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While clarifying that the freeze in American security aid to the country will continue as it is yet to take any decisive action against the Taliban and the Haqqani network. (Photo: AP)

It's two-way street for US: Despite positive indicators' from Pak, aid...

Achieving long-term stability in Afghanistan and defeating the insurgency will be difficult without Pakistan's support...

28 Feb 2018 2:07 PM IST

Claiming that she had first hand information on the link between Donald Trump and Kremlin Vashukevich asked for help after being arrested in Thailand. (Photo: Instagram/ nastya_rybka.ru)

Russian escort arrested in Thailand offers info on Russia probe in...

Vashukevich better known as Nastya Rybka, had an affair with Deripaska who she alleged hired ex-Trump aide Paul...

28 Feb 2018 12:42 PM IST

US mezzo-soprano signer Kelley OConnor rehearses for Voy a Dormir with the Orchestra of St. Lukes at Columbia University in New York. (Photo: AFP)

Argentine feminist's poignant poems reborn in music

Dessner, who won a Grammy two years on his own in a chamber music category, said the band appreciated but had not...

28 Feb 2018 12:59 AM IST

The site of an archaeological discovery north of the city of Sakaka in Saudi Arabias northwestern Al-Jouf province, with a carved sculpture of a camels legs seen in the foreground. (Photo: AFP)

Rock art and mystery: Ancient camel sculptures in Saudi desert

Camels for centuries venerated as the ship of the desert are a familiar motif in artworks from the kingdom.

28 Feb 2018 12:40 AM IST

Guerin was already on suspension and being investigated by the polices anti-corruption watchdog after revelations last week that he made vulgar sexual remarks on a website about a former female police commissioner and a police union chief. (Photo: LinkedIn | Brett Guerin)

Australia's top cop quits force after crude' racist, sexist internet...

'It is behaviour that is completely and utterly unacceptable at Victoria Police,' Victoria Police Chief Commissioner...

27 Feb 2018 11:28 AM IST

Ivanka Trump. (Photo: AP)

Inappropriate' to ask about sexual allegations against her father:...

Ivanka was confronted by a journalist and asked her about the women who accuse her father of sexual misconduct before he...

27 Feb 2018 10:48 AM IST

During the 2016 campaign, Trump let a woman tug the hair on top of his head to prove it is attached. (Photo: AP)

Would have run into Florida school shooting even without arms: Trump

Trump was criticising an armed sheriff's deputy who did not confront the shooter at the school.

27 Feb 2018 10:18 AM 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)

US getting nothing' after India reduces tariffs on motorcycles: Trump

This is for the second time in a month that Trump raised the issue of high import duty on motorcycles by India.

27 Feb 2018 8:28 AM IST

Russias UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused Britain of sowing discord at a time when the Security Council is in dire need of closing its ranks by bringing the resolution to a vote knowing it would be vetoed. (Photo: AP)

Russia vetoes UN resolution citing Iran sanctions violation

The vote in the Security Council was 11 in favor, Russia and Bolivia opposed, and China and Kazakhstan abstaining.

27 Feb 2018 8:22 AM IST

Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal

Pak will ban UN-listed JuD: Interior minister

Authorities have begun seizing control of offices and financial assets of the charities JuD and FIF, an official said.

27 Feb 2018 7:16 AM IST

Memorabilia featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping are displayed at a souvenir shop in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

Stability, risks seen in extension of China President's rule

Social media users shared images of Winnie the Pooh hugging a jar of honey along with the quote, Find the thing you love...

27 Feb 2018 12:58 AM IST

Matej Hosek, a Czech schoolboy with Asperger Syndrom, shows a map that he designed, on January 29 in his bedroom in the village of Cernosice, Czech Republic. (Photo: AFP)

Czech schoolboy maps his life from disabled to designer

Diagnosed with severe Asperger Syndrome, the 13-year-old bespectacled boy has found peace and order in sophisticated...

27 Feb 2018 12:57 AM IST