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Islamabad Airport. (Photo:File)

Pakistan stops International flights from various cities amid Indo-Pak...

Domestic flights too are on the hault as tensions escalate in the country.

27 Feb 2019 1:32 PM IST

Frances President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a bilateral meeting on the second day of the G-20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires on December 1, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

After assuming UNSC presidency, France to bring proposal to ban Masood...

France is working on a proposal to ban chief of the UN-proscribed Jaish-e Muhammad (JeM) Masood Azhar.

27 Feb 2019 1:11 PM IST

He testified before the panel behind closed doors on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

Micheal Cohen apologises for lying to Congress in 2017 testimony

President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen apologised to the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during...

27 Feb 2019 1:05 PM IST

The US military has reported several unsafe interactions with Russian jets in the skies over the Black Sea in recent months. (Photo:AP)

'All pilots accounted for,' says India, rejecting Pak claim of 2 jets...

Military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed in a tweet that one of aircraft crashed in PoK while other fell...

27 Feb 2019 12:24 PM IST

Indonesian officials said on Wednesday dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out more than 60 people. (Photo:AP)

3 killed in Indonesian landslide, 60 feared buried

Photos released showed rescue workers on muddy hillside scrambling to pull out survivors and carry them away on...

27 Feb 2019 11:06 AM IST

Even though Pakistan has denied Indian Air Force had ambushed terror camp and cause heavy casualties, Islamabad vowed to respond at the time and place of its choosing and will raise issue at the United Nation and other international forums. (Photo: PTI)

Pak warns India of 'surprise', calls Nuclear authority meeting: report

Apart from the National Command Authority meet, Pakistan government has also called a joint session of Parliament on...

27 Feb 2019 10:57 AM IST

The embattled leader will ask lawmakers to approve a three-step plan set out on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

Theresa May to seek MPs' approval for new Brexit strategy

Prime Minister Theresa May will on Wednesday face a vote by MPs over her newly revised Brexit strategy.

27 Feb 2019 10:07 AM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

After IAF strikes, UN chief asks India, Pakistan to exercise maximum...

The UN Secretary General's remarks came after IAF carried out a pre-dawn air strike on a terror training camp inside...

27 Feb 2019 9:20 AM IST

Masood Azhar is accused of several deadly terrorist attacks in India, including one on the Uri military base in Jammu and Kashmir in 2016, in which 17 security personnel were killed. (Photo: AP)

15 years ago, US took note of Jaish's terror training camp in Balakot

The memorandum talks about Pak national Hafez K Rahman, a Guantanamo Detainee, who turned out to be a jihadi.

27 Feb 2019 9:10 AM IST

The emergency declaration would allow Trump to find funding for the Mexican border wall -- his signature campaign promise -- from other sources. (Photo:AP)

US House strikes down Trump's border emergency, now goes to Senate

The US House of Representatives dealt a blow to Trump, approving a resolution blocking him from obtaining funding for a...

27 Feb 2019 8:54 AM IST

Once among Pope Francis closest advisors and the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes, Pell is facing up to 50 years in prison. (Photo:AP)

Australian cardinal challenges custody after being convicted of sex...

Angry protesters called Cardinal George Pell a 'maggot' and a 'monster' on Wednesday.

27 Feb 2019 8:41 AM IST

Pompeo said this was the message he had delivered to the Pakistani leadership when he travelled to Islamabad in September, after Imran Khan became prime minister. (Photo: File)

Pak must take meaningful action' against terror group: US after IAF...

Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State said, 'We encourage India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, and avoid escalation at...

27 Feb 2019 8:40 AM IST