World

 AGENCY New Delhi: Two Indians are among 39 people killed in the Istanbul nightclub attack on Sunday during New Year's celebrations. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed the death of the two Indians. "I have a bad news from…
Read More...

AGENCY Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said it wants to "amicably" resolve all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, with India even as it underlined that no country can unilaterally revoke the Indus Waters Treaty. Kashmir dispute is the…
Read More...

 AGENCY Kabul: The head of the Sikh community in Afghanistan's restive Kunduz city was shot dead by unknown gunmen on Thursday, the second such incident within three months, triggering fear among the minority group members. Lala Del Souz…
Read More...

 AGENCY Washington: The US has designated Pakistan- based Lashkar-e-Taiba's two top leaders as "global terrorists" and slapped sanctions on the terror group's student wing, tightening the noose around the outfit that carried out the 2008…
Read More...

AGENCY Islamabad: India along with Bangladesh and Iran have pulled out of a key regional conference on sustainable development which is being held in Pakistan, according to a media report. The three-day session of the Governing Council of…
Read More...

AGENCY Washington: In a significant development, the World Bank has paused the separate processes initiated by India and Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty to allow the two countries to consider alternative ways to resolve their…
Read More...

 AGENCY New Delhi: India and the world's most populous Muslim nation Indonesia on Monday decided to expand their defence and maritime security ties and resolved to effectively deal with terrorism, calling for "zero tolerance" towards it.…
Read More...

 AGENCY ISLAMABAD: Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar, an intelligence veteran, has been appointed chief of Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI with new army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa effecting the first big reshuffle to tighten his hold on the…
Read More...

AGENCY United Nations: Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the ninth U.N. chief in the body's 71-year history. The former U.N. refugee chief was elected…
Read More...

AGENCY BEIJING: India's diplomatic efforts to get China's backing for NSG membership bid and getting JeM chief Masood Azhar designated as terrorist by the UN seems to be making no headway with Beijing on Monday saying its stand on the two…
Read More...