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Protesters in New Yorks Times Square during a solidarity march against the travel ban on Muslim-majority countries ordered by US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AFP)

Big win for Trump: Supreme Court allows travel ban to go into full...

Opponents of the ban say it shows a bias against Muslims which was recently reinforced by Trump's retweets of...

5 Dec 2017 8:34 AM IST

A US Air Force EA-18G Growler fighter jet prepares to land at the Osan US Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

US masses stealth jets in South Korea

Aircraft taking part will be flown from eight US and South Korean military installations.

5 Dec 2017 6:53 AM IST

Congressman Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)

Destroy terror dens or we will: CIA to Pakistan

The US defence Secretary arrived in Pakistan Monday and met Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

5 Dec 2017 6:34 AM IST

James Mattis (Photo: AP)

James Mattis to Pakistan: Eliminate terror havens

US defence secretary meets top leadership, conveys tough' US message.

5 Dec 2017 6:09 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (Photo: AFP)

Islamabad HC dismisses Nawaz Sharif's plea to club graft cases

Speaking to the media outside the court, Nawaz Sharif reiterated his stance on the court's bias against him.

5 Dec 2017 6:05 AM IST

The first phase of the Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman coast was inaugurated Sunday by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Photo: AFP)

China launches of Chabahar port, hopes for regional peace, stability

The port in Iran's Sistan-Balochistan province on the energy-rich nation's southern coast is easily accessible from...

4 Dec 2017 8:52 PM IST

Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in his cabinet on Monday, with allies defending him against criticism for giving top posts to the generals who helped his rise to power. (Photo: AFP)

Zimbabwe swears in new Cabinet after 37 years of Robert Mugabe

Assembling a cabinet has not been without mishaps.

4 Dec 2017 8:36 PM IST

Geng Shuang told a media briefing here Monday that Qatars participation showed that the CPEC is open for third country participation. (Photo: AP)

China invites more countries to take part in CPEC projects

The first unit of the 1320-MW coal-fired power plant at Port Qasim in Pakistan, under the CPEC project, was inaugurated...

4 Dec 2017 7:44 PM IST

Pakistans law minister Zahid Hamid was accused by the protesters of blasphemy after a reference to the Prophet Muhammad was left out of a revised version of the electoral oath. He called it a clerical error. (Photo: AFP)

Pak govt's settlement with protesting Islamist leaders illegal: High...

The IHC recommended that the legal standing of the agreement should be discussed in a joint session of parliament.

4 Dec 2017 7:09 PM IST

She said the period of Ansaris detention before conviction may be counted as sentence served, that he may he be released on humanitarian grounds, and that he may be allowed to talk to his family on the phone. (Photo: File/ Representational)

Mother of Indian jailed for illegally entering Pak writes to Prez to...

The Indian engineer was sentenced after he sneaked into Pakistan from Afghanistan to meet a girl he had befriended on...

4 Dec 2017 6:16 PM IST

Judge Jeremy Stuart-Smith had ruled in August 2016 that it was the first case of its type and ordered Rose to complete 200 hours of unpaid work and gave her a 24-month supervision order. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Judge rules in favour of foreign entrepreneurs, asks Trump govt to end...

The rule would allow some foreign start-up founders to stay in the United States for up to five years to develop their...

4 Dec 2017 5:54 PM IST

Gravity signals may play a crucial role in early identification of the occurrence of earthquakes. (Photo: PTI/ File)

Gravity signals to rapidly measure magnitude of big earthquakes

At present, scientists use seismic waves from a rupture to work out the scale of the event.

4 Dec 2017 5:36 PM IST