Washington/Islamabad (IANS) The US has urged Pakistan to immediately enact a legislation that formally bans radical religious groups, a media report said on Thursday.
The US' suggestion on Wednesday followed a decision announced…
Kabul (IANS) Several persons were killed and many wounded in a suicide attack near Pul Charkhi prison here in Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said.
A vehicle carrying prison employees was targeted by a suicide bomber, Khaama Press news…
United Nations (IANS): A UN official met Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and conveyed Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's concern over the ongoing political crisis that has gripped the island nation.
Hanaa Singer, the…
Jakarta (IANS): A Lion Air Boeing passenger plane carrying 188 people on board requested air control for return, minutes after taking off from here, before crashing into the sea on Monday. A rescue and search operation is underway, officials said.
…Dhaka (IANS): Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Khaleda Zia was on Monday sentenced to seven-year jail in a corruption case.
The verdict was announced at the temporary court premises set up at the…
Seoul (IANS): A top US official said here on Monday that that complete and verifiable denuclearisation of North Korea was within reach.
US Special representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun expressed confidence on behalf of President Donald…
Washington (IANS): At least 11 people were killed and six others were injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday morning inside a synagogue in Pittsburgh, US state of Pennsylvania, a city official said.
No children were among the fatalities…
Islamabad (IANS) Pakistani Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences to 14 terrorists belonging to banned militant groups, the military said.
Eight others have been sent to jail by the military courts, the…
Colombo (IANS): Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday suspended Parliament till November amid a political crisis which erupted after he sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.
…Amman (IANS) At least 18 people died and 35 were injured in an area near the Dead Sea, in the west of Jordan, as a result of flooding caused by torrential rains in the country on Thursday, according to the Jordanian Department of Civil Defence.