PARIS: US President Donald Trump, who attacked his French counterpart in a series of tweets on Tuesday, should have shown “common decency” instead since the country was mourning the anniversary of deadly…
PARADISE: The death toll from the most destructive fire to hit California rose to 23 on Saturday as rescue workers recovered more bodies of people killed by the devastating blaze. Firefighters are…
–US calls for upholding democratic institutions COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s largest party announced on Saturday a legal challenge to President Maithripala Sirisena’s sacking of parliament, a move that has plunged the Indian Ocean…
WASHINGTON: The United States is halting refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, the United States and Saudi Arabia said on Friday, ending one of the most divisive aspects…
WASHINGTON: US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar from November 8 to 20 to push for peace negotiations with…
Aafia Siddiqui’s sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, Thursday claimed that the United States (US) was ready to set Aafia free on “certain conditions”. In her interview to BBC, Fauzia said that the US had…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday, less than 24 hours Republican party lost control of the House of Representatives. Sessions informed Trump of his resignation in a letter…
The United States has promised to look into a request made by Islamabad to review Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s imprisonment in view of respecting her human and legal rights. Pakistan has been raising the…
DOHA: The Taliban will send representatives to multilateral talks in Russia on war-torn Afghanistan this month, the militant group said on Tuesday, as the international community ratchets up efforts to end the 17-year conflict.…
ISLAMABAD: Senior American diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday held delegation-level talks with Pakistani officials here to “further strengthen” bilateral relations between the two countries. Alice Wells, who is the principal deputy assistant…
US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Ambassador Alice Wells will visit Pakistan on Tuesday, the Foreign Office said on Monday. “The ambassador will hold the meetings with…
PYONGYANG: North Korea has warned the United States it will “seriously” consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end tough economic sanctions against the…
INDIANAPOLIS: There are two more political rallies on President Donald Trump’s schedule for Saturday — and two more on Sunday and three more on Monday. And that’s after two on Friday. He’s…
TALLAHASSEE: A gunman opened fire in a Florida yoga studio on Friday, shooting six people and killing two of them before class members fought back and the attacker killed himself, police and…
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday it will temporarily allow eight jurisdictions to keep importing Iranian oil when U.S. sanctions come back into force on Monday, sparing them for now from…
WASHINGTON/BEIJING: U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said trade discussions with China were “moving along nicely” and that he planned to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G-20 summit,…
US President Donald Trump says he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorised immigrants born in the United States. The president’s comments to “Axios…
