WASHINGTON: The Obama administration will start formal peace talks with the Taliban on Thursday in the Persian Gulf state of...

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The United States will meet the Taliban in Doha for talks aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan, where the United States...

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LONDON: British counter-terror police on Tuesday searched two residential properties in London as part of an investigation into the murder...

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DOHA: The Taliban opened a political office in Doha on Tuesday, as Washington said it hoped to begin talks with...

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KATHMANDU: At least 12 people have been killed in landslides triggered by three days of heavy monsoon rain in remote...

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LONDON: The London Metropolitan police has conducted raids on two homes in north west London in connection with Muttahida Qaumi...

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BEIJING: A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman described as “sheer nonsense” claims that a former U.S. intelligence contractor who is hiding...

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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama sought Monday to allay fears about secret US intelligence programs, rejecting comparisons with the policies of...

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A USA Today/Pew Research Center poll found that 54 percent of those surveyed said Snowden should be prosecuted for disclosures...

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KABUL: A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the...

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KABUL: A large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing at least three people on the day the...

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JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind US plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the...

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SAO PAULO: In some of the biggest protests since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship, demonstrations have spread across this...

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Washington: ‘Rogue intelligence technician Edward Snowden said on Monday that the US government would not be able to halt his...

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DOHA: A Taliban office, touted as a tool to help facilitate talks between the militants and the Afghan government, will...

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Kuwait’s constitutional court forced new parliamentary elections Sunday, dissolving the current chamber on the basis of flaws in the election...

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NEW DELHI: India’s embattled ruling Congress party geared up Monday for next year’s elections with a cabinet reshuffle, boosted by...

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BAGHDAD: At least 12 people were killed in three bomb attacks in Iraq on Monday, police and medics said. Concerns...

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KABUL: An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early on...

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ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assuring him of America’s continued cooperation...

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ISTANBUL: Sporadic clashes between police and protesters flared up in Istanbul overnight after a weekend in which Prime Minister Tayyip...

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17th June 2013

LONDON: Britain intercepted phone calls and monitored computers used by officials taking part in two high-level international finance meetings in London in 2009, a British newspaper said on Sunday. The Guardian said some delegates from countries in the...

• Magnitude 6.0 quake hits Mexico

• Future British king William has Indian genes

• German bank employee naps on keyboard, transfers millions

• Greek journalists broadcast despite shutdown over austerity cuts

15th June 2013

BENGHAZI: At least three soldiers were killed as special forces clashed with armed activists in the eastern port city of Benghazi early Saturday, the army reported. The interim leader of Libya’s army warned of the danger of a...

• Woolwich suspect in Kenya arrest

• Gunmen kill five in Kenya-Somalia border attack: police

• Two suspects arrested for ambushing Pakistani peacekeeper in DR Congo: Officials

• Nelson Mandela in hospital

15th June 2013

LONDON: Britain’s Prince William will become the country’s first king to have proven Indian roots after saliva samples revealed direct lineage to the Commonwealth’s most populous nation, the Times reported on Friday. DNA from the second-in-line to the...

• Pakistani charged with US pastor murder in Malaysia: Report

• LK Advani resigns from all positions

• Maoist rebels fire at train in India, injuring two

• Saudi to again hire Indian maids

17th June 2013

DUBAI: Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani, who won a landslide victory promising better relations abroad and more freedom at home, on Sunday paid his first visit since the vote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who will ultimately decide...

• Ruins of lost medieval city found in Cambodia

• Iran’s Khamenei urges large election turnout, takes swipe at US

• China says has ‘no information to offer’ on Snowden

• China spacecraft successfully docks in orbit: Xinhua

17th June 2013

According to Arab News, this was highlighted through a series of announcements through the Holy Quran television channel from Makkah, the government advised pilgrims intending to perform Haj and Umrah this year to postpone their plans to the...

• Iranians count on president-elect Rohani to bring change

• Saudi Arabia plans to block WhatsApp within weeks

• Jordan ready to fight any threat from Syrian

• Iran: Hassan Rowhani has a clear lead, with 49.87 % vote

15th June 2013

COLORADO SPRINGS: A deadly wildfire that has ravaged 400 homes, ranking as Colorado’s most destructive ever, subsided on Friday as authorities reported significant headway in containing the blaze on the outskirts of Colorado Springs with help from rain...

• Syria chemical weapons: US sends letter to UN secretary

• Pakistani charged with US pastor murder in Malaysia: Report

• Kerry to meet Hague for Syria talks

• Sentence goes on for Pakistani detainees in Bagram