Death toll in anti-CAA Bill protests reaches 26

NEW DELHI: Death toll reached to 26 deaths and hundreds were injured in the protests that gripped India after its government passed a new...

Leaders in KL Summit devises new plan; Gold, barter trade to beat future threats

KUALA LUMPUR: Leaders in Kuala Lumpur (KL) Summit devise a new plan to trade with each other in gold and barter system to avoid...

Ashraf Ghani wins majority in Afghanistan Presidential poll

KABUL: Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's President was on track to win a second term on Sunday, after election officials announced he had scored a majority...

Cuba gets first prime minister in over four decades

HAVANA: Cuba first prime minister in more than forty years — long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero — took office as the country resurrected a...

Amnesty International expresses concern over death sentence to Musharraf

WASHINGTON: Amnesty International, a leading campaigner for human rights on Wednesday expressed concern over death sentence awarded to former president Pervez Musharraf in a...

US-Afghan Taliban take “brief pause” in negotiations

KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad announced on Friday that both parties are taking a “brief pause” from negotiations with the Afghan...

Twelve protesters killed in Baghdad attack as US imposes new sanctions

BAGHDAD: Twelve demonstrators were killed and dozens wounded late on Friday after unidentified men attacked an anti-government protest camp in Baghdad, marking a new...

Capital punishment continues to be on hold in US

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift a stay on federal executions, temporarily thwarting plans by Donald Trump's Justice Department to...

Worsening Indian economy worrying Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: Worsening Indian economy are deeply worrying former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying “India's economic condition is "deeply worrying" and that the latest...

US bill on HK amounts to interfering in China’s internal affairs: Spokesperson

BEIJING: The Chinese Government and the Chinese people are firmly opposed to the signing of the so-called "Hong Kong Bill of Rights and Democracy"...