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Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

NAFTA trade agreement with Mexico 'looking good': Trump

Trump administration wants a higher percentage of auto production to come from within the NAFTA bloc before qualifying...

28 Aug 2018 10:40 AM IST

The White House flag was lowered after McCains death on Saturday -- but it was once again at the top of the flagpole on Monday morning. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump, under pressure to honour McCain, orders flags to...

'Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain's service to our country,' Trump said.

28 Aug 2018 9:42 AM IST

Representational picture of bullet train

Japan bullet train staff made to sit by tracks to test safety

About 190 staff working on safety maintenance for Japan's famed shinkansen bullet train have undergone the training.

28 Aug 2018 9:32 AM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a press meet in Berlin on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Europe must set its own destiny, says Angela Merkel

German chancellor said Europe needs to take on more global responsibility, including on defence.

28 Aug 2018 6:25 AM IST

This is about keeping Pakistan: first, safe; second, strong; third, prosperous; and maybe eventually all three at the same time.

3 file nominations to contest for Pak presidential polls

The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) nominated Maulana Fazlur Rehman for the top...

28 Aug 2018 6:18 AM IST

A file photo of the Afghanistan: Peace Process, Security Cooperation and Regional Connectivity conference that brought together Afghanistan, the five Central Asian countries, the United Nations and other stakeholders to work towards peace, increased security and regional development in Afghanistan and the region

Amid a Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, strategic coordination with...

Both Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are secular democratic Republics and are ideologically strongly opposed to the Taliban.

28 Aug 2018 6:12 AM IST

Pakistan and India flag

Key India, Pakistan water sharing talks in Islamabad today

The treaty provides for both the commissioners to meetat least once every year, alternately in Pakistan and India.

28 Aug 2018 5:53 AM IST

The interior ministry has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that no government official or other VIPs would be given protocol at airports. (Photo: AP)

Pak's new govt bans VIP protocol to 'influential people' at airports

The decision will be strictly implemented to provide equal opportunities to all travellers without any discrimination,...

27 Aug 2018 3:38 PM IST

Iranian defence minister Amir Hatami (L) meeting with his Syrian counterpart Abdullah Ayoub (R) in the capital Damascus. Iran and Syria signed a deal for military cooperation in a meeting between the defence ministers of the two countries in Damascus, Iranian media reported on Monday. (Photo: AFP)

Iran, Syria sign deal for military cooperation: reports

US national security adviser John Bolton said last week that Iran should remove its forces from Syria.

27 Aug 2018 3:27 PM IST

As the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop approached the runway it made a last-minute change of direction, failed to sufficiently reduce its speed and did not carry out the necessary landing checks, investigators said. (Photo: AP)

'Emotionally disturbed' pilot caused Nepal plane crash: Investigation

The March 12 flight from Dhaka crash-landed at Kathmandu airport and skidded into a field where it burst into flames.

27 Aug 2018 3:20 PM IST

Leader of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party Imran Khan speaks at the National Assembly in Islamabad on Friday, moments before his elction as new Pakistan Prime Minister. AP Aug. 17, 2018. Pakistani lawmakers on Friday elected former cricket star and longtime politician Khan as the countrys next prime minister in a step toward third straight transfer of power from one civilian government to another one. (Photo; AP)

In Pakistan President election, it's PM's pick vs Opposition's chosen...

PPP's Aitzaz Ahsan and JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman emerged as the two candidates who will challenge PTI's Dr Arif...

27 Aug 2018 2:52 PM IST

The killings took place on August 25, 2017, the report said, the same day that the Rohingya insurgents staged coordinated deadly raids on police posts that tipped the state into crisis. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar Army chief had 'genocidal intent': UN probe on Rohingya...

A year ago, government troops led a brutal crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state in response to attacks by Arakan...

27 Aug 2018 2:35 PM IST