ATC sanctions release orders for three more accusedThe anti-terrorism court hearing Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case has issued release orders for three more accused. The accused who will be released on bail are former DSP Qamar Ahmed Sheikh, SI Yaseen...
Pompeo calls for pressure to be maintained on N. KoreaUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Saturday for pressure to be maintained on North Korea as a UN report warned Pyongyang is circumventing tough sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons program...
Asia diplomats press N. Korea to deliver on anti-nuke vowsAsia’s top diplomats pressed North Korea Saturday to turn a pledge to completely dismantle its nuclear arsenal into reality amid concerns it’s proceeding with its programs. China and Southeast Asian n...
Erdogan sanctions US officials in tit-for-tat row over pastorPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey would impose sanctions on two US officials as retaliation for a similar move by Washington, hitting back in an unprecedented row between the NATO...
Iran protesters attack religious school: Fars news agencyIran protesters have attacked a religious school in Karaj province near Tehran, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday. “At 9 pm (1530 GMT on Friday) they attacked the school and tried...
NASA names astronauts for first manned US space launches since 2011NASA on Friday named nine astronauts for the first manned space launches from US soil since the space shuttle program ended in 2011. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's announcement si...
Thailand’s rescued cave boys end stay at Buddhist templeWith their heads bowed and wearing orange robes, the members of the boys' soccer team rescued from almost three weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand on Saturday completed their time as novice...
US pledges nearly $300 million security funding for Southeast AsiaUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged on Saturday to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the regio...
Brazil’s Lula launches presidential candidacy from behind barsEven behind bars, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will secure his leftist party's nomination Saturday and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the country's most unpredictable president...
North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile programme: confidential UN reportNorth Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a confidential UN report seen by Reuters on Friday. The six-month report by independ...
Trump wants a Space Force, but Pentagon has different ideaPresident Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space. But the idea is gaining little traction at the Pentagon, where the president...
First woman fined in Denmark for wearing full-face veilA 28-year-old woman wearing a niqab on Friday became the first person in Denmark to be fined for violating a new controversial law banning full-face Islamic veils in public places, media reported. Pol...
Colombian army accuses ELN rebels as six people kidnappedELN Marxist guerrillas on Friday claimed the kidnapping of six people including three police officers and a soldier in the lawless jungle area of northern Colombia. The six people were traveling in a...
Russian helicopter crash in northern Siberia kills 18: ministryMoscow on Saturday said 18 people were killed when a helicopter crashed on its way to an oil station in northern Siberia in the early hours of the morning. The Russian Transport Ministry said the Mi-8...
Don’t call 12-year-old Mexican university student ‘genius’The youngest student ever admitted to Mexico's National Autonomous University wouldn't call himself a "genius." Carlos Santamaria Diaz, a 12-year-old who will begin classes for an undergraduate degree...
Mass protests over traffic deaths paralyze Dhaka for 5 daysFive days of protests by tens of thousands of students angry over the traffic deaths of two of their colleagues have largely cut off the capital Dhaka from the rest of Bangladesh, as the demonstrators...
Myanmar should ‘immediately’ release Reuters reporters: PompeoUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Saturday called on his Myanmar counterpart to release two Reuters journalists accused of breaking a draconian secrecy law during their reporting of a Rohingya massacr...
Iran Air to receive 5 ATR planes before US sanctions Iran Air said Saturday it was set to take delivery of five new planes from Franco-Italian firm ATR just before renewed US sanctions go into effect. "Based on existing agreements, five new ATR a...