North America

Pakistan lodges strong protest over US drone strikes

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned US Charge d' Affaires Richard Hoagland to the Foreign Office on Saturday afternoon to lodge a strong protest on the US...

Afghanistan

Pak-Afghan-Isaf military commanders discuss border control

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RAWALPINDI: A trilateral meeting of military commanders from Pakistan, Isaf and Afghanistan was held today at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi. The meeting was attended...

North America

Barack Obama defends US surveillance programmes

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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama has staunchly defended US government programmes conducting surveillance of Americans' phone and Internet activity, insisting that they were conducted with...

North America

At least six dead in US rampage by black-clad gunman

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LOS ANGELES: At least six people were killed in a shooting rampage in California on Friday before police shot and killed the black-clad gunman...

North America

US drone kills seven in North Waziristan

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NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A US drone struck a militant compound in Shawal area of the restive North Waziristan Agency on Friday night that killed seven...

North America

Texas woman arrested in connection with mailing ricin letters to President Obama

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NEW BOSTON: A Texas woman has been arrested in connection with the mailing of three letters containing a form of the poison ricin to...

Middle East

Kerry to return to Mideast next week in further peace push: sources

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JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to return to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week for his fifth visit to...

Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping in California for summit with Obama

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WASHINGTON: Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in California for a meeting with US President Barack Obama. The China-US summit scheduled to be held on...

Asia

Russia warns against claims about use of chemical weapons in Syria

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MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned against ‘speculations and provocation’ surrounding claims that Syrian forces used chemical weapons against militants, saying that...

North America

Building collapses in Philadelphia, several people feared trapped

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PHILADELPHIA: As many as 8 to 10 people are believed trapped in the rubble as a four-story industrial building has collapsed in Center City...

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