Kabul: The Taliban militant group has rejected a truce appeal made by Afghan clerics to halt terror activities during the holy month of Ramadan, a media report...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong police have arrested 10 people who were allegedly plotting to make bombs ahead of this week’s Legislative Council vote on a universal suffrage...
Canberra: The UN human rights chief has condemned Australia over the “poor benchmark” it is setting in asylum seeker policies, describing its approach as hostile and contemptuous....
Sydney: Recruiters for the Islamic State (IS) terror group have been masquerading as social workers at a community centre in Australia’s New South Wales state to entice...
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, an official said. “The tremors were moderate and it did not cause any...
Islamabad:A Pakistani court has suspended the execution of a mentally ill convict, a media report said on Tuesday. A division bench of theLahore High Court passed...
Islamabad: Five terrorists were killed in gunfights with security forces in Pakistan’s Sindh and Punjab provinces, police said on Tuesday. Two terrorists were killed in a gunbattle...
Washington: Jeb Bush, a son and brother of former presidents, joined a crowded field of Republican contenders setting the stage for a possible dynastic clash with a...
Seoul: Four new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) cases were reported in South Korea on Tuesday, taking the total to 154. The health ministry also reported of...
United Nations: A UN report says that Indians in its peacekeeping operations were involved three substantiated cases of sexual exploitation or abuse between 2010 and 2013. During...