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Dynastic political families destroyed Pakistan, says Im...

Islamabad, Dec 18: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has hit out at his political rivals from the powerful Bhutto and Sharif families, blaming the Read more...

Pause button on Iran n-talks, no breaktrough yet ...

Vienna: The remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal plan to meet on Friday at 1300 GMT to adjourn talks on salvaging the deal, three diplom Read more...

Far from Taliban... snowy Alps beckon

Claviere: When suicide attackers and gunmen massacred crowds flocking to Kabul’s airport, they also severed the escape route that Ali Rezaie Read more...

Typhoon Rai rages through Philippines: 12 dead, people...

Manila: At least twelve people were reported dead in the Philippines on Friday after a strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped resi Read more...

Pope at 85: Focus on just & fraternal world...

Rome: Pope Francis celebrates his 85th birthday on Friday, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime int Read more...

Baghdad revs up Kurdish ties to prevent IS revival ...

Lheiban: As a backhoe dug up the ground to build trenches, Iraqi soldiers scanned the vast farming tracts for militants; not far away, their Kurdis Read more...

‘Maxwell is taking fall for Epstein’ ...

New York: A New York City jury has heard four women detail accusations that they were teens when they became victims of a sex-abuse scheme devised Read more...

Uyghur genocide: US slams sanctions on China ...

The United States is now poised to become the first country in the world to ban goods made by Uyghur slave labour.

Washington: T Read more...

France tightens travel restrictions on Omicron-hit UK ...

Paris: France is tightening Covid restrictions for travellers arriving from the UK, as the government in Paris tries to slow the spread of the Omic Read more...

U.S. Senate passes $770bn defence bill

Washington, Dec 16: The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday for a version of the National Defence Authorization Act, or NDAA, that author Read more...