WASHINGTON: A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a “well-planned and coordinated” campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation’s Rohingya Muslim minority.…
LONDON: The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned US and Israeli leaders on Monday to expect a “devastating” response from Tehran, accusing them of involvement in an attack on a military…
DUBAI: President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran was ready to confront the United States and its Gulf Arab allies, a day after an attack on an Iranian military parade killed 25…
BEIJING: China’s decision to buy fighter jets and missile systems from Russia is a normal act of cooperation between sovereign countries and the United States has “no right to interfere”, defence ministry…
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday night left for the United Staes to attend 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Qureshi will lead the Pakistani delegation at the current…
SHANGHAI: China has canceled upcoming trade talks with the United States and will not send vice-premier to Washington next week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. The Wall Street Journal said…
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday flatly dismissed reports suggesting he may be leaving President Donald Trump’s administration in the coming months, saying flatly: “I wouldn’t take it seriously at…
—Naval chief says deterrence will be ensured against India’s sea-based nuclear weapons WASHINGTON: Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi held a meeting with United States’ (US) Congresswoman Sheila Jackson and discussed…
SEOUL: Tens of thousands of North Koreans chanted “Unification!” and waved flowers as their leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in paraded through Pyongyang on Tuesday, ahead of a…
MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said early on Tuesday that one if its military aircraft with 14 people on board disappeared from radar screens over Syria at the same time that Israeli and…
SKOPJE: US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Macedonia on Monday with a warning that Russia was attempting to meddle in a referendum, including by spreading disinformation, to change the Balkan country’s…
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey came under a “heinous economic attack” after statements from the United States. At a speech to officials from his AK Party in Ankara,…
NEW YORK: Several paragraphs referring to Russian oil trade in a United Nations report about sanctions on North Korea have been removed at Moscow’s urging, sparking US anger on Thursday. Russia at…
A United States (US) based travel vlogger has been sexually and verbally harassed during her trip to India, which she has recounted in the latest video on her Youtube channel. In the…
SAN FRANCISCO: The United States will fall short by a third on its commitment under the Paris climate treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report released Wednesday in San…
STRASBOURG: The European Union should flex its potential strength as a world power as the United States under President Donald Trump pulls back from international engagement, EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker is…
WASHINGTON: The United States warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in Iraq that result in injury to Americans or damage to US…
