Imran Khan May Be Tried In Military Court For Role In Riots: Report

Islamabad, 4 Jun (PTI): Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said the chances were that former prime minister Imran Khan could be tried in...

Anti-Taliban Forces Massing North Of Kabul, Russia Says

Moscow, Aug 19 (AFP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that armed resistance to the Taliban is forming in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, led...

Women March To Defend Rights Across Globe Mark Women’s Day

Madrid, 8 Mar (AFP): Women were taking to the streets from Kabul to Bangkok on Wednesday to mark International Women's Day and defend rights...

Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales claims his car was shot at in attempted assassination

La Paz (Bolivia), Oct 27 (AP) Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened...

Two German state elections expected to bring wins for conservative national opposition

BERLIN, 8 Oct (AP) — Two German states hold elections on Sunday at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, with...

China’s new-generation rocket launches 22 satellites into space

Beijing, Feb 27 (PTI) China's new Long March-8 rocket placed 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft...

US to expand its security presence at Kabul airport to 6,000 troops

US, Aug 16 (AFP) The United States has said that it would deploy as many as 6,000 of its troops at the Kabul airport...

Pakistani ex-PM Khan sets out economic rescue plan at rally

LAHORE, Pakistan, 26 Mar: Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan led a rally in the eastern city of Lahore in the early hours of...

Bin Laden family donated $1.19 million to Prince Charles’ charity: Report

London, 31 Jul (AFP): Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, accepted a £1 million ($1.19 million, 1.21 million euro) donation to his...

UN Security Council not ‘suitable place’ to discuss South China Sea issue: China

Beijing, Aug 11 (PTI) Faced with scathing criticism from the US of its expansive claims over the disputed South China Sea at a UN...

Elon Musk visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon plans

Rio De Janeiro, May 20 (AP) Telsa and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk met with Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to discuss...

Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia

CHESAPEAKE, 28 Aug: Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a...

US, China, India, Europe need to do maximum to reduce greenhouse emissions without waiting...

United Nations, Sep 20 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday asserted that both developing and developed nations must do their job to...

Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 17 Mar: A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with...

Poor Pakistanis worry IMF bailout measures risk stark future

ISLAMABAD, 17 Feb: Saddique Shah, a 53-year-old construction worker, sat along a sidewalk with his fellow workers on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad,...

Belarus opposition leader says anonymous message alleges that her husband died in prison

TALLINN, 4 Jul: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday that she had received an anonymous message alleging that her imprisoned husband, also an...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers would resign if Shehbaz contests PM’s election: Chaudhry

Islamabad, Apr 10 (PTI) Ousted premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf announced on Sunday that its lawmakers would resign on Monday if Opposition candidate Shehbaz...

Former Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe

BEIRUT, 4 Sep (AP) — Lebanon charged its embattled former central bank governor Wednesday with the embezzlement of $42 million, three judicial officials told...

Nepal Power Exchange signs trading agreement with India’s Manikaran Power

Kathmandu, Jan 10 (PTI) Nepal Power Exchange Ltd on Monday signed a trading agreement with India's Manikaran Power Ltd under which it will sell...

Israel revokes Palestinian FM’s travel permit over UN move

JERUSALEM, 8 Jan: Israel on Sunday revoked the Palestinian foreign minister’s travel permit, part of a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians that...