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Democrats enjoy majority with 233 seats in the House of Representatives while the ruling Republican, from which Trump comes, has 197 elected representatives. (Photo: File)

White House says will refuse to take part in impeachment hearing

The second round of impeachment hearings will begin Wednesday.

2 Dec 2019 8:44 AM IST

We have to change the old mindset. The old system can no longer work in Naya (New) Pakistan, Khan said. (Photo: File | ANI)

'Change old mindset in naya Pakistan': Imran Khan's advice to...

Khan called for improving governance and law and order in Punjab province in Pakistan.

1 Dec 2019 5:35 PM IST

Democrats enjoy majority with 233 seats in the House of Representatives while the ruling Republican, from which Trump comes, has 197 elected representatives. (Photo: File)

Hong Kong: Protesters thank Trump over support to anti-govt protests

The protestors showed 'gratitude' for US support of anti-government protests that have roiled the financial hub for...

1 Dec 2019 3:36 PM IST

Protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, ending a brief election lull and demanding the government make concessions a week after pro-democracy candidates won a landslide victory. (Photo: AP)

'This is not over': Hong Kong protesters return to the streets

Hong Kong's protests began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China.

1 Dec 2019 2:17 PM IST

London Bridge was one of the areas targeted by an ISIS-claimed terrorist attack in June 2017, when 11 people died as terrorists went on a stabbing spree after ramming a van into pedestrians. (Photo: File | AFP)

ISIS claims responsibility for deadly London knife attack

The profile of Khan dating back to his conviction in 2012 reveals his links with terror groups.

1 Dec 2019 12:53 PM IST

India will remember forever the kind of wound inflicted on it by General Bajwa by opening Kartarpur corridor. General Bajwa has strongly hit India by opening the corridor. Through this project, Pakistan has created a new environment of peace and won itself love of the Sikh community, Rashid has been quoted by local media as saying. (Photo: ANI)

'Kartarpur corridor General Bajwa's brainchild': Pak railway minister

The minister said Pakistan has created a new environment of peace and won itself love of the Sikh community.

1 Dec 2019 12:33 PM IST

Geingob secured 464,703 votes, while independent candidate Panduleni Itula, who stood second, received 242,657 votes, Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said. (Photo: ANI)

Namibian President Hage Geingob secures term for the second time

Geingob was in a tight race with Panduleni Itula, a member of his own political party, SWAPO, who was running as an...

1 Dec 2019 12:07 PM IST

A convicted Islamist terrorist, who spent part of his teens in Pakistan and released last year from a UK prison, is suspected to be the man who stabbed two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge, police said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

London Bridge terrorist planned to carry out attacks in Kashmir: UK...

It has yet to be confirmed why Khan, now 28, began his rampage on London Bridge.

1 Dec 2019 10:37 AM IST

World trade and China aside, the situation doesnt get any better for India even with the Asean countries, which constitute the 10 core countries of the proposed 16-nation RCEP. (Photo: PTI/File)

India, China should break strange circle' of ups and downs: Beijing

The forum was jointly organised by the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences...

1 Dec 2019 10:07 AM IST

A 43-year-old woman from New Zealand, who had come to India to get married as per Indian traditions, was found dead at a hotel in Paharganj here on Saturday morning, the police said. (Photo: ANI)

9 dead, 3 injured after plane crashes in South Dakota, claim officials

Knudson says weather will be among several factors NTSB investigators will review, but no cause has yet been determined.

1 Dec 2019 8:58 AM IST

A convicted Islamist terrorist, who spent part of his teens in Pakistan and released last year from a UK prison, is suspected to be the man who stabbed two people to death in a terror attack on London Bridge, police said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

London attacker Usman Khan, terror convict spent late teens in...

The Scotland Yard confirmed that a male suspect, later identified as Khan, wearing a hoax bomb vest was shot dead at the...

30 Nov 2019 12:37 PM IST

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leaders latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. (Photo: File)

Brazil Prez claims cool guy' Leonardo DiCaprio paid money to WWF to...

Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly lashed out at various factions in casting blame for the forest fires.

30 Nov 2019 11:04 AM IST