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Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addresses the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: AP)

Pak PM Abbasi urges India to stop Kashmir 'atrocities'

Tensions between Pakistan and India have been high since the killing of a Kashmiri separatist, Burhan Wani, in July...

3 April 2018 12:59 AM IST

The judgement came almost 12 years after these policemen were booked for killing Dara Singh in a fake encounter case. The court had completed the trial last month and reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from both the sides.

Pak Army chief approves death penalty for 10 terrorists

The militants include those who shot dead Amjad Sabri, one of the country's finest Sufi Qawwals, on June 22, 2016.

2 April 2018 7:15 PM IST

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist and Nobel Peace laureate. (Photo: AP/File)

Waited to return for 5 yrs: Malala back to London after Pak visit

Malala arrived in Islamabad on Mar 29, 6 yrs after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012...

2 April 2018 2:06 PM IST

China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25 percent on 128 US products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to US duties on imports of aluminium and steel. (Photo: AP)

China slaps extra tariffs in retaliation to US steel, aluminium duties

The tariffs, to take effect on Monday matches a list of potential tariffs on up to USD 3 bn in US goods published by...

2 April 2018 12:51 PM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

No More DACA Deal: Trump imperils future of 'dreamer' immigrants

Donald Trump also threatened to pull out of a free trade pact with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from...

2 April 2018 11:29 AM IST

Kim and his wife were seen clapping during the two-hour Sunday event, which was also attended by Kims younger sister (Photo: AFP)

In a first, Kim Jong Un attends concert by South Korean pop stars

The North Korean leader smiled, clapped and said he was 'deeply moved' by the performance.

2 April 2018 11:25 AM IST

The Tiangong-1 mostly burnt up above the vast oceans central region at 8:15 am (0015 GMT), Chinas Manned Space Engineering Office said, moments after predicting a slightly later re-entry over the Atlantic. (Photo: AFP | File)

Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over South Pacific

Space officials had warned that knowing the exact location of the re-entry would not be possible until shortly before it...

2 April 2018 7:42 AM IST

Syrian Christians stand outside the Mariamite Cathedral of Damascus, one of the oldest Greek Orthodox churches in the Syrian capital, after attending a mass to celebrate Palm. (Photo: AFP)

Deal struck for rebels' final pullout from Syria's Ghouta

Backed by Russia, Assad's forces have scor-ed a series of victories over rebel forces in recent years.

2 April 2018 6:09 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai (Photo: AP)

Malala, daughter of Pak, has earned name, prestige: Asif

Asif said Pakistan could never be developed without the promotion of quality education.

2 April 2018 5:56 AM IST

In this file photo taken on August 28, 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (C) waves to supporters during the March on Washington at the Mall in Washington DC. (Photo: AFP)

50 years later, the echoes of 1968 resonate in America

Some Americans are thinking the people are rising and will have a voice, said Bass, author of One Goal.

2 April 2018 1:04 AM IST

Rebel fighters pray before they are evacuated outside Harasta in eastern Ghouta, in Damascus. (Photo: AFP)

Last rebel fighters in Ghouta to surrender, make peace with Syrian...

The Syrian army last week warned the insurgents to surrender or face a military assault to drive them out.

1 April 2018 7:09 PM IST

The woman, 30-year-old Asma Bibi, reappeared at her village Phalayan in Jhelum district, 250 kms from Lahore this week under a new name of Neelam. (Representational Image)

'Murdered' Pak woman reappears with second husband, arrested

The woman's mother had told police that her daughter had been murdered by her first husband after she went missing.

1 April 2018 6:37 PM IST