Jacob Zuma : Struggle for power in South Africa intensified
JOHANNESBURG : The struggle for power in South Africa intensified on Wednesday as President Jacob Zuma raged against a resignation order from his own party ahead of a vote in parliament set to throw him out of office. Mr. Zuma, whose reputation has been stained by years-long allegations of graft, has been instructed to step down by the African National More...
Maldiv Crisis : Prez declared emergency,Troops arrested top judge of the country
COLOMBO : Exiled former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed today urged India to “act swiftly” to help in resolving the ongoing political crisis in the island nation that escalated after President Abdulla More...
United States Warns Davos on unfair trade
DAVOS U.S. President Donald Trump took his “America First” message to the world’s elite on Friday, telling a summit of business and political leaders that the United States would “no longer More...
Pakistan issues visas to Jadhav’s mother, wife
NEW DELHI : The Pakistan High Commission here on Wednesday issued visas to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav to visit Islamabad to meet the death row prisoner. “Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi More...
Hafeez Sayeed appeals UN his name to be removed from global terrorist list
LAHORE: Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has filed a petition in the UN seeking removal of his name from the list of designated terrorists on the ground that none of the allegations More...
Hardliners who have surrounded Islamabad burn tyres as they clash with police
ISLAMABAD : 1 person killed, over 139 injured after police cracked down on a sit-inForces fired tear gas, rubber bullets as demonstrators burned police vans.Protesters demanding Pak law minister’s resignation More...
Pakistan uses ‘mujra party’ to raise funds for Kashmir
LONDON : In what is sure to raise controversy, Pakistan organised a ‘mujra’ performance in London as part of an event to raise funds for the promotion of education in PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir). The event More...
China questions exclusion from Indo-Pacific group of India
BAIJING : Skirting any direct response to the first quadrilateral meeting of India, US, Japan and Australia, China on Monday questioned its exclusion from the group. At the same time, it expressed hope that the More...
PM Modi meets US Prez Donald Trump on sidelines of ASEAN summit
MANILA: US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met on the sidelines of a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the ASEAN. The brief interaction between Modi and Trump came ahead More...
US to push for India’s inclusion into 21-member APEC :Dennis Wilder
WASHINGTON : U.S. President Donald Trump will be pushing for India’s membership to the 21 member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) early next week when Prime Minister Modi and President Trump will More...