KABUL (Afghanistan): The Taliban's ruling council agreed Sunday to a temporary cease-fire in Afghanistan, providing a window in which a peace agreement with the...
NEW DELHI: The year 2020 will be dominated by the American election and a global slowdown, says The Economist, adding that the most visible...
TEL AVIV: About two dozen Indian students from various research institutes in Israel staged a silent protest in front of the Indian embassy here...
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a USD 3.07-billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the...
BEIJING: China on Friday launched its heaviest and most advanced communications satellite on the country's largest new carrier rocket Long March-5 that will lay...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong police arrested 336 people during the Christmas holiday as the city's protest movement continues to simmer, an official said Friday....
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday claimed that India could carry out "an action of some sort" in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to divert...
KABUL: More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed calls...
MANILA: A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their...
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Thursday met his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the two leaders discussed bilateral and regional...