has started working wonderfully," he
said in one of the twee..
The fourth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission began in New Delhi on Wednesday, setting the tone for the..
in a series of anti-militancy crackdowns, 12 Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants were killed in Gazi..
A top Pakistani aide, accusing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "misleading" BRICS and B..
"It has been more inclusive and more welcoming toward all immigrants," he said, adding "I doubt any other Americ..
India should not politicise the upcoming eighth BRICS summit to solve its bilateral disputes and not expect memb..
BRICS reflects the member-countries' commitment to uphold international law when some Western countries are tryi..
Pakistan is exploring the possibility of creating a greater South Asian economic alliance to counter India's con..
Despite a flurry of media reports suggesting a serious rethink, Australia continues to actively pursue the final..
The official said Ghani was practically asking that India be given concessions, Dawn reported. Afghan trucks are..
A lot of voters are having trouble deciding who to vote for as nearly one in five voters nationwide report thems..
India on Monday told the G20 grouping that it was not ready to ratify the Paris accord before 2016.
The UN Security Council expressed its deep concern over the violence in Gabon following the August 27 presidenti..
Pakistan reopened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman on Thursday, 14 days after it was closed after an Afghan..
US President Barack Obama on Monday promised federal aid to Louisiana to help the state fully recover from recen..
Foreign Ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet on Wednesday in Tokyo to strengthen trilateral tie..
The South China Sea issue may have figured in the recent foreign ministers' meet of India and China, but the con..
US Vice President Joe Biden has urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko "do his part to avoid escala..
The allegation in Turkish press that the Washington-based think tank Wilson Center was behind a failed coup in T..
Malaysia has assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for the month of August.
The US will hand back 4,000 hectares of land currently being used for American military bases in Okinawa to Japa..
"Indian Ambassador in Indonesia has informed me that Gurdip Singh whose execution was fixed for last night, has ..
A stronger partnership between the Asean countries and India will boost Asia's voice in global governance, Vice ..