India asks UN team on Kashmir to leave Delhi
NEW DELHI: India has asked a United Nations military observer group on Kashmir to vacate a government-provided bungalow in New Delhi. New Delhi considers Kashmir as an integral part of the…
Zarb-i-Azb: North Waziristan jet strikes kill 13 militants
PESHAWAR: Jet fighters carried out airstrikes on suspected militant hideouts destroying seven of them while 13 militants were also killed on Tuesday during the Zarb-i-Azb operation in the North Waziristan…
North Waziristan IDPs figure reaches 800,000
PESHAWAR: Fata Disaster Management Authority (FDMA) on Tuesday issued the latest figures of those displaced in the wake of the Zarb-i-Azb operation, saying the number has almost reached 0.8 million…
Israel launches ‘Protective Edge’ Gaza raids
Dozens of raids were launched by the Israeli air force on the Gaza Strip overnight, witnesses and Palestinian security officials said Tuesday. An Israeli army spokesman confirmed to Agence France-Presse…
Khamenei says Iran ‘needs more centrifuges’
Iran's supreme leader revealed Tuesday that it ultimately wants 190,000 nuclear centrifuges -- a figure he said was 19 times higher than world powers want to allow under a deal…
100m more Indians defined as poor
NEW DELHI: An extra 100 million Indians have been classed as poor by an expert panel that has redefined the country’s poverty benchmark after a storm of protest, reports said…
Ghani wins Afghan election on preliminary results
KABUL: Former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani won Afghanistan’s presidential election, according to preliminary results released on Monday, with 56.4 percent of the run-off vote to Abdullah Abdullah’s 43.5 percent.Officials…
Bahrain orders US diplomat to leave after meeting with Shiites
MANAMA: Bahrain ordered a top US diplomat to leave the country on Monday after he met with a leading Shiite opposition group.The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that US…
General Raheel visits North Waziristan battle zone
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited the troops in North Waziristan (NWA) on Monday, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. General Raheel was…
Israel-Palestine Conflict Escalation
After being divided and ruled upon for seven years, the two main Palestinian political factions -Hamas and Fatah - influenced Palestinian Authority (PA) reconciled lately. Together they unveiled a plan…