Bangladesh hangs 1971 war criminal Kamaruzzaman

DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities on Saturday hanged a top Islamist leader for overseeing a massacre during the nation's 1971 independ...

India handed tough draw for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

NEW DELHI: The Indian football team has been drawn in a tough group alongside top Asian nation Iran, Oman, Turkmenistan and Guam for t...

US receives record number of H-1B visa applications

WASHINGTON: Applications for H-1B visas allowing US businesses to hire foreign workers in science, engineering and computer programmin...

Pakistan's Punjab government challenges LHC decision to release Lakhvi

LAHORE: Pakistan's Punjab government on Tuesday challenged the Lahore high court's decision to suspend the detention of LeT o...

Islamic State battle to dominate US-Iraq White House talks

WASHINGTON: Iraq's prime minister will plead for more US military support in the war against insurgent Islamic State jihadists dur...

ISIS releases video, warns US of another 9/11-like attack

NEWYORK: Isis has released a video which states there is now "no safety for any American on the globe'" and that there ...

Accessing apps may soon be free but not fair. Here’s why.

When Indian telecom scene is facing the big question of net neutrality, telecom operator Airtel seems to be pulling the right plug by intr...

Fight for net neutrality unites internet

NEW DELHI: For once, the constant bickering on the internet and social media has been put aside. People of all beliefs and affiliations ha...

Pope calls Armenian slaughter '1st genocide of 20th century

VATICAN CITY: Francis has called the slaughter of Armenians 100 years ago by the Ottoman Empire "the first genocide of the 20th ...

UAE warns Pakistan it could pay 'heavy price for ambiguous stand' on Yemen crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani lawmakers urging the government to remain neutral on the escalating crisis in Yemen has evoked a strong response...

The lost tomb of Jesus? Scientist claims he has 'virtually unequivocal evidence' that could help explain the whereabouts of Christ's remains

A geologist in Jerusalem claims to have found "virtually unequivocal evidence" that could reopen the controversy over the fi...

Pakistan tests 1st indigenous armed drone, laser guided missile

KARACHI: Pakistan today successfully tested its first indigenous all-weather armed drone and a laser guided missile that can strike its ...

Nun sets herself on fire to protest Chinese rule in Tibet

BEIJING: A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations ...

2 upgraded Mirage 2000 handed over to India in France

KOLKATA: The acceptance ceremony of the first two Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 I/TI was held at Istres, Dassault Aviation's ...

Bangladesh to hang top Islamist for 1971 massacre

Bangladesh is set to hang a top Islamist leader on Saturday for overseeing a massacre during the nation's 1971 independence war, o...

10 killed in Taliban siege on Afghan court complex

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): At least 10 people died today when Taliban insurgents wearing military uniforms mounted a six-hour gun a...

33 people killed, mostly children, in bus crash in Morocco

RABAT: At least 33 people were killed, most of them children, when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a gas tanker in Morocco on...