US anti-Muslim hate crimes rose 15pc in 2017: advocacy groupBOSTON: Hate crimes targeting US Muslims rose 15 percent in 2017, the second year of increases, according to a study released on Monday by advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAI...
Bangladesh protesters demand justice five years after factory disasterHundreds of people staged tearful tributes Tuesday at Rana Plaza, scene of one of the world's worst industrial disasters in 2013 when the complex of clothing factories collapsed and killed at least 1,...
Rape: a political weapon in Modi’s IndiaAn 8-year-old Muslim girl Asifa Bano was locked in a Hindu temple, drugged, gang-raped for several days and then bludgeoned to death in Indian occupied Kashmir, according to a report in a leading Amer...
Nicaragua on knife-edge as protest deaths rise to 27Nicaragua was sliding into unchartered territory on Tuesday with protests against longtime President Daniel Ortega swelling to outpace a robust police crackdown in which at least 27 people have been k...
Hopes for peace as Kim takes historic step to inter-Korean summitNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un will walk across the Demilitarized Zone on Friday for a historic summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in, the highest-level encounter yet in a whirlwind of nuclea...
‘Autumn’ in Pak-US relationsFor 70 years, Pakistan and the United States have been working together. And they also achieved results. For example, during the '60s when there was a very big challenge from the communist world, and...
Trumps host Macrons for a glitzy Mount Vernon eveningThe French and American presidents walked in step as they approached George Washington's historic Mount Vernon mansion overlooking the Potomac River, their stiletto-clad wives following as a harpist s...
China slams US as ‘self-styled human rights judge’ in retaliatory reportChina Tuesday published a report on the human rights situation in the United States of America, the state news agency reported. The report, titled ‘Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017’, w...
Indonesia’s former speaker gets 15 years in jail for corruptionIndonesia's former parliament speaker was handed a 15-year prison term on Tuesday in a victory for an ongoing clamp-down on widespread corruption. Setya Novanto, once among the country's most influent...
Thailand volunteers to host Trump-Kim summitThailand on Tuesday volunteered to host the hotly-anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as speculation swirls about the venue. "Thailand is ready to...
Australia boy, 12, runs away to Bali using family credit cardAustralian police were Tuesday investigating how a 12-year-old boy managed to fly alone to the Indonesian island of Bali and spend four days at a resort using his parents' credit card. The boy ran awa...
In Iraq, ex-sports stars seek to shake up politicsIn the sweltering heat of Mexico '86, Ahmed Radhi and Basil Gorgis pulled on the same jerseys to represent Iraq's football team in its sole World Cup Finals. But now, a third of a century later, they'...
New Zealand leader triumphs abroad, faces pressures at homeAs citizens of a small and isolated nation, New Zealanders often seek validation from abroad. By that measure, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned triumphant this week from a trip to Europe. She me...
Taliban attacks kill 11 troops, policemenA new wave of Taliban attacks across Afghanistan killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers and policemen on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a particularly deadly week of assaults by militants. At leas...