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Iran general says US drone crossing border 'red line'
TEHRAN: Iran's borders "represent our red line", the head of the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned after Tehran said it shot down a US...
China acknowledges hosting Taliban's chief peace negotiator for talks
BEIJING: China on Thursday for the first time acknowledged that it recently hosted Afghan Taliban's chief peace negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar for talks...
Indian man, wife tortures, starves mother to death in Dubai
DUBAI: A 29-year-old Indian man and his wife have been charged in a court here with physically assaulting his mother, causing her bone and...
India, China can become strongest partners: G P Hinduja
LONDON: India and China can become the strongest partners in the world and the leaders of the two countries can together face US President...
US says no conditions to talks with North Korea
WASHINGTON: The US point man on North Korea said Wednesday there were no preconditions to resuming talks with Pyongyang but urged greater action on...
Johnson extends lead, Stewart out of race to be next British PM
LONDON: Rory Stewart was knocked out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister on Wednesday, leaving four candidates led by former foreign...
Court orders Zakir Naik to appear before it on July 31
MUMBAI: A special PMLA court here Wednesday ordered controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, accused of laundering money to the tune of Rs 193 crore,...
Xi arrives in North Korea to meet Kim ahead of Trump talks
PYONGYANG: President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Thursday on a historic trip to reboot a troubled alliance, as he and North Korean leader...
UN expert calls for 'targeted sanctions' against Saudi crown prince
GENEVA: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's "personal assets" should be targeted with sanctions until there is proof he was not responsible for the...
Pompeo cancels visit to Lanka
COLOMBO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday cancelled his trip to Sri Lanka, still recovering from the Easter Sunday bombings, due to "unavoidable...