TOKYO, Japan: The Japanese Parliament on Wednesday re-elected Shinzo Abe as the country’s prime minister for another four-year term.
The 60-year-old Abe secured 328 votes...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan welcomes the announcement made by the US President Barack Obama to re-establish diplomatic ties...
KABUL, Afghanistan: As part of reforms in the security system of Afghanistan, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai plans to suspend senior civilian and...
WASHINGTON: The US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has tendered his resignation which has also been accepted by the President Barack Obama, a US senior...
NAIROBI, Kenya: The Somalia-based militant group al-Shabab has killed 28 non-Muslims in northeastern Kenya on early Saturday.
The incident took place in an area, 50...
MANAMA, Bahrain: The polling for the first parliamentary and municipal elections in Bahrain is underway on Saturday despite a boycott by the Shia opposition.
The...