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Rangers officials could not immediately be reached for comment. (File Photo)

Pakistan: Paramilitary unit withdraws protection to minister creates...

Rangers had this week denied Iqbal entry to a court building where matters relating to an anti-graft case against Sharif...

5 Oct 2017 6:39 PM IST

Mattis, along with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, will meet President Ashraf Ghani and other top officials to discuss the US-led NATO train and assist mission designed to strengthen Afghanistans military so it can defend the country on its own. (Photo: AP/File)

US defence secretary says US, India working to turn big words into...

Mattis said that India and the US now have a strategic convergence of two natural partners, the two largest democracies...

5 Oct 2017 4:40 PM IST

Last week, in continuance of initiative to send relief packages to Rohingya immigrants in Bangladesh, India sent INS Gharial loaded with 21,000 units of relief material to help its neighbouring nation evolve from the ongoing crisis. (Photo: AP)

B'desh destroys boats, jail captains for smuggling Rohingyas, illegal...

More than half a million Rohingya have fled ethnic bloodshed in Rakhine since late August.

5 Oct 2017 4:03 PM IST

Mattis, along with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, will meet President Ashraf Ghani and other top officials to discuss the US-led NATO train and assist mission designed to strengthen Afghanistans military so it can defend the country on its own. (Photo: AP/File)

US Defence Secretary says China focused on weakening US position in...

China is focused on limiting our ability to project power and weakening our position in the Indo-Pacific region, Mattis...

5 Oct 2017 2:28 PM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

'Trump dossier' on Russia meddling in US polls now part of special...

Trump was told by former FBI director James Comey that Steele's report contained salacious material about the...

5 Oct 2017 1:23 PM IST

Danley is an Australian citizen who moved to the United States 20 years ago (Photo: @LMVPD)

Las Vegas shooter's girlfriend Marilou Danley denies knowledge of...

Danley returned to the United States from the Philippines on Tuesday night, according to US press reports.

5 Oct 2017 12:35 PM IST

The US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi (Photo: PIB)

Pentagon chief says no Indian troops in Afghan because of Pak...

The defence secretary insisted that an open border trade between India and Pakistan would help in bringing regional...

5 Oct 2017 11:08 AM IST

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

Some Republicans in favour to ban 'bump stocks' used by Vegas gunman...

Last year, after the mass shooting at a dance club in Orlando, Democrats commandeered the House floor to protest GOP...

5 Oct 2017 10:54 AM IST

People queue to lay flowers in front of ballot boxes used during the Catalan independence referendum in Pineda de Mar, Tuesday, during a general strike in Catalonia. Hundreds of thousands of Catalans rallied in fury at police violence against voters during a banned referendum on independence. (Photo: AFP)

Catalonia gears up for freedom

King Felipe VI branded the independence drive illegal and undemocratic, throwing his weight behind the national...

5 Oct 2017 3:08 AM IST

$\Expect more accidents\ because of women drivers, remarked one Saudi, echoing an avalanche of sexist comments on Twitter. (Photo: AFP)$ World

'Battle of sexes': Saudi Arabia men react to ban lifted on women...

The decision of lifting ban was led by Prince Mohammed, who styles himself as a reformer to set the country on the road...

4 Oct 2017 5:56 PM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a televised speech to the nation at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over...

A cross-party motion was unanimously passed by the council on Tuesday, which said it was 'no longer appropriate' for her...

4 Oct 2017 4:55 PM IST

Danley is an Australian citizen who moved to the United States 20 years ago (Photo: @LMVPD)

Las Vegas massacre: Gunman's girlfriend Marilou Danley back in US, FBI...

Danley is an Australian citizen who moved to the United States 20 years ago to work on the casino strip, Australian govt...

4 Oct 2017 4:21 PM IST