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Although Merkel stunned many observers abroad by winning re-election despite her controversial open-border stance, her struggle to form a viable coalition has revived speculation. (Photo: AFP)World
Angela Merkel risks leading weak coalition of losers' for Germany:...

Merkel, often called world's most powerful woman, will embark on 4th term with diminished influence and little vision...

13 Jan 2018 4:15 PM IST

Advocate Azhar Siddiqi filed the petition in the Lahore High Court, stating that Abbasis comments on the judgement amounts to committing contempt of court. (Photo: AP)World
Lahore HC issues notice to Pak PM for anti-judiciary remark on Panama...

The court issued notices to Abbasi, the federal government and PEMRA and sought their replies by the next hearing...

13 Jan 2018 3:50 PM IST

Bajwa said that entire Pakistani nation felt betrayed over US recent statements despite decades of cooperation. (Photo: AP)World
We feel betrayed by criticism on terror, aid cut: Pak army chief to US...

US general Joseph Votel told General Qamar Bajwa during a telephone call that US was not contemplating any unilateral...

13 Jan 2018 1:58 PM IST

Trump said in a statement, Despite my strong inclination, I have not yet withdrawn the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. (Photo: AP)World
Trump keeps Iran nuclear deal alive, waives sanctions for last time'

Trump says, 'I have outlined two possible paths forward: either fix the deal's disastrous flaws, or the United States...

13 Jan 2018 1:26 PM IST

Steve Goldstein said Feeleys departure was not a response to Trumps alleged use of the word \shithole\ to describe Haiti and African countries. (Photo: AP)World
US Ambassador to Panama resigns, says cannot serve Trump

Goldstein said, 'If the ambassador feels that he can no longer serve, then he has made the right decision for himself...

13 Jan 2018 1:03 PM IST

US President Donald Trump at United Nations 72nd General Assembly meet in UN headquarters in New York (Photo: AFP)World
Trump's 'sh**hole' comment draws flak, UN calls him 'racist'

Trump tweeted a denial, saying he used tough language at the immigration reform meeting, but not 'sh**hole.'

13 Jan 2018 12:01 PM IST

Prosecutors said the murder charge, which could carry the death penalty, was filed after an autopsy determined the girl died from homicidal violence. (Photo: AP)World
Sherin Mathews' father charged with murder, may face death penalty

Wesley Mathews was also indicted on Friday on charges of abandoning a child and tampering with evidence.

13 Jan 2018 8:54 AM IST

He tried cutting (off) my hijab two times; I felt really scared and confused, I didnt feel comfortable that people are doing this, the victim said later. (Photo: Representational)World
Unidentified assailant attacks 11-yr-old Canadian girl for wearing...

Police described the assailant as an Asian male of about 20, wearing a black hoodie and glasses; nearly 6 feet tall and...

13 Jan 2018 8:19 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)World
UN human rights office decries Trump's sh**hole' remark as racist'

Trump questioned why the US would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as 'shithole...

12 Jan 2018 5:39 PM IST

Troops of India and China were locked in a 73-day standoff in Doklam since June 16 after the Indian side prohibited the construction of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese Army. (Photo: PTI/Representational)World
PLA sets up drills in plateau region post-Doklam: media

The 'plateau region' refers to the Tibetan plateau which covered a long Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and...

12 Jan 2018 3:52 PM IST

Srinivas Kuchibhotla with his wife Sunayana Dumala in Las Vegas. (Photo: AP)World
Trump invites Kuchibhotla's wife for State of Union address

Dumala's husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was shot dead in a hate crime by an American navy veteran at a bar in Olathe...

12 Jan 2018 2:52 PM IST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. (Photo: AP)World
Ecuador gives citizenship to Julian Assange, seeks solution with UK

Assange has been living in London since he was granted asylum there in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over rape...

12 Jan 2018 1:51 PM IST

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