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US secret court extends NSA surveillance program

WASHINGTON: A secret court in the US has extended the authority of the National Security Agency (NSA) to gather and keep data of phone...

US cannot defeat Al Qaeda without Pakistan’s support: US general

WASHINGTON: The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen Martin Dempsey has said that the United States cannot defeat Al Qaeda without Pakistan’s support...

Obama urged to change location of G20 summit to press Putin to extradite Snowden

WASHINGTON: In an effort to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to extradite US whistleblower Edward Snowden, US President Barack Obama has been urged to...

Hamas rejects Kerry’s proposal to resume Israel, Palestinian peace talks

GAZA: Hamas has rejected the proposal by US Secretary of State John Kerry for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian...

Israel, Palestinians reach agreement to resume peace talks: Kerry

AMMAN: An agreement has been reached between the Israelis and Palestinians for the basis to resume Middle East peace talks, US Secretary of State...

US agrees to extradite Dr Aafia Siddiqi

ISLAMABAD: The United States has offered Pakistan to sign prisoner swap agreement for the extradition of Dr Aafia Siddiqi, after which the Pakistani scientist...

Russian court releases opposition leader Alexei Navalny

KIROV, Russia: A Russian court on Friday released opposition leader Alexei Navalny from custody, less than 24 hours after convicting him of embezzlement and...

Obama asks Israel to restart talks with Palestinians

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to closely work with the US Secretary of State John Kerry in...

Liberal Democrats suspend MP David Ward over anti-Israel tweet

LONDON: The Liberal Democrat party in UK has suspended its MP David Ward after he posted a tweet, calling Israel an “apartheid state”. Bradford East...

Russian court jails opposition leader Alexei Navalny for embezzlement

MOSCOW: A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader Aleksey Navalny to five years in jail on embezzlement charges, Navalny has denied the charges‚ saying...

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