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13th Asia security summit set to begin on Friday

SINGAPORE: The 13th annual security summit for the Asia-Pacific region is set to begin on Friday in Singapore to discuss regional security and cooperation. The...

Modi describes China as priority in India’s foreign policy

NEW DELHI: The newly elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that China was always a priority in India's foreign policy and...

Nigerian president orders full-scale operation against Boko Haram

ABUJA: The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a full-scale operation against Boko Haram Islamist militants. In a televised speech on Thursday to mark Democracy...

Egypt presidential election: Sissi wins by bagging over 90% of votes

CAIRO: The former Egyptian military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has won the country’s presidential election by bagging more than 90 percent of votes, according to...

Karzai seeks India’s help to train, equip security forces in Afghanistan

KABUL: The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sought the help of India to train and equip security forces in the war-torn country ahead of...

US to pull out all troops from Afghanistan by end of 2016

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama has announced that 9,800 US troops would remain in Afghanistan after this year while all the troops will...

11 including six chemical arms investigators kidnapped in Syria

DAMASCUS: The Syrian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that 11 people including six members of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...

Narendra Modi sworn in as India’s 15th prime minister

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Narendra Modi was sworn in as the India’s 15th Prime Minister on Monday at a grand, open...

30 killed in train collision in Uttar Pradesh India

    NEW DELHI: At least 30 persons were killed while 50 others sustained injuries after a passenger express train slammed into a stationary freight train...

Two-day presidential election begins in Egypt

CAIRO: A two-day presidential election began in Egypt on Monday in which people are casting their votes to elect the new president. The former military...

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