Sindh Police rise in defiance against Army in Pakistan

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) In a major show of open defiance against Pakistan Army, police officers in Karachi have threatened to go on mass leave after the Sindh Police chief was allegedly kidnapped and coerced to act against PML(N) Vice President…

US election outcome won't affect ties with India: Senior official

New York (IANS) A high-ranking US official said that he is optimistic that any possible outcome of the November 3 presidential election won't affect the deepening ties with India because "this relationship is much bigger than any one political…

Trump slams Fauci, calls him 'disaster'

Washington (IANS) During a call with his re-election campaign staff, US President Donald Trump slammed Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, and called the latter "a disaster".

According to the audio of Monday's call…

Trump continues to lie about Covid-19: Biden

Washington (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that US President Donald Trump continues to "lie about the circumstances" of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

"The other night, Trump said in one of his rallies, 'we've…

'Trump will be remembered as a Prez who didn't send US troops out'

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Former diplomat T.P.Sreenivasan on Sunday said that Donald Trump will be remembered as the US President who did not send his troops to other countries even though there were situations which had demanded US interventions.

Armenia, Azerbaijan accused of violating new ceasefire

Yerevan/Baku (IANS) Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday accused each other of violating a new ceasefire that came into force in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region just hours earlier.

The Armenian Defence Ministry claimed that Azerbaijan…

Trump wishes Harris 'the best' after aide tests Covid-19 positive

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has wished Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris "the best" and hoped that she was "in good shape" after an aide and a flight crew member involved in his rival Joe Bidens presidential campaign…

Beijing on friendship drive in South China Sea after US flexes muscles

New Delhi (IANS) Rattled by the strengthened US naval presence in the region, China has gone in for a fresh round of gunboat diplomacy with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries as it sees these nations looking at Washington…

Azerbaijan says 12 civilians dead in Armenian missile attack

Baku (IANS) Despite a ceasefire in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region, authorities in Azerbaijan claimed on Saturday that 12 civilians were killed and 40 others injured after an Armenian missile struck the country's second largest city…

Trump, Biden hold separate town halls in place of direct debate

Washington (IANS) Symbolising the deep chasm in US politics, President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden could not even agree on holding a debate and instead participated in two separate town hall events flinging accusations against…