Washington, February 28 (IANS) Top Senate Democrats have demanded that the Trump administration return more than $130 billion in tariffs declared illegal by the Supreme Court, escalating a political and legal c
Washington, February 27 (IANS) Amidst escalating tension in the Middle East, the U.S. State Department on Friday authorised the departure of non-emergency government personnel and their families from Israel, ev
Tel Aviv, February 27 (IANS) Pakistan is not targetting militants in Afghanistan but terrorising civilians and undermining Afghan sovereignty. This, a report mentioned, exposes the stark hypocrisy of Islamabad
Kabul, February 27 (IANS) Afghan forces launched retaliatory strikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, killing at least 55 Pakistani soldiers and capturing two bases along with 19 posts, the Afghan Ministr
Washington, February 27 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said there is no chance that the United States will be dragged into a prolonged war in the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump weighs fresh mili
Seoul, February 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used the latest party congress as an occasion for consolidating his base for a long-term grip on power, effectively declaring the start of his own e
Jerusalem, February 26 (IANS) Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday expressed his deep gratitude to India while sharing a personal anecdote about his first date with Sara (now his wife) in an Ind
Kabul, February 26 (IANS) The Taliban has slammed Pakistan for its airstrikes on Afghanistan, terming it a "shameful act" and warned of a military response to it, adding that Islamabad targeted civilians instea
Washington, February 26 (IANS) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been quietly drafting military options for a possible strike on Iran, even as he seeks to avoid direct confrontation with President D
Washington, February 26 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the United States and China have reached a point of strategic stability in their relationship, even as Washington remains wary of supply
Washington, February 25 (IANS) The US has imposed sanctions on more than 30 individuals, companies, and vessels linked to Irans oil trade and weapons programmes.The Treasury Department on Wednesday said the
New Delhi, February 25 (IANS) Even as Nepal prepares for March 5 elections, security agencies have warned of several challenges, including political clashes, communal disturbances, jail escapees during last yea
Washington, February 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has yet again reiterated his claim of "ending eight wars" and said that "35 million people said that the Prime Minister of Pakistan would have died" if i
Washington, February 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump declared that the United States had obliterated Irans nuclear weapons program, pushed NATO allies to sharply raise defence spending, and ENDED 8 wars in a s
New York, February 24 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, on Tuesday accused the Iranian authorities of waging a brutal campaign to terrorise civilians through mass arbitrary detentions,
Kabul, February 24 (IANS) At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed in Pakistan's airstrikes on Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNA
Washington, February 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday asserted that he does not require fresh approval from Congress to impose tariffs, even as India delayed sending a planned trade delegation to W
Washington, February 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump is weighing military options against Iran as diplomacy enters what officials describe as a last-ditch phase, even as Tehrans closest partners — China a
Kathmandu, February 23 (IANS) At least 17 people died after a bus travelling from western Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River in the central district of Dhading early Monday,
Islamabad, February 22 (IANS) A Pakistani Christian brick kiln worker's forced conversion into Islam, recorded in the country's national database has prevented his five children from listing Christianity as the