Russia and Iran stand by SyriaRussia and Iran condemned air strikes by the US, UK and France on Syrian targets as a violation of international law. "Russia condemns the attack on Syria, where Russian servicemen are helping the leg...
HC meets community in Manchester, emphasizes on education for youth, role of womenLONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner (HC) to the United Kingdom (UK), Syed Ibne Abbas met with the Pakistani community at a reception dinner in Manchester on the other day and emphasized on education fo...
Pentagon Papers whistleblower urges Mattis to protect world from TrumpPentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg called Friday on the Pentagon chief to "protect us" from President Donald Trump by resisting orders to launch military actions or use nuclear weapons. "Th...
Myanmar says ‘seriously concerned’ over war crimes prosecutor move on Rohingya jurisdictionThe government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi expressed "serious concern" on Friday over a move by the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking jurisdiction over alleged deportations of Roh...
Bombs don’t make peace, opposition politicians tell British PM MayUS, British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the bigges...
Crowds of S.Africans lay to rest ‘Mama’ Winnie MandelaSouth Africans turned out in thousands to bid final goodbyes to anti-apartheid icon and Nelson Mandela's former wife Winnie Mandela who was laid to rest with full state honours on Saturday. Mourners f...
Britain says we had to attack Syria, strikes were highly successfulBritish had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capability, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday after ordering air-launched cruise missile strikes al...
Trump, called an unethical liar in book, blasts ex-FBI chief as ‘slime ball’President Donald Trump attacked James Comey as a "weak and untruthful slime ball" on Friday after the fired former FBI director castigated him as an unethical liar and likened him to a mob moss in a s...
Syria: seven years of conflictFrom the bloody repression of peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad´s regime to several foreign interventions, below are key dates in Syria´s civil war. The conflict has left more than 3...
Fighting Marielle’s war: women battle on after Rio councilor’s murderIt has been a month since the murder of Marielle Franco, a black Brazilian activist who fought her way out of the slums to become a popular councilor, in a killing which made headlines around the worl...
Waking to blasts, Damascus residents defiant after Western strikesHours before dawn, a string of powerful blasts jolted awake residents of the Syrian capital. Emerging onto their balconies, they watched Western strikes light up the sky over Damascus. For around 45 m...
Nigeria marks four-year anniversary of Chibok kidnapNigeria on Saturday marked four years since Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from the remote town of Chibok, with renewed calls for their release and that of thousands of others seized in...
After chemical weapons attack, Trump quickly changed tune on SyriaAbout 10 days ago, US President Donald Trump told national security aides that he wanted US forces out of Syria in six months or so, adamant that it was time to bring them home after largely defeating...
Ex-FBI deputy director faulted by Justice Department on media disclosureThe US Department of Justice's inspector general released a report on Friday concluding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe misled investigators about a decision to break with the agency's s...
Pence to outline Syrian missile strike at Latin summitAbroad during a major military strike, US Vice President Mike Pence plans to address Latin American leaders Saturday on President Donald Trump's decision to launch air strikes in Syria in response to...
US calls for additional sanctions on VenezuelaUS Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called for more sanctions on Venezuela to isolate President Nicolas Maduro and his administration, overshadowing the opening of a summit in Peru with Latin Ameri...