UNITED NATIONS: A draft resolution demanding the recognition of an independent Palestinian state failed to get an approval in the 15-member United Nations Security...
KABUL, Afghanistan: The Afghan Taliban have claimed victory against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the US forces during the 13-year war, and...
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...
