China strongly resists ‘sneaky’ visit of the Dalai Lama to Lanka
SUSITHA FERNANDO
Colombo, Jan 18 (IANS) While sending positive news on restructuring of Sri Lanka's debts, China has strongly opposed the news of the "sneaky"...
UNSC lists LeT’s Abdul Rehman Makki as global terrorist
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The United Nations Security Council listed Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki, associated with the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as...
Republicans, Democrats prepare for big fiscal fight in Congress on raising debt limits
T.N. ASHOK
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) The battlelines have been drawn in the US House of Representatives with Democrats and Republicans preparing their pitch for...
Pakistan is seeking loans to avert default but bigger problems lie ahead
MAHUA VENKATESH
New Delhi, Jan 16: Pakistan's economy is now being run almost entirely by borrowed money. Even as last week Pakistan managed to secure...
Negotiations with India impossible until reversal of ‘August 5 action’: Pak PMO
Islamabad, Jan 17 (IANS) A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered to talk to India on "burning issues", the country's PMO clarified...
More rain, snow hit California as storm continues
Los Angeles, Jan 17 (IANS) Another storm lashed California, bringing more rain, flooding and snow to the US Golden State.
A series of winter storms...
Former SCBA president shot dead inside Peshawar High Court
HAMZA AMEER
Islamabad, Jan 16 (IANS) In a shocking incident of targeted killing, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and senior lawyer...
US wargame reveals China will lose if it invades Taiwan, but allies will also...
ATUL ANEJA
New Delhi, Jan 16: A US think-tank report on a war-game that visualised a conflict in 2026 between China, and an alliance of...
Plane with five Indians onboard crashes in Nepal: Indian embassy issues helpline numbers
Kathmandu, Jan 15 (IANS) Five Indian nationals were onboard the plane that crashed in Nepal's Pokhara on Sunday, and at least 30 bodies have...
Russian strike in Ukraine’s Dnipro: Death toll mounts to 21
Kiev, Jan 15 (IANS) The death toll in the Russian missile attack on a nine-storey appartment building in Ukraine's Dnipro climbed to 21 on...