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Donald Trump in the Oval Office with senior US military leaders prior to dinner hosted by the President and First Lady at White House. (Photo: Twitter)

US president Donald Trump says 'you'll find out' after cryptic...

Reporters asked what he meant and Trump said: 'It could be, the calm, the calm before the storm'.

7 Oct 2017 2:25 PM IST

United Nations. (Photo: Representational)

India seeks zero tolerance against crimes by UN personnel serving...

It appears that the UN system itself may be reluctant to waive immunity even for serious misconduct carried out by its...

7 Oct 2017 2:12 PM IST

Zavala, 50, is the wife of former president Felipe Calderon (2006-2012) and a popular conservative in her own right.

Mexico's former first-lady Margarita Zavala to run independent in next...

'I would have liked to (run) for the PAN. I did everything in my power to make it happen,' Zavala said in a video posted...

7 Oct 2017 12:27 PM IST

Pakistan FM Khawaja Asif meets US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Thursday (Photo: Twitter)

Day after Asif's Washington visit, experts say US-Pak relations in...

Expert noted that the US' message to Pakistan consistently has been the need to do more on terror sanctuaries.

7 Oct 2017 11:36 AM IST

People scramble for shelter at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

We still do not have a clear motive or reason: police on Las Vegas...

'At this time I'll tell you we have no credible information to report to you as to motivation', official said.

7 Oct 2017 10:46 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

Donald Trump to send lieutenants to Pakistan with message to curb...

US has been frustrated by Pak's willingness to offer cross-border safe havens to Taliban factions, armed Islamist...

7 Oct 2017 9:58 AM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif presented the resolution against the new US policy on South Asia during a session chaired by Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. (Photo: AFP/File)

McCain has poor sense of history, says Khawaja Asif

McCain, the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, is known as a friend of Pakistan.

7 Oct 2017 6:20 AM IST

Stephen Paddock

How the Las Vegas shooter foiled a well-drilled counter-terrorism plan

Stephen Paddock's attack was only the second major mass shooting in modern US history where the gunman fired from an...

6 Oct 2017 3:45 PM IST

Pakistans Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif warned, if India carries out any surgical strike in Pakistan or strikes at its nuclear installations nobody should expect restraint from us. (Photo: AP)

Surgical strikes: Nobody should expect restraint from us, Pak warns...

Pakistan foreign minister said his country wants to live in peace and harmony with its neighbours.

6 Oct 2017 11:40 AM IST

Donald Trump Jr walks on stage to speak during a fundraiser for Faulkner University, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (Photo: AP)

Trump Jr defends dad's response to racial protests after...

Trump Jr said his father was criticized due to hatred on the left that is to be blamed on liberal varsity campuses and...

6 Oct 2017 10:49 AM IST

Las Vegas resident Elisabeth Apcar lights candles at a makeshift memorial at the northern end of the Last Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo: AFP)

Vegas attack likely to cast temporary shadow on tourism

The iconic Vegas Strip, lined with glitzy hotels, casinos and neon signs, still had a heavy police presence.

6 Oct 2017 6:22 AM IST

Jim Mattis, US defence secretary

If Pak does not change, it may lose ally status: Jim Matttis

Mr Mattis told members of the powerful House Armed Services Committee during a Congressional testimony on South Asia and...

6 Oct 2017 12:44 AM IST