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This undated photo released by International Committee of the Red Cross, the organizations New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi. (Photo:AP)

Red Cross says, NZ nurse kidnapped by ISIS may be alive

A New Zealand nurse believed to be abducted by two drivers by ISIS terrorists in Syria in 2013 may still be alive.

15 April 2019 2:21 PM IST

Iraq has emerged from a ruinous three-year war against the Islamic State group and faces the mammoth task of reconciling. (Photo:AP)

Iraq seeks to reclaim influential role, status in Arab world

After decades of conflict, Iraq is seeking to reclaim a leadership role and status in the Arab world with a centrist...

15 April 2019 1:48 PM IST

New Zealands chief censor has banned both the livestreamed footage of the attack and the manifesto written and released by Brenton Harrison Tarrant. (Photo:AP)

Six appear in court for distributing NZ mosque images illegally

Six people appeared in a New Zealand court on Monday on charges they illegally redistributed the video a gunman...

15 April 2019 1:28 PM IST

Pakistan will have better relations with its neighbours - including India after the end of their elections. (Photo:AP)

IMF likely to delay bailout package for Pakistan in ongoing talks

The IMF's bailout package to Pakistan could be delayed as both sides are still engaged in an intense conversation to...

15 April 2019 12:58 PM IST

A total of 8 lakh were seized and all four have been arrested, the district police chief said.

Frenchman arrested in Nepal for sexually abusing children

A 69-year-old French national has been arrested here for sexually abusing two teenage boys by luring them.

15 April 2019 12:47 PM IST

The court decision came on Friday. (Photo:AP)

Japan Supreme Court turns down Carlos Ghosn's appeal to end detention

He's been charged with falsifying financial documents in under-reporting his compensation and with breach of trust in...

15 April 2019 12:39 PM IST

Operations abroad, they write, will be directed by an ISIS member called Abu Khabab al-Muhajir. (Representational Image)

ISIS plotting deadly attacks across Europe: Report

The Islamic State terror group is plotting deadly attacks across Europe along the lines of the one carried out on a...

15 April 2019 12:29 PM IST

Voters in states such as Michigan and Wisconsin helped hand Republican US President Donald Trump his victory in the 2016 election. (Photo:AP)

'Gay' Mayor Pete Buttigieg launches Presidential bid

Pete Buttigieg, the gay, liberal mayor of a small American city in the conservative bastion of Indiana, launched his...

15 April 2019 12:21 PM IST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Photo:AP)

Assange tried to create 'centre for spying' inside embassy: Ecuador...

Assange's father, John Shipton, on Sunday urged Australia to bring his son home.

15 April 2019 9:41 AM IST

The investigations, revolving around two Gangnam clubs, Burning Sun and Arena, began late last year when 29-year-old film art director Kim Sang-kyo says he tried to stop an incident of sexual harassment and was attacked by Burning Sun staff, and then abused by police who instead arrested him. (Photo: Club Burning Sun | Facebook)

'Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul

More than 500 people have been investigated for drug use and sexual assault and more than 200 arrested in nationwide...

15 April 2019 9:01 AM IST

The ministry was cited as saying that the transport plane crashed at Russias Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province. (Photo: AFP/File)

American Airlines to cancel 115 flights daily over 737 MAX

The global fleet of 737 MAX planes has been barred from flying since mid-March.

15 April 2019 8:36 AM IST

As part of the commemoration of Guru Nanaks 550th birth anniversary as well as to mark Baisakhi, this year the Consulate associated with The Sikhs of NY on Turban Day. (Photo:AP)

Times Square overloads with Sikh culture as thousands tie turban on...

'The Sikhs of New York' organised the annual Turban Day on Saturday in association with the Consulate General of India...

14 April 2019 2:31 PM IST