UNITED SIKHS Condemn New Zealand Terror Attack
NEW ZEALAND: The Christchurch massacre, which has left at least 49 people dead and 20 injured on Friday, March 15 in New Zealand's city Christchurch in two targeted mass shootings at mosques.
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Trump issues 1st veto over border emergency
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting a legislation to overturn his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the country's Mexican border, insisting that the situation on the southern frontier amounted to a threat to Americans' safety.
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Sharif's medical condition life-threatening, says daughter
LAHORE: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's medical condition is "life-threatening" and he had four angina attacks last week, his daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz said, here on Tuesday.
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23 killed as tornadoes wreak havoc in US
WASHINGTON: As many as 23 people were killed in the US state of Alabama as a cluster of storms ripped through the country's Southeast region, spawning multiple tornadoes and leaving a trail of destruction.
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Pakistanis demand Nobel Peace Prize for Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: A motion was submitted in Pakistan's National Assembly Secretariat on Saturday calling for Prime Minister Imran Khan to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in "de-escalating" tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad.
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Trump is 'racist, 'conman', Cohen tells Congressional panel
NEW YORK: A convicted tax cheat and liar, who was once Donald Trump's lawyer, has come before a Congressional committee to testify that the President is a "racist", a "conman" and a "cheat" and to warn that there will not be peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election next year.
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Alabama woman who joined IS should not return to US: Trump
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to allow Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who left in November 2014 to join IS, to return to the US -- despite her recent public plea to come back and stand trial in America.
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Imran seeks evidence on Kashmir attack, India dubs it 'lame excuse'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday denied his country's involvement in the Kashmir suicide bombing and sought "actionable intelligence" but New Delhi asked Islamabad to "stop misleading the world" and take "credible action" against terrorist masterminds operating from its soil.
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Canadian Ambassador to China fired amid Huawei controversy
OTTAWA: John McCallum has been fired as Canadas Ambassador to China after the diplomat made a controversial statement regarding the detention of Huawei's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in Vancouver over accusations of helping the Chinese tech firm dodge American sanctions on Iran.
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Fleeing Saudi woman arrives in Canada
OTTAWA: The young Saudi woman who has been granted asylum after fleeing from her reported abusive family arrived in Canada's Toronto on Saturday morning, media reported.
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Five dead in Afghanistan attack
KABUL: Attackers killed five people at a police station in Herat, Afghanistan, on Saturday evening, Herat police Chief Aminullah Amarkhel told CNN.
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Thailand urged to stop deportation of Saudi woman
BANGKOK: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Thai authorities to stop the deportation of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family and has been held at the Bangkok airport since the weekend.
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Ready to meet Trump again at any time: Kim Jong-un
PYONGYANG: Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, said in a New Year's address that he is ready to meet US President Donald Trump again at any time, Korean Central Television reported on Tuesday.
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Over 40,000 evacuated in Indonesia over fresh tsunami fear
JAKARTA: A massive evacuation was ordered from the coast along Indonesia's western Sunda Strait on Friday after the warning of a possible second tsunami triggered by the eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano that claimed over 400 lives last week.
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At least 32 killed in attack on Afghan govt building
KABUL: At least 28 civilians, one police officer and three attackers were killed after a deadly explosion and ensuing gun firing rocked a government office near a diplomatic district in Afghan capital on Monday, spokesman of Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday.
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Trump says government shutdown 'could be a long stay'
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was negotiating with the Democrats to end a partial government shutdown, but "it could be a long stay" due to continued discrepancy on his long-time demand for a border wall, reported Xinhua.
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