Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan will acquire F-16 fighter jets from elsewhere if the US does not arrange funding for the sale, Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs, cautioned the US as…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan has condemned US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s remark that he would ensure Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi, who has helped the US kill Osama bin Laden, is freed from jail…
Colombo, May 3 (IANS) A former high ranking cadre from the Tamil Tiger outfit was arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), the media reported on Tuesday. The ex-cadre Krishnapillai Kalainesan alias Praba was…
Moscow, May 2 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged the conflicting parties in Syria to strictly abide by the cease-fire regime. In a phone conversation,…
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) A top Pakistani foreign affairs advisor on Monday regretted that the US was not duly appreciating the country’s struggle against the militants. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on…
(Photo: IANS) Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday condemned remarks by US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump that he would ensure Pakistani physician Shakil Afridi, who allegedly helped the US kill Osama bin Laden,…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The toll in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal’s Malda district rose to five on Monday, with a bomb disposal squad personnel succumbing to his injuries, police said. The explosion…
Itanagar, May 2 (IANS) Two people were killed and six other critically injured on Monday when police fired at agitators who attempted to barge into a police station in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang town demanding immediate…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The CBI on Monday questioned former IAF chief S.P. Tyagi over alleged corruption in the Rs.3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. Tyagi arrived at the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters around…
Colombo, May 2 (IANS) A former top ranked man from the Tamil Tiger rebel outfit was arrested by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) in eastern Sri Lanka on Monday, local media reported. The ex-cadre,…
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) Shillong, May 2 (IANS) The Indian government has no plans to re-enter into a ceasefire agreement with Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, a home ministry official said on…
A picture of Zaventem airport in Brussels after two massive explosions devastated the departure area of the airport triggering panic in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. Photo shared by Arab News on twitter.port…
Geneva, May 2 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday urged all parties to the Syrian conflict to end violence and restore the cessation of hostilities during his second day of talks focusing…
Ranchi, May 2 (IANS) A shutdown call by Maoists hit normal life in rural areas of Jharkhand on Monday, but there was no effect in the urban parts. The banned group CPI-Maoists called for a…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The government and the opposition parties on Monday blamed each other for disrupting the functioning of the ongoing parliament session by politicising and raking up the AgustaWestland chopper scam issue….
Washington, May 2 (IANS) A secret section of the 9/11 Commission Report that reportedly details Saudi Arabian funding for the attacks contains uncorroborated, un-vetted information and should not be released, the director of the Central…
Imphal, May 2 (IANS) Indefinite curfew was clamped on Monday in a town in Manipur following clashes between residents and followers of a self-styled godman, in which many people were injured and vehicles were damaged….
Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) At least 14 people, including four children, were wounded when unidentified assailants lobbed a hand grenade at a madrassa (seminary) in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province late on Sunday, it was reported on…
Damascus, May 2 (IANS) The Syrian army on Monday said the state of regime of silence near the capital Damascus will be extended for 48 hours. It is the second time the “regime of silence”…
Washington, May 2 (IANS) US spy agency Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “live tweeted” the military raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan five years ago, drawing criticism and satire on social…