Ex-envoys warn of civil war in Afghanistan if all US troops leave

Kabul (IANS) Nine former US ambassadors have warned that Afghanistan could collapse in a "total civil war" if US President Donald Trump withdraws all American forces before the Afghanistan administration and the Taliban conclude a peace…

8 killed, 26 missing in California boat fire

Los Angeles (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 26 others reported missing after a commercial diving boat caught fire and capsized in the US state of California, authorities said.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown on Monday night…

Rouhani rules out likelihood of 'direct' talks with US

Tehran (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of direct talks with the US over Tehran's nuclear programme.

"We have never had any decision, at anytime, for direct talks with the United States,"…

Tough to prove 'Kashmir genocide' claim: Pak ICJ lawyer

New Delhi (IANS) Pakistan's lawyer in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has left this country red faced. Khawar Qureshi in an open admission has accepted that there is no significant evidence with Pakistan for its claims of genocide in…

Hizbul head calls for Pak military intervention in Kashmir

Muzaffarabad (IANS) Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin has said that Pakistan should send its troops across the Line of Control (LoC) to extend "the much-needed military aid to struggling" Kashmiris if the United Nations did not send…

Backstop is indispensable, Macron tells Johnson

Paris (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that the Ireland-Northern Ireland backstop plan was "indispensable" to preserve political stability and the single market as he met visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson…

5 killed, 21 injured in mass Texas shooting

Houston (IANS) At least five people were killed and 21 others injured during a mass shooting in the US state of Texas, police said, adding the gunman has been shot dead by law enforcement authorities.

The suspect described as a white male in…

New US tariffs hit China, Beijing too imposes duties

Washington/Beijing (IANS) The US on Sunday imposed fresh tariffs on $112 billion worth of Chinese imported goods, while Beijing also levied duties between 5-10 per cent on $75 billion American products, marking a sharp escalation of the bruising trade…

US set to hit China with new tariffs

Washington (IANS) The US on Sunday is expected to hit billions of dollars worth of Chinese products with 15 per cent duties, in the first of two rounds of new tariffs, a move that will further escalate the ongoing trade war between the two economic…

US blacklists Iran tanker 'bound for Syria'

Washington (IANS) The US has blacklisted the Adrian Darya-1, an Iranian tanker which was released by Gibraltar earlier this month after it was detained in July, over claims that it was being used to ship oil to Syria.

The ship, with its cargo…