US warns of severe penalties for firms continuing sanctionable commerce with Iran
The US today warned companies globally that they would be subject to severe penalties including potential sanctions if they continued to have commerci...
UK announces relaxation of recruitment criteria for Commonwealth nationals to apply for jobs in armed forces
The UK government on Monday announced relaxation of recruitment criteria for Commonwealth nationals to apply for jobs in its armed forces. The de...
China's imports of goods, services to exceed USD 40 trillion in 15 years: Xi Jinping
Beijing: China's imported goods and services are set to exceed USD 40 trillion in the next 15 years, President Xi Jinping pledged Monday as he kicked ...
Taliban attack an Afghan forces check point, killing 13
Afghanistan: An Afghan official says the Taliban have attacked a checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province, killing at least 13 soldiers and policemen.Ari...
Indonesia to probe Lion Air after deadly plane crash
JAKARTA: Indonesia is to launch a “special audit” of Lion Air’s operations in the wake of last week’s deadly crash that killed 189 people, the governm...
Israel thanks Trump as Iran sanctions take effect
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman welcomed US sanctions that took effect Monday targeting Iran’s oil and financial sectors, callin...
China to continue Iran trade despite new US sanctions
BEIJING: China denounced new US sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and financial sectors as “long-arm jurisdiction” on Monday and vowed to continue its bi...
Saudi Arabia tells UN rights body that will prosecute Jamal Khashoggi murders
GENEVA: Saudi Arabia told the United Nations top human rights body on Monday that it was investigating the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its...
Iran president warns of ‘war situation’ as sanctions resume
Iran: Iran greeted the re-imposition of US sanctions on Monday with air defense drills and an acknowledgement from President Hassan Rouhani the nation...
NASA detects smiley in new galaxy
Washington: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a formation of galaxies that looks like a smiling face, said the US space agency.On Saturday, i...
UK to urge United Nations Security Council to act on Yemen
Britain has announced that it was urging United Nations Security Council partners to act over the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saying there now appea...
Blasts across Baghdad kill six people
In Iraq, blasts across Baghdad have killed six people and injured several more. Police said, two civilians were killed and six wounded by a blast near...
5.9-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan's Hokkaido
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido today. The US Geological Survey said, the quake hit at a depth of eight kilo...
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena convenes Parliament on Nov 14
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has issued a gazette for convening Parliament on the 14th of this month, two days before schedule. The Presi...
US-led coalition strikes kill 14 civilians in east Syria
In Syria, at least 14 civilians have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes on the Islamic State terror group's last holdout in eastern Deir Ezzo...
Floyd Mayweather to fight Japanese kickboxing sensation on New Year's Eve
Floyd Mayweather has announced that he is joining the Rizin Fighting Federation, a Japanese mixed martial arts organization, and will fight kickboxing...
Sons ask Saudis to return Khashoggi's body
The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have asked Saudi authorities to return the body of their father so the family can properly grieve, the...
US unleashes "toughest ever" sanctions on Iran
The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it.They will hit...
Sanctions will hit Iran in big way from Nov 5: Trump
Washington:The US sanctions will hit Iran in a big way from November 5, President Donald Trump has said, asserting that the "toughest-ever" punitive m...
Utah mayor killed in "insider attack" in Afghanistan, officials say
The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, the town's temporary mayor B...
At least 14 killed, dozens more injured in vehicle pile-up in China
Authorities in China said Saturday that at least 14 people have been killed and 27 injured in a highway pile-up. The accident Saturday night happened ...
Asia Bibi blasphemy case: Husband pleads for asylum
The husband of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has pleaded for asylum from the UK, US or Canada.Asia...
Prince Charles 'programmed' Harry and William to pick up rubbish
"We were there with our spikes, stabbing the rubbish into black plastic bags," Prince William explained."We both just thought: 'Oh well this is perfec...
Open to new deal with Iran: Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump has suggested he was open to a new comprehensive deal with Iran, however till then the toughest-ever sanctions on the Middle...
Turkish President blames Saudi for its direct involvement in murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed the Saudi government for its direct involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istan...
Pak cleric known as godfather of Taliban, killed in gun attack in Rawalpindi
Prominent Pakistani cleric Maulana Samiul Haq, who was also known as the godfather of Taliban, was killed in a gun attack in the garrison city of Rawa...
Sri Lanka: MPs bring no-confidence motion against newly appointed PM
The group of MPs led by deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe brought a no-confidence motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajap...
Japan cabinet approves bill to accept foreign workers
Japan's cabinet on Friday approved a draft bill to bring more blue-collar foreign workers into the country to address chronic labour shortages.The Bil...
China launches new high-orbit satellite
China on Friday successfully launched a high orbit satellite to boost its home-grown BeiDou global satellite navigation system being built to rival Un...
Two dead, many wounded in US yoga studio shooting
A gunman killed two people and injured several others at a yoga studio in Florida's state capital Tallahassee Friday before apparently taking his own ...
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