Canberra: Australia will send an additional 300 troops to Iraq to train specialist Iraqi soldiers in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants, Prime Minister Tony...
Washington: An aide to US President Barack Obama called on Congress not to impose new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could derail ongoing...
Beijing: At least 20 people were dead and 13 others injured on Tuesday morning when a coach fell off a cliff in central China’s Henan province,...
Geneva: More than 6,000 people have been killed in the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, the UN said on Monday, noting that the recent clashes near Donetsk...
Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not able to verify some outstanding issues about Iran’s nuclear programme as Tehran has not provided enough information, the...
Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque said on Monday after the first bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar that his country sees “a major...
Islamabad: At least 471 people were arrested here on Monday when they refused the administration of polio drops to children, media reported. Arrest warrants have also been...
Dhaka: Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar, in Dhaka on the second leg of his four-nation SAARC yatra, met Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali and other...
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed the West for the crimes committed by Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Europe and the Middle East....
Islamabad: The Indian military remains the principal threat to Pakistan’s security and the Pakistani security establishment is right to closely track Indian defence spending, a leading Pakistani...